Limestone Digital

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m a speech therapist and the founder of a speech therapy practice. My organization provides speech therapy and parental workshops.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenge were you trying to address with Limestone Digital?

I’m someone who struggles with technology. I’ve been working in the field for a long time, and I hired someone to create a website a few years back. My website did its job, acting as an online business card.

I was looking for Limestone Digital to brand my particular approach in speech therapy and make the website something that’s actually functional. I needed a site where clients could schedule appointments and could sell the products I have. That was my goal for working with them.

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

Limestone Digital created my new platform and the whole brand behind it, starting from scratch. They recommended what they thought was the best platform. The site has a shopping cart and blog.

I’d been working on this for a very long time, and I had a lot of ideas and writing. I came to the table with information, which Limestone Digital threaded together to connect different parts on different pages.

Their team designed the logo from scratch. I explained the emotion I wanted to convey, and then showed them examples of what I wanted and didn’t want. Their team gave me different options, along with how they would look at different backgrounds.

I had a few meetings with their designers. They made an interesting progression of more color and less color between pages. The final meetings were about running the website. Their team showed me how to create schedules, change content, make blog posts, and more.

What is the team composition?

I’ve worked with 6–7 people from their team.

How did you come to work with Limestone Digital?

A family member recommended them to me.

How much have you invested with them?

The project cost between $5,000–$10,000.

What is the status of this engagement?

We started talking in January, but the work officially began in February 2021.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

The website isn’t live yet, but it’s given me a level of confidence. I’m proud about it, telling people all the time that I think it will add a lot of value. It’s different from other websites. Overall, the designs were very cohesive.

Limestone Digital got my vibe. They’re fixing a few things at this point, so I’m using this time to get feedback from parents, which I’ll incorporate.

How did Limestone Digital perform from a project management standpoint?

The whole scope and timeline were managed beautifully. The project manager I worked with was fantastic. They were very organized. If I had a question, there was always a person to take care of it.

We communicated through email, video calls, and WhatsApp. When needed, we had phone calls.

What did you find most impressive about them?

Their number one distinguishing factor is that they’re on it. Their team is quick, wasting no time talking things over a hundred times.

Are there any areas they could improve?

For people who aren’t tech-savvy, Limestone Digital could provide definitions of what’s what. They explain everything in simple words, but I would’ve liked something like a walkthrough video.

Do you have any advice for potential customers?

Future customers need to spend a lot of time surfing the web to figure out what their vibe is. Someone can think they’re on the way, but when they see everything put together, they’ll find out that it’s not what they want. It’s important to immerse ourselves in the options out there.

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I represent a group of companies under the name of Chrono 10:10. We’re engaged in the Swiss watch business, and we’re one of the biggest European traders. The group is made up of companies from all over the world, and the headquarters are in Prague. I’m a lead trader and project manager for the group.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenge were you trying to address with Limestone Digital?

We needed to develop a proper-working and useful ERP for the group. Our business is deeply engaged with the world’s biggest online watch platform, Chrono24. We needed to digitize all our warehouses, finances, and global processes. We have a lot of locations, and we needed to organize cashflows and finances for those.

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

Limestone Digital developed our ERP. The final technical solution was a .NET platform hosted on Azure. They’re currently providing support and further development. We’re opening new locations, and we always need something new.

What is the team composition?

We worked with their account manager, a QA manager, a business analyst, and two frontend and two backend developers. There were seven people involved in total.

How did you come to work with Limestone Digital?

They had a nice portfolio, positive case studies, and fair pricing. They seemed to be a competent vendor, so we decided to go ahead with them.

What is the status of this engagement?

Our ongoing engagement began in January 2019.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

The platform has improved our revenue a lot across all locations.

How did Limestone Digital perform from a project management standpoint?

Their account manager was absolutely amazing. He was always in contact with us, to find solutions for our needs. Communication was done through Google Chat. We were updated all the time and given release notes on each release.

What did you find most impressive about them?

It’s their absolutely amazing communication. Limestone Digital is professional from A to Z. Also, they have good pricing.

