The Case of Kolmeo

The Case of

Kolmeo

Scott Bateman,
CEO of Kolmeo

“The product we were

building was wrong, the

way we were building it

was wrong and the way

we were running our

teams wasn’t effective.”

Kolmeo’s vision was simple: to build a product that makes renting, owning and managing property easy and enjoyable. But before they knew it, they had spent a ton of money and were a year and a half late in delivering the product. They ran out of time yesterday and were bleeding resources - fast. Something wasn’t working, yet they couldn’t quite put a finger on it.

That’s when we came in.

“It only took those three

for us to get a sense of

what would be possible

for our business if we

built a whole company

like the Daniel's and the

Farida's that we brought

on at that time.”

Great tools, innovative ideas and skilled execution revolve around people. At Beaker & Flint, we put people at the centre of every solution. To accelerate the process of delivering a product that users would love and rave about, we helped Kolmeo find talent with complementary skills to help bring the product to market.

We started with three key hires to join Kolmeo’s team:

1
Product Coach
Daniel Schrader
2
Agile Coach
Meir Lipskier
3
UX Designer
Farida Shebubaker

“If we had kept going on

the path that we were

on, we would have

flushed millions down

the toilet, building a

product that our users

would never have been

able to use - in

situations most useful

to them”

One of the first things Daniel, Meir and Farida discovered from research was that Kolmeo’s users were highly reliant on mobile devices to do their job, yet the software that was being built wasn’t mobile-friendly.

So much time, money and hard work had already been poured into the existing product. But CEO Scott Bateman knew they couldn’t stay on the rocky path they were on. And so we went back to the drawing board.

“It only took those three

for us to get a sense of

what would be possible

for our business if we

built a whole company

like the Daniel's and the

Farida's that we brought

on at that time.”

Only this time, by leveraging on the user research gathered, we knew which direction to go into. After years of being stuck in the build phase, a brand spanking new prototype was built in a matter of months. As a result, a few things happened for Kolmeo.

They rebuilt trust in the product from customers and their board
They secured funding for the next stage of development
They incorporated the process of gathering user feedback to deliver a final productthat actually gets used
They reignited the passion and excitement in their team by producing a tangibleworking product they could be proud of

“We've taken on more

and more of the team

because each time

we've got one of them

from Beaker & Flint,

they've just been mind-

blowing.”

Since we helped Kolmeo with their first three key hires, they've gone on to recruit an additional 40 people. And they're not done yet. The initial three allowed Kolmeo to understand the sort of calibre person that they should be looking for, the type of tools that best-in-class people in this industry actually work with and why that matters. Most of all, they’ve been able to drive the cultural change they needed to thrive.

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“The product we were

building was wrong, the way

we were building it was

wrong and the way we were

running our teams wasn’t

effective.”

Kolmeo’s vision was simple: to build a product that makes renting, owning and managing property easy and enjoyable. But before they knew it, they had spent a ton of money and were a year and a half late in delivering the product. They ran out of time yesterday and were bleeding resources - fast. Something wasn’t working, yet they couldn’t quite put a finger on it.

That’s when we came in.

“It only took those three for us to get a

sense of what would be possible for our

business if we built a whole company

like the Daniel's and the Farida's that we

brought on at that time.”

Great tools, innovative ideas and skilled execution revolve around people. At Beaker & Flint, we put people at the centre of every solution. To accelerate the process of delivering a product that users would love and rave about, we helped Kolmeo find talent with complementary skills to help bring the product to market.

We started with three key hires to join Kolmeo’s team:

1
Product Coach
Daniel Schrader
2
Agile Coach
Meir Lipskier
3
UX Designer
Farida Shebubaker

“If we had kept going on the path that

we were on, we would have flushed

millions down the toilet, building a

product that our users would never

have been able to use - in situations

most useful to them”

One of the first things Daniel, Meir and Farida discovered from research was that Kolmeo’s users were highly reliant on mobile devices to do their job, yet the software that was being built wasn’t mobile-friendly.

So much time, money and hard work had already been poured into the existing product. But CEO Scott Bateman knew they couldn’t stay on the rocky path they were on. And so we went back to the drawing board.

“It was amazing how quickly

we started to see change

once Beaker &Flint came on

board.”

Only this time, by leveraging on the user research gathered, we knew which direction to go into. After years of being stuck in the build phase, a brand spanking new prototype was built in a matter of months. As a result, a few things happened for Kolmeo.

They rebuilt trust in the product from customers and their board
They secured funding for the next stage of development
They incorporated the process of gathering user feedback to deliver a final product that actually gets used
They reignited the passion and excitement in their team by producing a tangible working product they could be proud of

“We've taken on more and more of the

team because each time we've got

one of them from Beaker & Flint,

they've just been mind-blowing.”

Since we helped Kolmeo with their first three key hires, they've gone on to recruit an additional 40 people. And they're not done yet. The initial three allowed Kolmeo to understand the sort of calibre person that they should be looking for, the type of tools that best-in-class people in this industry actually work with and why that matters. Most of all, they’ve been able to drive the cultural change they needed to thrive.

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