Bobby Gillespie - F2F
Wide-ranging catch-up call with Bobby Gillespie that shifted from his AI/agent workflow experiments and his new idea for a subscription-based advisory/content community, into a real business conversation: Aries needs an ongoing outsourced dev partner for Shopify maintenance, custom dev, landing pages and a testimonial page, and Chris pitched Classic City using Magic Spoon as a reference case. They discussed retainer structure (12 hrs/month at $160/hr scaling down to $140, roughly $2k/month minimum, with higher pricing needed for reactive Slack-based support), and Bobby wants to loop in Andrew (Classic City's lead dev) plus his CEO Josh before moving forward. Chris will send a follow-up email the next morning to schedule a call with Andrew, Bobby, and Josh.
- Chris will send an email to Bobby and Andrew the next morning to coordinate scheduling
- Bobby will loop in Josh (CEO) and possibly Sy before committing to a call with Andrew
- Aries' current dev team is underperforming and being phased out
- Reactive Slack-based support would require a higher minimum spend than the standard $2k/month retainer
- Andrew has limited availability for about two more weeks due to other launches
- What will the final engagement scope and pricing look like once Andrew and Josh are involved?
- Will Aries want Slack-based reactive support (higher cost) or the standard retainer model?
- Who besides Andrew and Don will be the ongoing points of contact for Aries?
- MeSend email to Bobby and Andrew to schedule a call including Josh (Aries CEO)
- VendorHave Andrew review Aries' site/code ahead of a kickoff call
- ClientConfirm Josh's availability and coordinate a three-way call with Andrew and Bobby
- MeListen to Aries podcast episode with Gary Brecka before the next call