300Brains

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the CEO of an arts, entertainment & music company

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

We are developing a marketplace and a learning platform for online live music tuition

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire 300Brains to accomplish?

To program the front end of the software

SOLUTION

How did you find 300Brains?

Referral

Why did you select 300Brains over others?

• Great culture fit
• Good value for cost
• Referred to me
• Company values aligned

How many teammates from 300Brains were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

What was your primary form of communication with 300Brains?

Virtual Meeting

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

We first had two programmers working 50% each, but our CTO was not content with the deliveries of one of them while the other one delivered well and was also willing to learn new methods. The aim was to program the front end of our product and work towards alpha version which is soon to be ready. We do one part of the product at a time and finish that - then we start the next one, rather than working in sprints. 300Brains reacted fast and well to our complaints about one of the programmers not being experienced enough and took him off the post - and increased the other one to 100%.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Alpha version and parts of that, when they are finished (like parts of a puzzle) are presented to us via our CTO.

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

Our CTO is the employee's manager- he has done excellent work and great management with timely deliveries.

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

They had a local manager who followed the project closely and made sure that everything was working well on both ends of the project.

Are there any areas for improvement or something 300Brains could have done differently?

I think that they perhaps oversold the programmer who we had to let go - he did not turn out to be an experienced programmer - as we were told he was - according to our CTO.

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I am an R&D manager for a system that monitors infrastructure and railway vehicles. My company built a device to measure the features and developed machine learning models that provide assumptions based on the measurements from the system. 

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenge were you trying to address with 300Brains?

We needed a firm to build our application's UX/UI to display the results from our measuring system. 

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

We’ve been working with 300Brains since the beginning of our larger project to ensure their UX/UI development is connected with the information we’ve gleaned from our system development. The app is one of the critical values of the project because it displays the insights from the measurements and the data we want the user to have access to. 

300Brains is identifying our user personas, collaborating with industry experts to understand industry-specific needs. 300Brains also contributes their expertise in defining user experience, highlighting best practices. Their team is very open to feedback and pushes back when our ideas aren’t practical. After defining user personas, 300Brains will develop the UX/UI in Figma and use another tool for API creation — they’ll also use Bitbucket repositories for the coding. 

What is the team composition?

I work with 10 teammates from 300Brains during the project, but only five of those teammates have been with us throughout the entire project.  

How did you come to work with 300Brains?

We made announcements that we needed this work done, and 300Brains responded to our listing. An internal teammate had experience working with the 300Brains’ team before, which improved their chance of being hired because we had insight into the quality of work they produced. In the end, 300Brains was the best option from our pool of market competitors. 

What is the status of this engagement?

Our engagement with 300Brains began in July 2021 and is estimated to end in October 2022. 

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

I don’t have any specific metrics to share, but we’re very satisfied with the results we’re getting with 300Brains. We’re working according to scrum methodologies, so we’re happy with their work velocity and they’re meeting the work acceptance criteria we agreed on.  

How did 300Brains perform from a project management standpoint?

We have no complaints about 300Brains’ project management; they track the project in Jira and deliver on time. We use Slack for daily communication and have biweekly calls on Google Meet with the 300Brains’ team to plan sprints. 

What did you find most impressive about them?

So far, 300Brains has delivered everything on time and communication has been very smooth. They provide a lot of quality feedback on our project and quickly address our UX/UI edits. 

Are there any areas they could improve?

There have been a lot of 300Brains’ teammates rotating out of our project that we expected to be with us for the duration, but it hasn’t influenced our work schedule. 

Do you have any advice for potential customers?

I’d advise customers to stay in constant communication with 300Brains — our work wouldn’t be going as smoothly as if we weren’t frequently exchanging information. 

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Head of Strategy of Transwap

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Transwap

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire 300Brains to accomplish?
Integration with partners

SOLUTION

How did you find 300Brains?

Referral

Why did you select 300Brains over others?

• High ratings
• Close to my geographic location
• Pricing fit our budget
• Good value for cost
• Referred to me

How many teammates from 300Brains were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

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

Integration with banking partners of ours.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Integrated with partner within the planned project time.

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

Yes. They were great from a project management standpoint.

What was your primary form of communication with 300Brains?

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

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

They stay very close with us to understand our needs rather than just develop what we required.

Are there any areas for improvement or something 300Brains could have done differently?

I’m overall satisfied with the service provided.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Founder and Chief Strategist of Digital BIAS

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Saas and Fintech Consulting 

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire 300Brains to accomplish?

• Work on clients project
• Deliver Fintech software

SOLUTION

How did you find 300Brains?

Met James at a networking event.

Why did you select 300Brains over others?

• Pricing fit our budget
• Great culture fit
• Company values aligned
• Also purchased services from us.

How many teammates from 300Brains were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

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

• We needed additional experience for delivery of a Fintech platform for a client.
• 5 engineers to work on a COBRA platform for the US with React, Sql, architecture experience to work alongside our UX product designer and front end developer.
• Building a SaaS employee management platform and associated employee mobile application.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

All code had to pass strict testing for quality and penetration. 

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

We were impressed with their hands-on approach and good communication via Clickup and regular reviews along the way.

What was your primary form of communication with 300Brains?

In-Person Meeting

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

James asked me to trust him and showed how the team had experience across multiple disciplines.

Are there any areas for improvement or something 300Brains could have done differently?

No, very good all around.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the CEO of Doc4u

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

MedTech service application

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire 300Brains to accomplish?

• Project implementation from scratch- backend & frontend

SOLUTION

How did you find 300Brains?

Referral

Why did you select 300Brains over others?

• Great culture fit
• Referred to me

How many teammates from 300Brains were assigned to this project?

6-10 Employees

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

Work on backend

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

• Work picked up every two weeks - presented online, and also mobile app

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

Everything was on schedule

What was your primary form of communication with 300Brains?

• In-Person Meeting
• Virtual Meeting

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

I was particularly impressed with their knowledge, experience, and creativity.

Are there any areas for improvement or something 300Brains could have done differently?

No

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am the CEO of Kiddie Kredit, an app that teaches about credit.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire 300Brains, and what were your goals?

We needed additional senior dev support for our app

SOLUTION

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

They have worked previously with our CTO

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

We have two junior devs and needed a resource that our team could lean on full time

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

Just one senior dev

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

We didnt set any specific KPIs

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

Project management style is pretty hands off which is appreciated as the dev works under our tutelage

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

Their service costs and communication skills are amazing!

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

Not at this time