Dualboot Partners

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am an Executive of BrightDime

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

BrightDime is a financial wellness provider.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Dualboot Partners to accomplish?

• UI and UX design for a new feature

SOLUTION

How did you find Dualboot Partners?

• Referral
• Other

Why did you select Dualboot Partners over others?

• Close to my geographic location
• Pricing fit our budget
• Good value for cost
• Referred to me
• Company values aligned

How many teammates from Dualboot Partners were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

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

The project was to design the UI and UX for a new minor feature involving user tasks. It included separate views that showed tasks to be completed, details about a specific task, and a summary of the user's task history. The deliverables were finished Figma design files.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

We received deliverables that met, or exceeded, our initial project goals and we can move on to front-end development.

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

Project management was responsive but light touch. We always knew where we stood, we knew when we needed to provide feedback or more information in order for their team to move forward, but other than that they ran the project. That was a great fit for us since a lack of bandwidth was one of the main reasons we contracted this work out.

What was your primary form of communication with Dualboot Partners?

Virtual Meeting

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

My experience with design firms, or design and build, is that they have a process and our projects would be shoehorned into that process whether it fit well or not. Dualboot certainly has a process but they were very willing to modify it to fit what we actually needed and wanted rather than doing it their way because it's what they know. I think that made our project faster, cheaper, and got a better outcome.

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

Nothing. Can't wait to work with them again.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the CEO of mPATH

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

We improve cancer screening for healthcare organizations.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Dualboot Partners to accomplish?

• Transfer software tech stack from the university where it was developed to our company.
• Improve the front-end design of our software.
• Develop additional software "modules" for our core product.

SOLUTION

How did you find Dualboot Partners?

Referral

Why did you select Dualboot Partners over others?

• High ratings
• Close to my geographic location
• Pricing fit our budget
• Referred to me

How many teammates from Dualboot Partners were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

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

We developed the alpha version of our software at a university. Dualboot first helped us set up our company's Azure tech stack and transfer the code base over. They then did significant additional development, refining the front-end interface, building new web-based dashboards for customers, and developing an additional "module" for our product. They have delivered two "ready for market" applications that are now live with our first customers.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Delivery of a commercially-ready software product that is now live with our first customers.

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

Their project management is outstanding. Every component of the work is scoped out before starting, with appropriate contingency ranges. We have been working with Dualboot for over a year now, and they have NEVER failed to hit a target delivery date. Project management and planning is very collaborative with frequent stand-ups.

What was your primary form of communication with Dualboot Partners?

Virtual Meeting

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

I like their model of assigning dedicated developers to our project (this means we are never competing for time/resources). Quality of work is outstanding. Working with Dualboot feels more like a partnership than a contracting relationship. Beyond the technical work, they have helped me make strategic connections within their network to support our company's growth.

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

Their price is a little higher than many competitors, but they deliver on the quality and value.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Chief Operating Officer of rXperius, Inc.

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

rXperius is a data analytics start-up established to supplement traditional market research. Our first offering, MedXer, is an innovative platform combining a patient-friendly APP with a user-friendly DASHBOARD.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Dualboot Partners to accomplish?

• Expanding initial build of app
• Increase response time from dev team
• Develop new client offerings

SOLUTION

How did you find Dualboot Partners?

Referral

Why did you select Dualboot Partners over others?

• Close to my geographic location
• Great culture fit
• Good value for cost
• Referred to me

How many teammates from Dualboot Partners were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

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

1. Adjusting current app to meet business needs, meaning fixing problems and updating for current iOS systems. 
2. Building new functionality in the app and admin portal. 
3. Drafting initial design and functionality of a new platform.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

• We have a fully functioning mobile app. We have completed user testing and updated. We have new features that have been built and user tested. We have a design for a future platform. We had consistent immediate feedback that requests were seen. We had short weekly meetings to keep track of progress on deliverables.

What was your primary form of communication with Dualboot Partners?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

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

We had consistent immediate feedback that requests were seen. We had weekly meetings to keep track of progress on deliverables. We were assigned a highly proficient project manager once we had a lot of projects and deliverables in the que.

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

They were timely in responses. They took great pride in their work. There were several occasions where staff either worked on the weekend to identify and fix a bug or were on call for a client-driven deadline for a launch. The team was very easy to work with as well.