Are there any areas they could improve?

I don’t see any points right now. We’re absolutely satisfied, and that’s why we wanted to share our experience. Limestone Digital is a good vendor, and people should know about them.

Do you have any advice for future clients of theirs?

I would let Limestone lead and remain in the passenger seat. They do everything for the client.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

Accomango is a provider of an accommodation platform intended to connect companies and accommodation providers in an easy way. The company's platform offers easy bookings, centralized invoices and reports, enabling users to easily search for accommodation and stay safe. Founded by Karel Zheng and Patrick Havlicek

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Limestone Digital, and what were your goals?

We hired Limestone Digital to help build our MVP together with internal backend-team.

SOLUTION

How did you select Limestone Digital and what were the deciding factors?

We decided to work with Limestone Digital based on a recommendation from other startup. Communication was perfect and Limestone was able to start with us within 1 week after the first call.

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

Key deliverables were to develop an MVP based on the existing backend solution. The FE started from scratch. Technology - React, Tailwind UI Template.

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

Limestone provided us with a Delivery Manager, Senior Architect and FTE Frontend Engineer who were included in our internal SCRUM process. They worked closely with our designer and product manager (they also provided additional product design capacity to make sure, that everything works well).

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

MVP was delivered in agreed quality and deadline. Communication was great. We are highly recommending Limestone Digital to any company who would like to increase their engineering capacity flexibly.

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

The Limestone team was included in internal communication and management tools. Slack, Jira, Productboard, Github, Gmail. They worked closely with all stakeholders (BE Engineers, Product, Design, Management)

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

The team has easy communication, flexibility, good quality, and perfect English which was amazing.

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

All was perfect

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m the CEO and CTO of a wholesale B2B marketplace for consumer electronics.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenge were you trying to address with Limestone Digital?

We hired them to build our web app. 

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

The team identified our product requirements first. Once they were finished with that, they asked specific questions and identified milestones that needed to be completed.

Thereafter, they integrated all the tasks into a project management system, showing us what the development cycle would look like. In addition, they conduct weekly sprints to finish our workable web product.

What is the team composition?

We work with a team of four but closely interact with the project manager. She communicates directly with the frontend developers on their day-to-day duties. We also have a QA resource. 

How did you come to work with Limestone Digital?

I started working with them 4–5 years ago and I knew that I could trust them. They were incredibly helpful. It's not often that a company finds a technology partner and team that they want to continue to work with. It's also the reason why I highly recommend them whenever I have projects with startups and other companies. Above all, they've always had the capability to bring projects to life.

How much have you invested with them?

We’ve spent $50,000.

What is the status of this engagement?

We started in March 2020, and the work is ongoing.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

We’ve been extremely happy with our product and the team. We’ve had developers come and go, but the company has been very good at finding new ones quickly.

As a result, we easily get our resources back to make sure that we’re on pace to continue building at the rate we’d like. Overall, I’ve been extremely satisfied with Limestone Digital's services. 

How did Limestone Digital perform from a project management standpoint?

The team's project management has been incredibly thorough. Sometimes I feel like their project manager cares way more about the project than even I do. We call twice a week to make sure we're on the same page. It's also their opportunity to ask detailed questions to us.

Additionally, Limestone Digital's developers have been great and quick. Although there have been times when they were bad at deadlines, their project manager has always stepped in and kept them focused and on track. 

They've also been helping us maintain our budget while we're pushing forward at max speed. In that respect, we appreciate that they've been implementing while still remaining price-conscious. 

What did you find most impressive about them?

Their flexibility has been outstanding. Whenever we hit a challenge, they've been quick at resolving it. Furthermore, we’ve been able to scale our team as needed.

They have been really open and always come up with new ideas. They really put their customers first and help us think through a lot of our challenges. 

Are there any areas they could improve?

I don’t think they have any areas they could improve. We encounter issues in the engagement, but every issue always gets resolved.

Do you have any advice for potential customers?

Take the time to make sure you know what you want to do and how you want to do it. Work with them on the best way to get your objectives done because a lot of times they’ll have better ideas and a better path forward than what you’re envisioning.

