Goji Labs

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I'm the CTO of huupe a sports tech company making the world's first smart basketball hoop.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Goji Labs, and what were your goals?

Custom mobile and product frontend. This included both design and several development cycles for our produce and user experience.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor and what were the deciding factors?

Goji's Previous work, both design and implementation. The sales guy will eat tacos with you.

Describe the scope of work in detail, including the project steps, key deliverables, and technologies used.

They built the product as we asked.

How many people from the vendor's team worked with you, and what were their positions?

5-6 people joined in with the development and design of this product. We had web dev, mobile dev and Linux developers all lend a hand. Goji had the talent to step in when new and interesting problems presented themselves.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any measurable outcomes of the project or general feedback about the deliverables?

The mobile app looks good and our device connected with it well.

Describe their project management style, including communication tools and timeliness.

Product manager was hands-off for most of the time as per my request. Their project manager was responsive when I needed him and their staff augmented my team well.

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

Their breadth of technical experience and knowhow.

Are there any areas for improvement or something they could have done differently?

More cats, my main dev only had 2 cats. They were cute.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I'm the COO of a sports stock market.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Goji Labs, and what were your goals?

We hired them initially to overhaul the UI/UX of our app, and then had them assist in the development of the app, too.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor and what were the deciding factors?

Great reviews, spoke with the team, knew they saw our vision and felt almost as excited about what we were building as we did.

Describe the scope of work in detail, including the project steps, key deliverables, and technologies used.

They designed and developed our app. They created product roadmaps (figma), conducted user testing/feedback, and then implementation.

How many people from the vendor's team worked with you, and what were their positions?

4 people. One designer, one designer/developer, two developers.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any measurable outcomes of the project or general feedback about the deliverables?

The app has since been launched and has been met with great success. For example, we have reached Top 25 in sports apps on the App Store.

Describe their project management style, including communication tools and timeliness.

We used Slack and Notion, had scheduled calls every week, and were in near constant communication discussing deliverables, feedback, etc.

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

They were always humble, excited, and friendly. It was a joy working with them.

Are there any areas for improvement or something they could have done differently?

Nope! Great experience.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I'm a contract front-end web developer for a company developing software solutions for HR and Finance.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Goji Labs?

The company had an email form that needed to send the collected data to an API endpoint using the Wordpress platform.

What were your goals for this project?

Since I am unfamiliar with the technology and terminology, I was looking for someone who could guide me through the process as well as completing it.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor?

They were recommended by a mutual friend and after an intro call I was comfortable that they could complete the project and it would fit in with their schedule. I did talk to a couple other companies but was happy with the communication from Goji labs.

Describe the project and the services they provided in detail.

They found a contact form plugin that could be extended to include API post information and configured with the details from the client to collect the necessary information needed as well as adding styling the form to match the rest of the site.

What was the team composition?

I communicated directly with David of Goji Labs on the project.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any information that demonstrates the impact that this project has had on your business?

The site just launched and is still in Beta mode so no information to share yet.

How was project management arranged and how effective was it?

Project management was effectively arranged over email.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

I was impressed with the communication and the personal touch. They made sure that we were happy with the work.

Are there any areas for improvement?

I would have liked an overview of the work completed and what was added for my own education but not sure if it would be necessary for other projects.