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

Thinking back to when we first started this project and weren't sure how long development would take, we had several team members on virtual calls. We all could have done a better job of right-sizing the team once we understood the project at hand. Once we got to the right support level for the particular projects, the value received matched our financial outlay.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am an executive at Society 54, LLC

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Technology, training and talent for law firms and their business professionals.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Dualboot Partners to accomplish?

• Update our existing software
• Create a user-friendly experience to drive engagement with the software
• Provide feedback and guidance on making the tool better

SOLUTION

How did you find Dualboot Partners?

Referral

Why did you select Dualboot Partners over others?

• Close to my geographic location
• Referred to me
• Company values aligned

What was the size of Dualboot Partners’s team?

2-5 Employees

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

Redevelopment of existing software with an updated brand, look and feel, user experience and visual graphics/design. Key deliverables include updated UX/UI,enhanced gamification elements,combination of two existing software systems, ongoing maintenance and support.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

• Weekly meetings with progress updates; roadmap with ongoing action items ranked by priority, feedback from current software users and sales of the product.

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

Getting started and the initial deliverables were slow and didn't match the provided timeline but the world was dealing with a lot of variables (COVID, wars, etc.) that caused some delays that were outside of everyone's control. We have a project manager who keeps us informed of progress regularly and we have ongoing meetings that keep the project pushing forward.

Overall, their project management is second to none.

What was your primary form of communication with Dualboot Partners?

• Virtual Meeting

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

The owners meet with us frequently and this shows an interest in our project. Additionally, the sales team at Dualboot has assisted in providing referrals which have been helpful with our sales efforts.

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

Clear communication in the beginning about deadlines (and missed deadlines) as well as the future roadmap for support.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am the COO of Veracity Verification Solutions. We help K-12 schools simplify their tech purchasing with unbiased assessments of EdTech solutions in our marketplace.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Dualboot Partners, and what were your goals?

As a startup, we were looking to go to market with an MVP under an aggressive timeline.

SOLUTION

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

We found them through a referral from one of our co-founders who had met their VP of Partnerships. Our deciding factors for selecting Dualboot was their knowledge, cost, expertise and how they treated us through initial discovery conversations.

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

They designed and developed a two-sided marketplace platform for K-12 educators and vendors to connect over a shared truth to ensure educators have access to the information necessary to make sound purchasing decisions.

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

1 Product Director 1 Project Manager 1 Dev Lead 2 Front End 2 Back End 1 UX Designer

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

We were able to launch our MVP within the timeframe we had targeted.

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

They were open to regular meeting cadences, impromptu meetings as needed, and slack as a means of communication.

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

The culture which is immediately noticed in their interactions with clients. I was impressed with Dualboot’s commitment to the development of their employees and commitment to volunteer service work. This company employs great people!

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

Quicker deployments of features that were ready. This was communicated and efforts were made to address this.

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I was the technical co-founder of Bula, but I’m now the CEO of GetChkd Inc., which is a blockchain company. Bula has now been integrated with GetChkd Inc.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenge were you trying to address with Dualboot Partners?

We are creating a video-to-video, head-to-head social challenge mobile application that is built on the most cutting-edge technology with them.

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

Dualboot Partners has built a multiplatform mobile app for us from scratch; they’ve done development and design work. Although they do offer scoping and backend design as part of their offerings, we have a lot of documentation detailing what we want that we’ve shared with them. 

They’ve done all of the frontend design in Flutter, and we’ve done all the backend design. They’ve come to us with designs that we’ve added to. They’ve looked at a bunch of wireframes that had the color and the look that we want and they’ve modified the UX/UI. They’ve integrated pieces of the project alongside the GetChkd team.

The app has passwordless login and distributed video storage. It is video-to-video and users can challenge anyone anywhere, anytime. It allows users to record videos back and forth over minutes, days, or weeks until there’s a winner. There’s a functionality allowing a specific timeframe to be set. The video-based app houses the whole stories — beginning, middle, and end — created by users. 

We’re going to keep working with them for a while to add more features and make changes.

What is the team composition?

The team has scaled up and down. There have been as many as six people working with us and as few as 3 or 4. We've been in contact with everyone from project managers to developers.