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m the CEO of a buyers club — we bring together buyers of a specific product and help them get limited-edition goods.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenge were you trying to address with Limestone Digital?

We need a team to handle our web portal’s programming needs.

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

Limestone Digital provides coding services for us. Since I’m not well-versed on this project, I don’t know the specific details regarding the technologies used. We give them a briefing on what we want and they will run the project. 

What is the team composition?

We directly work with 2–3 people from their team including — a project manager and developers. We’re consistently working with two people, but sometimes they’ll add a third.

How did you come to work with Limestone Digital?

A partner of the business was a friend of mine, he recommended them to us. Upon interviewing them along with a pool of candidates we selected them because of their competitive nature. They had a good cost and showed what they could do in the timeline, which was attractive, so we went with them.

How much have you invested with them?

Since the engagement began, we’ve spent around $100,000.

What is the status of this engagement?

Our team started working with them in September 2019 and our project is still ongoing. We initially looked for a partner to work with for a small project. However, we were really pleased with their outputs and decided to continue the engagement.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

So far, the engagement is going great and we are pleased with their efforts. Limestone Digital produces good outputs and their services are phenomenal.

How did Limestone Digital perform from a project management standpoint?

The team helps us keep track of our projects using ClickUp — we share our ideas there and they assess to give us a proper timeline. On top of that, we also communicate through texts, phone calls, and we have a WhatsApp group. Limestone Digital is able to meet the deadlines perfectly which makes the process smooth for both ends.

We were initially concerned about working with a vendor abroad, but, fortunately, that doesn’t hinder our project — we don’t face language barriers or time zone constraints. 

What did you find most impressive about them?

The team’s communication skills and ability to deliver projects promptly are impressive.

Are there any areas they could improve?

We can’t think of any criticisms for their team.

Do you have any advice for potential customers?

Do your due diligence and don’t just take my word for it, but we’re pretty pleased.

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m the CTO of the Fox Business Funding Group. We provide business funding.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenge were you trying to address with Limestone Digital?

We were looking to build out a system to help us manage our incoming documents for potential businesses and clients that applied with us for funding.

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

The team built a frontend application using React that would integrate with an existing system using an API that was developed internally. We did another CMS project with them using Ruby.

What is the team composition?

We worked together with five people.

How did you come to work with Limestone Digital?

I had a relationship with somebody who worked there in the past. I opted to go with their company because of their skills as a technology solutions provider.

How much have you invested with them?

We paid about $40,000.

What is the status of this engagement?

We worked together from September 2019–March 2020.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Because of COVID-19, we had to make a lot of cuts, so that’s why our engagement ended with Limestone Digital.

The quality of work was excellent. Their team had a good understanding of what we were trying to do. As far as the frontend application is concerned, they had a great eye for detail. They were able to create and produce working versions of the prototypes on the first try.

How did Limestone Digital perform from a project management standpoint?

From a project management standpoint, they did a good job. We used Jira.

What did you find most impressive about them?

Limestone Digital helped us work through a lot of different challenges. It was nice to have someone to rely on that was able to provide the technology and get it done.

Are there any areas they could improve?

We had a few slight mishaps in the earlier stages. We weren’t sure how we were going to integrate with the existing system, but we did quickly figure it out and got it up and running.

Do you have any advice for potential customers?

Bring them on early in the project. They’re a great resource that understands systems. Allow them to be part of your planning process because they’re smart at what they do. They’ll help you get a good system.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

We are a startup online marketplace based in London, UK. We connect users with visual artists through online studio experiences. I am the Chief Executive Officer.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Limestone Digital?

We were addressing the need for a scalable, secure MVP where we could provide extensive value to our customers. We needed web-development services to implement our mockups and designs from Zeplin.

What were your goals for this project?

Our primary goals for the project included: responsive design, user and artist registration, keyword search, and displaying artists on a Google map. The programming languages specified were React and Python. This project was essential to provide us with the foundations for a scalable product.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor?

