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Website Development for Community-Improvement Startup Neighborli

Services Covered:

Website Development
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Industry
Industry

Social Networking

Duration
Duration

3 months

Budget
Budget

Less than 10K

Start Date
Start Date

1 July 2018

Team Size
Team Size

1-5

Engagement Model
Engagement Model

Offshore

Project Capability Score (PCS)

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72/100
Good

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Client

Neighborli

mapVancouver, Canada

Project Summary

Squash Apps built a new website for Neighborli, an early-stage community-improvement startup, using a MERN prototype as the basis. They provided both frontend and backend development, ran evening stand-ups to collect feedback, and assisted with launch and hosting. The engagement ran from July to October 2018, cost about $5,000, and is currently on hiatus while the founder focuses on teaching. The client praised the team's communication, responsiveness, and technical guidance.

Key Challenges

  • Founder lacked technical experience to build a production website.
  • Needed a platform to help students connect more with their community.

Project Deliverables

  • New website
  • Frontend and backend development
  • Launched site and configured hosting servers

Project Solution

The vendor used a MERN prototype provided by the client as the basis to build a new website from scratch. They delivered frontend and backend development, ran evening stand-ups to gather client feedback and implemented requested changes iteratively. After development, they assisted with launching the site and arranging hosting servers.

Project Outcome

  • Launched initial website though it is currently bare and not connected to the database.
  • Tested the site with small groups of students.
  • Strong communication and customer service; vendor was responsive and provided clear technical guidance.

Platforms

  • WebWeb

Tech Stack

  • MongoDBMongoDB
  • Express.jsExpress.js
  • React.jsReact.js
  • Node.jsNode.js

Client Endorsement

Overall Review Rating

4.75star5 out of 5 stars

Timeliness

Cost Rating

Willing to Refer

Quality of Deliverables

Squash Apps successfully developed and launched a new website, but there is still much work to be done. The team offers appropriate guidance for technical decisions to inexperienced clients. They foster a collaborative engagement while working remotely, and they remain mindful of project deadlines.

Karen Yip

Founder

Note: This endorsement is based on publicly available client feedback from external review sources.

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