What is the status of this engagement?

Our ongoing partnership started in January 2022.

How did you come to work with Dualboot Partners?

A person that worked at a startup hub started working at Dualboot Partners so I interviewed them. We had interviewed some other companies but Dualboot Partners had the team and the skill set that we needed. They had a fair number of Flutter programmers on staff so they could create code for both iOS and Android.

Dualboot Partners was also able to scale up and down and knew the startup world. They were willing to work with us to connect to the whole blockchain backend, which could be really tricky. They were willing to figure out how to make all of that work together in a really seamless way.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What evidence can you share that demonstrates the impact of the engagement?

We launched the app in July 2022 and will start aggressively marketing it in January 2023. We’ve only done a limited release of the app in order to get feedback and we’re continuing to improve the features. I will say that most of our team can’t believe this is just the first version; it looks like a significantly more developed app.

How did the company perform from a project management standpoint?

We have stand-ups 2–3 times per week for 15–30 minutes and we’re constantly in touch via Slack. We’ve mainly used GitLab, Slack, and monday.com to manage the project.

What did you find most impressive about them?

Dualboot Partners has a really good attitude. When things get heated, they always stay calm and work through the issue with us. They are very pleasant to work with.

Are there any areas they could improve?

Given the complexity of the project, I don’t think there’s anything they could do differently. We’re very pleased with the product, performance, and pricing.

Do you have any advice for future clients of theirs?

If you want the project to move quickly, go to them with a detailed scope of work explaining what you’re looking for.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am the founder, CEO and CSO of FIND Genomics. Our early stage startup aims to accelerate biomedicine, by enabling innovation in cell biology to thrive.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Dualboot Partners, and what were your goals?

We are molecular cell scientists who identified a problem in a $1.2 Trillion market. Given our firsthand and experience, we knew the core of the problem well, we knew how to fix it. Initially we developed a minimal prototype that was tested by our target market that was conceptually well received, however next we needed to make it a “enterprise ready” MVP to truly implement this product into the highly demanding biomedical market.

We did not have the computational capabilities needed to translate this complex system into a platform that met all functional requirements and security requirements. This required a team of highly competent and dedicated back-end and font-end developers, which are typically not right away on the payroll of an early stage start-up.

Dualboot stepped in to take this role, and are currently helping us to get to market as efficient and cost effective as possible.

SOLUTION

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

We have evaluated many vendors. But Dualboot stood out for a few reasons;

•  their engagement is not rigid from the get go. They acknowledge unknowns in the projects
• they communicate in order to get a deep understanding of our goals as a startup: product wise, operational and financial
• the process of formulating the SOW was flexible and fast
•  their pricing was reasonable compared to the other firms we spoke with
• their ratio developers:managers seemed reasonable.

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

Phase I (discovery phase) was information transfer from our team to the Dualboot developers, this included:

1. what architecture is already done and formulated
2. what additional features requirements are needed. Based on this analysis, the team could formulate a detailed roadmap and development cost estimate (low, mid, high).

Phase II was starting the build of the system in two week sprints. A special shout out to the UX designer: our product is technical and requires a deep knowledge about cell biology. The mind of a UX designer and a cell biologist could not be wired differently.

But their UX designer Ignacio (Nacho), together with product manager Brian took the patience to work with us to understand the flows needed to support cell scientists. They brought our initial designs and ideas to life in Figma, in a stunning design with innovative UX solutions. Being able to bring these worlds together, is synergy-- and the result is amazing.

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

Our team consists of a project manager, product manager, 1 technical lead, 2 backend developers, 2 front end developers, 1 UX designer and QA.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Not yet. The goal is to complete the platform in a month. So stay tuned.

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

We use Slack, Gitlab and Zoom. We have meetings twice a week. During the design phase, we worked with the designer on a daily basis.

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

Dualboot is impressive, because they did not shy away from a complex product, and they've demonstrated supportive, understanding flexibility throughout to process.

When there is a problem, they address it. They truly position themselves as partners. They live up to their company name!

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

Always, but in general I think this is an amazing firm to work with as a startup.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

Head of research and product innovation for a US-based organization serving clients around the globe in the areas of workforce development, leadership, and selection.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Dualboot Partners, and what were your goals?