Through a research process into 6 + development companies based in Prague, Digital Limestone came to my attention as being highly revered. When I subsequently met with Mark, the CEO, I was very impressed by his willingness to help our business interests, along with our technical needs.

Describe the project and the services they provided in detail.

They planned and developed the MVP product through SOW, designs, and mockups that were provided from our side. Including a set of integrations with third-party services that were required. They were primarily responsible for backend web development and project management.

What was the team composition?

The project team consisted of a project manager, front-end developer, and back-end developer. However, the team changed over time adapting to the different skill sets required. This was especially the case when two in-house developers joined the project, as the dynamic shifted, so did the development company's, to fit our needs.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Currently, at this moment in time, we have not launched yet, even though our involvement with Digital Limestone has completed. They have played a crucial role in getting us into a position where all our business requirements are satisfied and we can provide scalable added value to our customers.

How was project management arranged and how effective was it?

Project management was agile in the format that we required to adapt to any changing circumstances. They also had impressive responsiveness to any questions or issues. Communication tools included Slack, Google Hangouts, and Clickup.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

I was most impressed with how dedicated and hands-on the CEO, Mark was with our project, making every effort to reach out and make sure everything was ok and on-track. As opposed to a different CEO in the same position would likely not deal with smaller clients in the same manner.

Are there any areas for improvement?

There is little they could improve on, especially considering the impact of COVID-19, the timeline was fairly successful.

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m the managing director of MBANC, a player in the mortgage financing world.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenge were you trying to address with Limestone Digital?

We were trying to develop custom software that would allow us to replace a manual system of analyzing and calculating bank statements and identifying and parsing out information from customer documentation.

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

The system had to have a mechanism to identify and recognize deposits and all the line items in a bank statement. It also had to be able to determine whether something was a deposit or an expense. They built the product from scratch, so all the deliverables were staged according to each part of the project like backend development, frontend development, calculator development, and consumer portal development.

What is the team composition?

We had a team of 8­–10 developers, plus their support staff and upper management.

How did you come to work with Limestone Digital?

I was referred to them by a friend who’d worked with Limestone in the past. We spoke to multiple people and received pitches from multiple parties. The real reason we chose Limestone is that Levy (Co-Founder & CTO) was local, transparent, and honest. He seemed very different to the other group that we were engaged with.

How much have you invested with them?

We’ve spent between $500,000–$600,000.

What is the status of this engagement?

We’ve been working together since April 2019.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

This was a very in-depth process because for any one client you had to analyze 12-24 months of personal bank statements. Manually, it took three hours. Now, even though we’re still in development, we’re getting results in less than two minutes. We were offered $1.5 million for the software by another company even though it was only in beta testing. We said no to the offer, too.

How did Limestone Digital perform from a project management standpoint?

They were always available to us, readily willing to help with anything and everything. Some of their team was local in our area so we had almost weekly meetings in the office to brainstorm and go through ideas and concepts.

They were always responsive and on top of things, and their deliverables never had bugs thanks to their QA testing. If anything did go down, it was immediately fixed. They’re honorable, good people. 95% of deliverables were hit on time, which is rare for software development, and if they weren’t they communicated upfront. They reached out when they needed things from us too, which helped hit deadlines.

What did you find most impressive about them?

They were honorable, honest, and transparent and they knew what they were doing on both the software and business sides. Additionally, they became part of our executive team, especially Levy. He spent hours strategizing with us about potential challenges. They were able to make our software a reality because they understood our business. They’ve become part of our business, rather than just a software team.

Are there any areas they could improve?

Honestly, no, they were great. I have a fantastic relationship with them. I love working with them.

Do you have any advice for potential customers?

Listen to what they have to say and make sure they understand your business and what you’re trying to accomplish. They have the ability to couple the business side with the software development side. Initially, I was resistant but it’s a very mutual involvement as they become part of your team.

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m the head of engineering at a startup. Our platform directly connects cargo owners with transportation companies and lets them make a deal without any intermediaries.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenge were you trying to address with Limestone Digital?

