Dualboot Partners

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Director of Business Technology of New Engen

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Digital marketing agency for retail clients

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

• Build our data infrastructure using Google Cloud Platform
• Stand-up Airflow and orchestration

SOLUTION

How did you find Dualboot Partners?

Referral

Why did you select Dualboot Partners over others?

• High ratings
• Pricing fit our budget
• 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.

Project is the development of our data infrastructure to create a centralized location for our clients' marketing data using the Google Cloud Platform, and specific technologies including BigQuery, Airflow, dbt, and Adverity. The project deliverables have included implementing orchestration and automating our pipelines to ensure that data is high quality, efficient, and timely.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Implementation and development of an Airflow DAG that can be replicated for multiple clients. The DAG currently handles a single data provider and will evolve into supporting additional data providers and data sources.

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

Project kicked off with discovery, design session, proof-of-concept pilot, development, QA, and now user-acceptance testing. The project has been managed via twice a week status check-ins, where we review progress and discuss obstacles, roadblocks, challenges, and issues.

What was your primary form of communication with Dualboot Partners?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

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

Appreciate our consistent check-ins, their responsiveness to questions/asks, and having the same team members throughout the engagement. They've adapted to our needs as we've progressed and have been willing to tackle our challenges.

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

Everything that they could be doing, they've actively taken steps to address once I've provided feedback.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am an executive of Myxx

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Shoppable technology that connects brands, retailers, and consumers through digital activities.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

• API Work
• Data Work
• Project Management

SOLUTION

How did you find Dualboot Partners?

Referral

Why did you select Dualboot Partners over others?

• High ratings
• Close to my geographic location
• Great culture fit
• 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.

Helped augment my tech team to ingest retailer data via API, support internal APIs, and assist with our data structure to enable our carting technology.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Product releases, documentation, data organization and updated structure. With their help, we were able to provide product deliverable and structure needed helping secure our acquisition.

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

Fantastic time management, collaboration and tactical support. They always kept us up to date on progress, documented the progress and were able to speak to our technical partners. They not only did the tasks but also provided strategic insight and feedback. We had weekly meetings and shared a slack channel which allowed us to quickly connect and stay aligned.

What was your primary form of communication with Dualboot Partners?

Virtual Meeting

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

One source that assembled the right team - covering both our technical and budgetary needs.

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

I thought they were great and provided the level of service we expected.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Founder of Funl

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

We are a specialty finance company serving the Construction Industry.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

• Build a new unique software lending and automated payables platform
• Help guide us to product launch

SOLUTION

How did you find Dualboot Partners?

Referral

Why did you select Dualboot Partners over others?

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

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

6-10 Employees

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

Build from scratch a new software and mobile application to perform automated payables and specialty finance services.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

We started from scratch to build a new specialtyfinance software. Progress was measured through initial design sprint and idea exchange, initial front end designs, backend development milestones,UAT testing, and beta launch.

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

Very organized. Great communication and organization.

What was your primary form of communication with Dualboot Partners?

• In-Person Meeting
• Virtual Meeting

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

They truly embrace the partnership model. We understood our business and the industry we serve, but we didn't understand software development. Their team stepped in and filled that role in a way that couldn't have by bringing those services in house.

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

None.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am an executive at a software company

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

We're a donor management platform for new or small nonprofits.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

• Rebuild our platform to compete with the market
• Build our our sales / Go-to Market function

SOLUTION

How did you find Dualboot Partners?

• Referral

Why did you select Dualboot Partners over others?

• High ratings
• Good value for cost
• 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.

We needed Dualboot's help to rebuild our platform. It had been built with another engineering firm previously and had quite a significant amount of technical debt that we need to get rid of, but also a lot of work to step into the "future" of our platform

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

• Scaling our team and scaling our customer based

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

Yes they did. They were always accessible.

What was your primary form of communication with Dualboot Partners?

• In-Person Meeting
• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

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

The level to which they got involved beyond just the engineering element. They have become a part of our team and contributed on the sales, marketing, and strategy side as well.

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

NA

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Director of Technology of AAA HealthConnect

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Healthy living support for seniors and caregivers

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

• Proof of concept

SOLUTION

How did you find Dualboot Partners?

Referral

Why did you select Dualboot Partners over others?

• High ratings
• Good value for cost
• Referred to me

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.

Amazing team of very talented people. They work fast and produce high quality software. Delivered my project ahead of time and way under budget. Dualboot Partners is at the top of my list of companies to work with.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

• Delivery of the milestones

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

Items delivered on time. PM was conducted in the open and transparent manner.

What was your primary form of communication with Dualboot Partners?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

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

The vast availability of their skilled resources was impressive.

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

none

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Chief Financial Officer of AAA HealthConnect

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

AAA HealthConnect is a consumer-based service that provides members access to trusted resources, tools, and products & services for life's transitions after the age of 50.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

• Developed a proof of concept on the utilization of Wordpress for main website platform and content management system.

