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It would be nice if they lead off with how they differ from the big names everyone knows like IndieGoGo (founded 2008) and KickStarter (2009). The company seems like a boring and irrelevant clone (2012), then they go into things like their tech stack when they aren't even relevant. As a clone, I think they really need to lead off with why a third party should care about them.

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Co-founder here! Tilt differentiates from just about every other crowdfunding platform by focusing on smaller, bite-size objectives - typically among groups and communities that know each other (so instead of a $50,000 documentary, it's a $1,500 birthday for a friend or a $500 block party). Think of it like the twitter of crowdfunding built for a mobile experience.

We've also released developer and enterprise tools powered by our api like Tilt/Open, which is the most popular enterprise crowdfunding tool in the world (currently powering some really cool projects like Navdy, Lily Drone Camera, June Smart Oven, etc)

Don't rally and gofundme also (I didn't realize this was Tilt's focus, see comment above) focus on small objectives?

Looks to me like the presentation is about their tech stack, by their director of technology. Their business is of marginal relevance.

But yeah ideally they should explain https://www.tilt.com/learn/why-tilt in every presentation...not that the link does. I wish all companies would compare their products directly with competitors. Even though the comparison would be biased, it would be very helpful in discerning where in the market they fit.

Skimming https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_crowdfunding_ser... and https://snowdrift.coop/p/snowdrift/w/en/othercrowdfunding it seems Tilt might have lower fees, less emphasis on their brand/platform & possibility of branded versions, and an open source version.

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