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kevinshinobi

2 karma · joined October 2, 2014

IBM Compiler dev (C++ kernel aka Montana, Sony PS3 Cell, W-Code optimization aka TPO), embedded firmware, IBM Websphere Commerce mobile architect, IBM application security division & web accessibility.

UWaterloo CompEng'02 Giveffect, Inc (YC W15)

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kevinshinobi··on Ask HN: What do you use for Log Management?
Been using LogDNA for 4 months now with no complaints. Previously using logentries, I found the search speed to be faster.
kevinshinobi··on Giveffect (YC W15) Has Built a Shopify-Meets-Salesforce for Non-Profits
Thanks for the feedback! I can see how this can be confusing if you browsed the Giveffect marketplace first.

The reason we chose to use the Shopify analogy is because we power the nonprofit's frontend fundraising experience, much like an online storefront does for ecommerce. An example of this is http://donate.campwinston.com which is powered by Giveffect.

The Giveffect marketplace is the aggregator/hub whereby any client licensing our software can push their fundraising campaigns for discovery. This is just an added extension of the solution to provide clients with a venue for campaign marketing and donor acquisition.

kevinshinobi··on Giveffect (YC W15) Has Built a Shopify-Meets-Salesforce for Non-Profits
as for Salesforce, though they offer it for free/discounted to our clients, the solution requires a lot of customization and training before it is effective for nonprofits. Most of our clients struggle to figure out the best way to optimize/integrate Salesforce into their workflow. A turn-key solution is what our customers are looking for.
kevinshinobi··on Giveffect (YC W15) Has Built a Shopify-Meets-Salesforce for Non-Profits
Hey there, I'm one of the technical cofounders of Giveffect. Good questions!

The reason why our clients are choosing the "all-in-one" solution is because they are fed up with disjointed systems. Why shouldn't their fundraising pages on the frontend automatically talk to their CRM on the backend? Our solution is integrated in the "NGO's website automatically" as we are a complete white labelled solution powering the entire fundraising/crowdfunding/campaign-style experience on their own website.

The email marketing solution is something we're still building out, and while still in the early stages we have integrated with some cool patent-pending technology that provides deep insights and analytics. We can gather data such as which subscribers have read the email, how many times, duration spent reading the content, on which device, location opened, whether or not they clicked through any links, and furthermore converted. All of this feeds back to our integrated CRM to further segment high value, highly engaged contacts.

Currently we use PayPal as our payment gateway because they were the only ones to offer a low NGO rate for our clients. Plus they have a long standing trust with nonprofits and donors, and most NGO's already have a PayPal account with many using it as their donate button, making it an obvious choice.