Lumi Studio

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Founder of Paperstars Ltd.

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Goodreads for Science Papers

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Lumi Design to accomplish?

• Design website
• Create website

SOLUTION

How did you find Lumi Design?

Online Search

Why did you select Lumi Design over others?

• High ratings
• Close to my geographic location
• Pricing fit our budget
• Great culture fit
• Company values aligned

How many teammates from Lumi Design were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

Describe the scope of work in detail. Please include a summary of key deliverables.

lumi came up with the design and logic for the platform, considering all aspects that would be required to produce a functional MVP. They then implemented this.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What were the measurable outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

weekly updates seeing the project develop

Describe their project management. Did they deliver items on time? How did they respond to your needs?

clear communication, everything on time, quick responses

What was your primary form of communication with Lumi Design?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

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

Lumi Design invested a great deal of care and thought into the project, even coming with ideas I had not even considered. They were truly involved in seeing the project be successful, instead of just complete. 

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

None

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the COO of Boolerize

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Find high quality recruitment booleans and searches and use them in seconds across LinkedIn.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Lumi Design to accomplish?

• Ensure product market fit, and solved the user/customer problem.
• Design the product and scope its functions.
• Build the MVP from scratch.

SOLUTION

How did you find Lumi Design?

• Online Search
• Clutch Site

Why did you select Lumi Design over others?

• High ratings
• Close to my geographic location
• Pricing fit our budget
• Great culture fit
• Good value for cost
• Company values aligned

How many teammates from Lumi Design were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

Describe the scope of work in detail. Please include a summary of key deliverables.

We hired Lumi to help with Market research, helping scope out the initial problem to be solved, and deesign the product to fit the market, develop our branding and website, the build the MVP for our product.

Key Deliverables were:

Market research

Branding and Marketing Assets

Set up 3rd party Marketing and Analytics services

Product design

Build our MVP

UX/UI design and testing

Marketing Design and Testing

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What were the measurable outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

Cost of production

Timeline

Functionality

Minimisation of business overheades once complete.

Describe their project management. Did they deliver items on time? How did they respond to your needs?

Incredibly efficient, accurate and timely with responses. Anything that had a delay or an issue with delivery was raised well before the estimated date of completion and prioritsed and adjusted for appropriately.

What was your primary form of communication with Lumi Design?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

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

Creativity and knowledge, they intuitively understood the problem to be solved and didn't simply build exactly what we asked (though they would have if we requested it), instead making sure that the service we were going to provide actually solved the market problem.

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

A little more hands on with helping support areas where we lacked knowledge or the ability to make good decisions, but that was a minimal issue, there are just some services where we were unable to know what the right choice is through lack of knowledge,experience and a little more hand holding would have been nice. However if anything that was simply a failing in our knowledge/approach more than their ability, given that we were starting a business, that always sparks some anxiety around decision making and that is not in any way reflective of their actual delivery on those things.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Product Manager of a healthcare company 

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

MedTech

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Lumi Design to accomplish?

• Creating Wireframes

SOLUTION

How did you find Lumi Design?

Online Search

Why did you select Lumi Design over others?

• Great culture fit
• Good value for cost

How many teammates from Lumi Design were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

Describe the scope of work in detail. Please include a summary of key deliverables.

The scope was to develop wireframes.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What were the measurable outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

Wireframes

Describe their project management. Did they deliver items on time? How did they respond to your needs?

Their project management was great!

What was your primary form of communication with Lumi Design?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

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

They were great colleagues who consistently delivered results on time.

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

Not really

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Founder and CEO of iWarranty

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Simplify warranty and repair management for manufacturers and consumers.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Lumi Design to accomplish?

• to bring out B2B value proposition
• Design B2B focused website
• Go to market

SOLUTION

How did you find Lumi Design?

Investors

Why did you select Lumi Design over others?

Company values aligned

How many teammates from Lumi Design were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

Describe the scope of work in detail. Please include a summary of key deliverables.

• Design a consumer app focused on sustainability 
• Design B2B website with new brand values

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What were the measurable outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

• Traction 
• More customers 
• Revenue

Describe their project management. Did they deliver items on time? How did they respond to your needs?

Yes

What was your primary form of communication with Lumi Design?

Virtual Meeting

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

They were a good team with impressive subject matter expertise, great delivery, and a passion for sustainability.

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

No, they are a fantastic team.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am co-founder and managing director at Echometer.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Lumi Design?

We hired Lumi to review and generate ideas on how we can improve the conversion (sign-up rate) in our B2B SaaS onboarding process.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor?

We did our own research on design / UX agencies with PLG / B2B SaaS-experience and where then approached by Lumi. Their experience in SaaS + PLG convinced us to start with them.

Describe the project in detail and walk through the stages of the project.

We followed Lumi's "Product Lab" format which is based on the Google Design Sprint (4 day program).