Complete upgrade of our client-serving platform including redesign of the interface, data processing systems, and report generation processes.

SOLUTION

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

Found through discussions with area business leaders familiar with their work and effectiveness.

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

Development of a client-facing platform from scratch including extensive data management and report generation capability.

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

5-6 developers including a project manager, lead developer/ team lead, and additional design and tech lead resources as needed.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Executed on what we asked and provided much needed guidance and input throughout the process.

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

They were open and transparent in communication. Flexible and capable with regards to changing/ emerging needs. Focused, efficient meetings and additional resources as needed for crafting custom business solutions that work for our clients.

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

Dualboot has successfully tackled fairly complicated tasks (VMs and cloud-based installs, certificates, permissions, etc) quickly, thoroughly, and on short-notice. They have helped us overcome what might normally be a constraint for a small company without an in-house tech team, giving us the space and flexibility to focus on what we do best.

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

Great team. Great flexibility. Truly a partnership and that actively supports our success.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

Im the founder and owner of the platform and am in charge of all development, company and platform direction and marketing.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Dualboot Partners, and what were your goals?

Some owners wish to sell their projects off-market, in a private and controlled way. Current real estate websites dont offer this solution. All current platforms provide on-market solutions to sellers that wish to list and sell properties. Our solution provides those that would like to share and sell their projects off-market with a solution to do so.

SOLUTION

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

Our website is a socially enabled real estate website that allows owners of real estate projects to share their projects off-market with a network of contacts created through the site. The website envisioned a platform where owners can search for buyers by buy-criteria and then by inviting those buyers to connect, give owners the ability to privately share real estate projects with that closed network of off-market buyers. We chose DB because they have vast experience in providing 3rd party development services and their network and team of designers are great. And they were reasonably priced in the market.

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

We kicked off the project with a scope of work including all pages for the site and a discussion on the basic functionality as well as how all pages would interconnect. After a baseline chart was created, we decided on rules for the participants and then set up a project development plan that described the build out in sprints. We then took each sprint step by step, building out the various sections of the site and worked on interconnectivity once completed. Once all pages and back end coding was complete we tweaked the finished product to specs laid out by myself and the team to ensure a good user experience.

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

1 Project Manager- 1 Head of Development 2 Engineers

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Beta test went well and the site functioned as expected. All pages of the site functioned as built and the general feedback from our first swath of users was positive.

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

Project managment style was to let me as the origonator of the idea take the lead and focus the team on direction. They were very forthcoming on feedback on what needed to be changed or designed in a particular way and why. Overall the feedback loop was great and led us down the path of creating functions that were to par with the vision and cost effective, cutting out items that would be overly cumbersome in terms of cost and time.

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

The pace at which the project was built was good and the cost projections were accurate. Feedback on the project was timely and they were able to provide it while staying true to the vision.

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

Overall, I was very pleased with the process and end result. The area that they could improve is correlating overall business and financial goals with the site build out. Although typically that responsibility falls exclusively on the CEO, additional insight into this aspect of the project would have been helpful.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

Our health tech start-up developed the first predictive workforce management platform for the ambulatory care sector. As CTO I have been the main point of contact working with Dualboot.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Dualboot Partners, and what were your goals?

We hired Dualboot to help us design and build an enterprise grade predictive workforce scheduling platform backed by data science. Our goal was to get to market in under 6 months.

SOLUTION

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

Our main criteria were:

1. track record building similar software
2. cost to value ratio and finally
3. demonstrated understanding of our needs

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

The initial scope of work included authentication, profile management and staff scheduling functionality supported by a data science layer. Since the launch of our MVP the product has evolved to include admin and reporting modules among other things.

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

At different stages of the project we had anywhere from 3-6 people including a project manager and a mix of resources including UX, graphics design, development and DevOps.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

We were able to launch our MVP in under 6 months with a high profile healthcare pilot client in New York.

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

Sprints were managed on a two week cadence with a project manager leading discussions around status. We used a combination of a ticketing tool and slides to project management.

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

Breadth of design and technology skills and ability of management to work through different complexities.

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

We had to tweak a few things on the project management side until we got to the right place but to DBs credit, they welcome feedback and respond positively, allowing us to get to the right place.