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There's no competition (and nobody else is working on this) that actually solves the problem: - Specifically aimed at/priced for volunteer-heavy organizations like campaigns - Has the features we're building for effectively onboarding volunteers - Is easy, secure, and reliable enough for political campaigns Here's a thread from the engineering director on Biden 2020 discussing this problem that might interest you: twitter.com/hodgesmr…1572969587766956034 Currently, campaigns are forced to turn to bootleg solutions to solve this problem. We've even heard of large congressional campaigns doing volunteer organizing over Whatsapp(!).","author_name":"Samantha Boucher","votes":2,"created_at":"2022-10-16T13:13:19Z"}]},{"id":323880,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:323880","question":"Any updates?","author_name":"Darryl W. Perry","votes":0,"created_at":"2026-01-28T04:06:45Z","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/getshire#question-323880","answers":[]},{"id":243249,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:243249","question":"With 75+ campaigns \u0026amp; huge nonprofits on the waitlist, have any of them been able to go through a demo? I'd love to hear from folks interested in your product how they see the impact.","author_name":"Liz Argall","votes":0,"created_at":"2023-04-16T22:32:41Z","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/getshire#question-243249","answers":[{"id":243721,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:243721","answer":"Hi Liz! We're currently in talks with a few campaigns/orgs to join a closed alpha in April-May and are actively demoing. We are hoping to work closely with them to get things more refined before going to a public alpha. If you're interested we can chat! Send an email to samantha@shire.blue.","author_name":"Samantha Boucher","votes":0,"created_at":"2023-04-19T19:16:29Z"}]},{"id":225864,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:225864","question":"Hi there! Is there any update on the product? Noticing the site is currently down but would love to learn more","author_name":"Anthony Cruddas","votes":0,"created_at":"2022-11-17T18:37:51Z","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/getshire#question-225864","answers":[{"id":225956,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:225956","answer":"Hi there! You caught us in some site maintenance today; check it out now :) We'll be sending out an email update to everyone (as well as posting it here) later this week/next week.","author_name":"Samantha Boucher","votes":0,"created_at":"2022-11-18T00:40:23Z"}]}],"faq":[{"question":"are there competitor products already out in market?","answer":"Hi Rachel! There's no competition (and nobody else is working on this) that actually solves the problem: - Specifically aimed at/priced for volunteer-heavy organizations like campaigns - Has the features we're building for effectively onboarding volunteers - Is easy, secure, and reliable enough for political campaigns Here's a thread from the engineering director on Biden 2020 discussing this problem that might interest you: twitter.com/hodgesmr…1572969587766956034 Currently, campaigns are fo..."},{"question":"Hi there! Is there any update on the product? Noticing the site is currently down but would love to learn more","answer":"Hi there! You caught us in some site maintenance today; check it out now :) We'll be sending out an email update to everyone (as well as posting it here) later this week/next week."},{"question":"With 75+ campaigns \u0026amp; huge nonprofits on the waitlist, have any of them been able to go through a demo? I'd love to hear from folks interested in your product how they see the impact.","answer":"Hi Liz! We're currently in talks with a few campaigns/orgs to join a closed alpha in April-May and are actively demoing. We are hoping to work closely with them to get things more refined before going to a public alpha. If you're interested we can chat! Send an email to samantha@shire.blue."}]}}}