We started the step of scaling about two years ago. When we completed the round of attracting investors, we wanted to scale quickly. However, our ability to hire our own engineering personnel was limited by classical marketing constraints. 

This meant that we couldn’t grow as quickly as we wanted to. We had a very high and specific demand for growing our platform much quicker than we could hire developers. So, we turned to Limestone Digital because they had experience in the logistics industry and working with transportation projects.

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

They helped us to scale our team, working as an extension of our team. They work remotely but they serve as an integral part of our engineering department. We work in Java and our project is mostly microservices-based. 

Limestone Digital supports certain microservices, and we focus on others. The team is doing on-request calculations working with different technologies. 

For the frontend, they work with Angular. Limestone Digital also helped us to transfer to the latest version.

What is the team composition?

We work with front- and backend developers, as well as a business analyst and a delivery manager. Over the course of the project we’ve worked with between 12–15 teammates. 

How did you come to work with Limestone Digital?

We researched different companies that had expertise in this domain. We then partnered with a number of companies in the initial stages, including Limestone Digital. They were able to prove their qualification in the sector by demonstrating a number of projects they worked on and describing their architecture. 

By analyzing the solutions they developed, we were able to make a confident decision that they were a good fit. They provided case-based proof of their qualifications on the technical side. We stopped working with the other companies and replaced them with our in-house developers, but our relationship with Limestone Digital was strong. 

How much have you invested with them?

So far, we’ve spent $400,00–$500,000.

What is the status of this engagement?

We began working with them more than a year ago, in about December 2018. We are still working with them.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

There were a number of technical problems that we had to tackle, but Limestone Digital has a very strong ability to tackle problems from various angles, making them an invaluable partner.

When we had complex technical requests from our clients for which we couldn’t find a solution, Limestone Digital helped us figure out a creative approach to tackle this technical problem while helping us with the user-flow perspective.

How did Limestone Digital perform from a project management standpoint?

The team is very organized, always delivers on time, and reacts proactively to issues. Additionally, they are very accommodating whenever we need something extra that is in addition to our regular workload. 

What did you find most impressive about them?

They were able to not only bring technical expertise but also to suggest specific approaches on how to operate and scale the platform that we were trying to grow. Everything they do on the analytical, managerial, and technical sides, is in sync. They match our level of expertise.

Are there any areas they could improve?

No, I have no suggestions. I have an overall positive impression of them as a partner.

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m the CEO of Engenious, an app development company.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenge were you trying to address with Limestone Digital?

We had some projects that required a larger team than the number of resources we had available. We were working with a client that provides a variety of services for VPN solutions.

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

We put three Wi-Fi routers in-house and wrote scripts. Those scripts turned on different routers and we forced the VPN connection to open and close tunnels between mobile clients. We delivered several mobile apps as well. Their work was done completely remotely.

What is the team composition?

There were two iOS developers, two Android developers, one backend developer, one frontend developer, and one project manager.

How did you come to work with Limestone Digital?

I met the director of sales at a conference and felt they’d be a good team to partner with.

How much have you invested with them?

We’ve invested about $300,000.

What is the status of this engagement?

We started working together in February 2019, and the work is ongoing.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

We’re satisfied with the KPIs. They work alongside our team. Our in-house people are really happy with the collaboration. There’s always a team working because we are in different time zones, and it’s comfortable for everyone.

How did Limestone Digital perform from a project management standpoint?

Their project manager helped us to manage all the KPIs and deliverables in Jira. The project manager is great. He manages the team well and makes sure all the deliverables are achieved. I don’t recall any conflicts with them or deadlines having to be moved. Their organization is high-level. We communicate via Slack.

What did you find most impressive about them?

I enjoyed their organizational skills. The project manager keeps everything organized. They know exactly how to manage development pipelines. They control the whole team, including our programmers’ overall deliverables. They know exactly how to build the process so the development is faster. The coding is great.

Are there any areas they could improve?

We want more people on the team. They agreed to expand the team soon.

Do you have any advice for potential customers?

Make sure you describe the project well. They have business analysts that help to transform your idea into an executable plan. I recommend you take advantage of their knowledge.