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Bobby Gillespie - Sales
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Bobby Gillespie brought Josh Bruni (CEO of the Aries EMF product company) into a sales call with Chris LaFay and Andrew Booth to scope ongoing dev/retainer support after their current outsourced (European/Asian) dev team became overloaded with hacky Replo-heavy Shopify work. They discussed weekly or biweekly sprint cadence, cleaning up technical debt on their Shopify site, and a possible future move to a WordPress-plus-Shopify hybrid setup to fix SEO and blog strategy. Chris and Andrew agreed to follow up with Andrew leading a 1:1 discussion and to send Josh/Bobby a bullet-point next-steps email.
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What came out of it
Decisions1
- Agreed weekly or biweekly sprint cadence would work well for ongoing dev support
Risks and blockers4
- Current dev team is overloaded with Replo-dependent, non-customizable Shopify code
- Time zone lag with European/outsourced dev team slows fixes and clarifications
- Website hasn't been updated in over a year and blog/SEO setup is a mess
- Ending current dev vendor relationship needs to happen without disrupting operations
Open questions3
- What will the specific retainer scope and minimum hours look like?
- Should they move toward a WordPress-plus-Shopify hybrid setup for SEO and blog growth?
- How will Classic City formally take over dev work from the current outsourced team?
Next steps3
- MeSend Bobby and Josh a bullet-point email outlining proposed next steps
- MeChris and Andrew to have a 1:1 follow-up discussion on how to structure the engagement
- ClientBobby and Josh to review the proposal and move toward finalizing the partnership
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