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

We worked with 3 people from UX and product.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

We're happy with the ideas and concepts Lumi provided to us. We're currently implementing the changes and are confident that the changes will bring significant improvements to our conversion rates.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

The collaboration with Lumi Design was very friendly and effective.

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

Their experience in B2B SaaS helps to prioritize ideas and evaluate potentials quickly. Also their well-founded process gives a clear structure and guidance throughout the collaboration.

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

I can't think of anything that we could have done significantly different at the moment.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am the COO of a platform to enable rapid decarbonisation retrofits.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Lumi Design?

We were having trouble getting an understanding of our MVP and what we needed to build over the next 3 months. We wanted to get a clear picture of the proof of concept a draft product roadmap for the proof of concept.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor?

I met a member of Lumi at a Climate Innovation Tech conference and we decided to pursue working together.

Describe the project in detail and walk through the stages of the project.

The team took us through a whole design sprint condensed into a week. They started off with expert interviews and asking lots of 'how might we?' questions and prioritised these into the most important features for our MVP. They then asked us about our bigger picture plans and the biggest risks to achieving these we were facing right now. Then they delivered lightening demos of similar products that inspired them. Then they created the initial wireframes, got our feedback and refined them. Throughout, they asked us for constant feedback and also conducted interviews with our customers.

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

3 people ran the design sprint, 2 were founders of the company and 1 was a product designer.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

We were absolutely delighted with the outcomes of the sprint. Lumi delivered everything we had hoped for and more, as they also taught us about the product development methodology they had employed and pushed us to prioritise features and our ideas. Our customers loved the wireframes and off the back of them, we are much closer to moving some customers towards paying for our MVP.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

Everyone on the Lumi team was brilliant to work with and very communicative. They managed our expectations throughout and let us know if there were any changes to their timings. They went above and beyond in their support.

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

Their ability to understand a complex underlying technology and a brand new industry was insane. We were blown away by how they took all the complexity we threw at them and delivered intuitive wireframes.

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

During the preparation for the sprint, we were a little unclear exactly what they wanted to get out of the conversations with our customers. This could have been better, but was all fine in the end.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

Kicky is a platform that enables patrons to rent original local artworks in their space while ensuring artists are fairly paid for their work. I am a founder and the CTO.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Lumi?

We hired Lumi to design our marketing site.

SOLUTION

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

Lumi demonstrated a solid understanding of what we needed and the ability to come up with good solutions during our discovery meeting.

Describe the project in detail and walk through the stages of the project.

We did a one week sprint.

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

We had three Lumi teammembers working with us.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

See https://kicky.art

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

Their approach to project management was super effective!

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

Really amazing results in a short amount of time!

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

They're awesome! Wish they were't so busy!

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

We launched our mobile web app and have struggled to gain traction. We get great feedback on the content but fail to get subscribers in high numbers.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Lumi?

We asked Lumi to help us understand the question we needed to answer and to get feedback from our audience as to what kind of onboarding journey and user experience they wanted. They also helped us narrow down our audience.

SOLUTION

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

They have re-designed our onboarding flow, simplified our messaging and advised us to use kajabi instead of spending more money of developers. Our plan now is to re-camp our offering, get traction and then seek to build a native app.

Describe the project in detail and walk through the stages of the project.

Discovery, question to be answered, review, research, reveal solution.

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

2 - both founders

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

Yes, we’ve changed our strategy and will be putting resources into marketing our new product rather than into software development.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

Excellent very smooth

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

They had an excellent process — clear, concise, and effective.

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

No

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am the co-founder and CGO at Musiversal. We're a music technology company, making anyone a music creator.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Lumi?

Lumi designed and developed a new website for us, linking our tech stack together, incl. Wix, Paypal, GTM and more.

SOLUTION

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

Their track record, reputation and values was the most important factors.

Describe the project in detail and walk through the stages of the project.

Lumi designed a website. We ran 3 iterations. They managed the project autonomously and was driving the project to completion and implementation without much support required from us.

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

Milosz. Founder and designer.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

Extremely effective. 5/5!!

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

Their ability to listen and deliver what we didn't know we needed were outstanding.

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

I would've loved to see a more progressive web experience. That said, we didn't have the time and it was out of scope.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am Founder of an Open Innovation platform.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Lumi?

We wanted to create a platform where the experience mirrored the way in which people build ideas, collaborate and self organise.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor?

Our relationship grew through shared values and an understanding of the context and nature of the problem we were trying to solve.

Describe the project in detail and walk through the stages of the project.

The project was unstructured, the problem and product fit Ill defined. Lumi embraced this unconventional setup and brought an appropriate rigour to the design process, whilst still allowing us to think in a creative and unconstrained way.

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

We worked with two of the companies founders.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

Together, we have created an innovative, brave and sharp user experience. The platform is shortly to be deployed in some major sectors.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

The workflow was seamless.

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

Their understanding, empathy and professionalism were paramount. They responded promptly and honestly.

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

No