SOLUTION

How did you find Dualboot Partners?

Referral

Why did you select Dualboot Partners over others?

Referred to me

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.

Engaged DualBoot Partners to create a proof of concept including discovery and design utilizing WordPress (including plugins) as our member platform and content management system. The goal was to deliver a working prototype of our member facing platform to improve on the current solution.

Deliverables include:

• Improved content and page creation flexibility with a focus on low code capability
• Development of a recommendation engine to drive relevant user related content
• Improvement on member community forum capabilities
• Updated subscription/billing engine allowing for improved pricing/promo capabilities
• Improved SEO capabilities within site itself

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

• Was Proof of Concept successful in overcoming the current challenges of existing systems
• Did Proof of Concept eliminate site rigidity and provide flexibility in development
• Did Proof of Concept greatly improve UX

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

All deliverables were completed ahead of schedule. Colin our Product Director was great at keeping us on schedule and frequently provided updates to the plan roadmap. Both Colin and Anton were extremely responsive to our questions and needs. They were also great listeners and very engaged in building something that was tailored to our needs.

What was your primary form of communication with Dualboot Partners?

Virtual Meeting, Email or Messaging App

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

True partnership! They listened to our needs and concerns and frequently provided updates to our site based on what they heard even when not defined specifically in our SOW. I'd also say that I was amazed at what they were able to accomplish in such a short time.

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

No, we are very happy with both the team we worked with and the product that was delivered.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

QuantHub offers data skills assessment and training software through an AI-powered microlearning platform. I am the CEO.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

We hired Dualboot to assist with Ruby on Rails development.

SOLUTION

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

They were referred by our venture capital partner, and we had heard of them from other startups.

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

Staff aug position with a full-time Ruby on rails developer, as well as misc UX support.

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

2 - project manager and developer

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Very solid work, great communications

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

Very disciplined and excellent project management skills.

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

I've enjoyed getting to know their team. They are very friendly and responsive.

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

At first I think they had too many people on the project - we discussed this and they quickly adjusted to our satisfaction.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am the CTO of Flyp, a NeoBank consumer techonogy company.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

We needed to launch our MVP mobile app, with integration points to many "as-a-service" providers to complete our banking tech stack.

SOLUTION

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

I've used the Dualboot team in the past, and had a great experience. We interviewed many other software providers in the NeoBanking space and chose Dualboot because of their ability to execute, technical aptitude, and efficiency of their operations.

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

MVP build - storyboarding, UI/UX prototype design, front end (mobile) development, back end architecture, and integration with many SaaS providers for KYC, ATM, BaaS, etc.

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

Around 7 total. Full DevOps team, including project management.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

We launched within 12 months, and are quickly iterating to fold in additional features and modules beyond MVP. Very few hiccups (bugs), and the infrastructure is handling the increase in load well.

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

Great PM team. available at most hours, evenings, and weekends. Tells it like it is without sugarcoating.

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

They're continuing to grow our company, but are still able to provide great top-to-bottom support.

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

Nothing major. Solid team.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

One Donation connects employee engagement to corporate social responsibility with payroll-linked donations to over 1.6M non-profits.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

We moved on from our original developer and needed a partner that could step in and work in our Graph QL blockchain based environment to bring our product to market.

SOLUTION

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

Familiarity with our code and communication were paramount.

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

Our project started off as an ongoing effort to iterate and improve on our existing technology. Along the way we found other potential revenue streams and Dualboot helped us to transform our existing product to fit the new model as well.

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

The team size fluctuated based on our current needs. We had one primary project manager who coordinated with the other team members as needed based on the project.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

NA

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

We communicated at least once a week over zoom for team meetings and had slack as our everyday method of communication.

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

Their level of expertise and flexibility in working within our startup environment is impressive.

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

NA

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am the Operations Manager of this start up.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

We worked with DualBoot from design, development phase, connections, testing and launch of our new concept.

SOLUTION

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

Ultimately, the personal recommendations we received about their skill, professionalism, and knowledge won our bid.

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

Full development: Design Redesign Layout Connections Flow CSV UAT Launch In addition to post MVP updates regularly

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

8-10 directly. Designers, project managers, developers

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

We are a start up, and appreciate the continued support through our growth of concept.

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

We had a midstream pivot of project managers, and very much enjoyed the additional structure to resources that followed our new project manager. She was a better fit for us, which we never would have discovered without the transition. (They chose to improve through the opportunity to better serve us) As the main point of contact for our end of the project, I appreciated the ability to speak directly with our development team. I believe there were often conversations between my needs and their ability to build it that were better without third party “translation”. I loved having a project manager with the social awareness to let us work with one another.

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

I can not say enough about the overall experience, however, I really enjoyed working with a very specific group of women. I do not believe this was designed for our project (which is male owned) but I believe it added a really personal connection, and different perspective to the project for me to see very technically intelligent women running this project.

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

None at this time