Freshcode

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the CEO/Co-founder of CR LiftEd (Formerly the lifted app)

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

CR LiftEd™ is an evidence-based, cloud software built for teachers, paraprofessionals, BCBAs, Behavior Interventionists, therapists, and Special Education administrators collaboratively working to measurably improve teaching and learning outcomes for students with Autism and IDD.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Freshcode to accomplish?

• Full-stack software development

SOLUTION

How did you find Freshcode?

Referral

Why did you select Freshcode over others?

• High ratings
• Pricing fit our budget
• Great culture fit
• Good value for cost

How many teammates from Freshcode were assigned to this project?

6-10 Employees

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

On-going technical project management, technical requirements documentation, quality assurance testing, business analyst, and full-stack code development services using agile software delivery methodology. Freshcode worked with our in-house CTO to manage development of LiftEd v2 and v3 react/google firestore web applications between 2021-2022. 

After LiftEd was acquired in June 2022, Freshcode team worked in conjunction with an in-house full-time engineering team in the same capacity to support a 18 month re-platform project moving LiftEd from react / google firebase to react/typescript web app hosted on MONGO DB with a new middle tier and backend APIs

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Code development

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

Fantastic, A+++

What was your primary form of communication with Freshcode?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

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

We were impressed with their flexibility, code quality, and availability, and ability to work as an offshore arm in conjunction with our in-house full time engineering, engineering manager, scrum master, design, and product management team members. Freshcode stepped in after LiftEd went through a round of critical layoffs, where we lost our CTO and core engineering team members. They contracted with co-founders and a CTO-as a service firm to ensure there was no service loss of LiftEd to our customers and led software development efforts forward.

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

No

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

We’re an educational company that provides services for universities and schools. We develop software solutions and offer support to our clients. I’m the product owner in the company, in charge of the features we develop and deliver.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenge were you trying to address with FRESHCODE?

It was hard to find internal developers, and we had time pressures to deliver functionalities. We’ve leveraged FRESHCODE’s services when we needed something delivered fast, and they’ve also provided technical experts that could consult us on certain product aspects.

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

FRESHCODE has mainly provided full-stack developers, along with frontend and backend ones.

What is the team composition?

Depending on the situation, we’ve used 5–10 people from FRESHCODE. We haven’t used any project managers from their side.

How did you come to work with FRESHCODE?

Before I started working with the company, they were chosen. We were simply looking for a company that could provide the services we were looking for without a lot of headaches. FRESHCODE was able to answer all of our questions.

How much have you invested with them?

We’ve paid them $200,000 so far.

What is the status of this engagement?

I started working for them in the autumn of 2019, and FRESHCODE followed that spring. The collaboration is ongoing, and we’re hiring more people from them.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

FRESHCODE provided developers to us, so the impact has been the growth of our source codebase. They’ve also taken part in some architectural decisions. Their team keeps us moving.

How did FRESHCODE perform from a project management standpoint?

From my perspective, they’ve performed quite well. The work with them is predictable, and they deliver when required. We communicate through Slack and similar applications.

What did you find most impressive about them?

I haven’t had any negative experiences with them. They deliver what we need on time. We ask them to do a task, and they do it without any questions. That’s the best feature of FRESHCODE, and it’s why we’re continuing to work with them.

Are there any areas they could improve?

I can’t provide any feedback from a development perspective. We’ve looked at each developer’s expertise before hiring them. I haven’t had the occasion to work with other resources like a project manager or analyst.

FRESHCODE simply does their job, and I don’t have any issues.

Do you have any advice for future clients of theirs?

My advice could be that, if someone’s looking for a team that gets the job done without any issues, FRESHCODE is that team.

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m a co-founder and CTO of No White Walls. We’re a company that provides services to landlords to help them manage individual rooms. We help landlords rent spaces and manage the rentals.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenge were you trying to address with FRESHCODE?

We needed to create a platform to help promote rentals. Our company started to build a website with a different agency that didn’t work out.

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

Basically, they build the website from scratch until production. Their team used JavaScript. They continued working on other features and building new versions. The platform’s complicated and involves different entry points for different users. At the moment, our engagement’s in the support stage.

What is the team composition?

I worked with three people.

How did you come to work with FRESHCODE?

I already had experience with FRESHCODE, so I asked them to step in.

How much have you invested with them?

We spent around $500,000.

What is the status of this engagement?

We started working on this project in April 2018 and the platform went into production in January 2019.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

The site’s allowed our company to become a company. Before, we were just a startup. Now, we have clients and can try to find investments.

How did FRESHCODE perform from a project management standpoint?

We communicate via Slack or Skype. If we had an urgent matter, we used Slack calls. It was really good. We had a project manager with whom we addressed everything. Also, we had an account manager who was always available if we needed to escalate, which rarely happened. It was amazing.

What did you find most impressive about them?

We never had a failed project. Their communication was good. They listen and always try to improve. After the end of the development, they checked in with us to review what went well and what went less well. Their team tries to apply new strategies and technologies. They’re developing all of the time.

Are there any areas they could improve?

It would be amazing to have our developers here once in a while but it's quite difficult with visas. They tried to apply a couple of times for visas but didn’t succeed.

Do you have any advice for potential customers?

The more prepared you are for the project, the quicker and the cheaper the project will be. That's not only FRESHCODE. That’s with any remote provider. Be prepared at the beginning with your requirements.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

 I am the Partner of a software company 

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

We build custom software to help SMB execute their business processes more efficiently.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Freshcode to accomplish?

• Help us maintain and extend a nationwide logistics system in Node.js

SOLUTION

How did you find Freshcode?

Online Search

Why did you select Freshcode over others?

Talking to their candidates we noticed a strong technical background, and good communication skill

How many teammates from Freshcode were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

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

In a scrum team Freshcode developers implemented user stories and participated in all stand-ups and meetings (English spoken).

Deliverables were Node.js code and React.js code implementing the user stories.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Weekly user story implementations measured in story points. The fact that the project lasted quite long shows that this was up to par with the end customer's expectation.

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

They have a clear structure of sales and management. It is possible to speak to management but you usually deal with sales.

What was your primary form of communication with Freshcode?

Virtual Meeting

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

Technical skills and work ethic.

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

English could be even better.