{"id":2648,"date":"2016-08-17T15:28:46","date_gmt":"2016-08-17T14:28:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marvel7077.wpengine.com\/?p=2648"},"modified":"2020-08-12T18:09:45","modified_gmt":"2020-08-12T17:09:45","slug":"spotlight-old-st-labs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marvelapp.com\/blog\/spotlight-old-st-labs\/","title":{"rendered":"Old St Labs: Designing for Enterprise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"pageWrap pageWrap--s marginBottom-m paddingBottom-s c-slate lineHeight-l fontSize-l fontWeight-3 breakPointM-fontSize-xl breakPointM-lineHeight-xl\"><em>How startups work nowadays is at breakneck speed. Moving fast and making big decisions along the way. Large enterprise companies are whole different beasts that are difficult to change. Years and years of, \u201cThis is how we do things\u201d, ring true across most companies and encouraging them to change the way they work is a difficult task. <\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"pageWrap pageWrap--s marginBottom-m paddingBottom-s c-slate lineHeight-l fontSize-l fontWeight-3 breakPointM-fontSize-xl breakPointM-lineHeight-xl\"><a class=\"link link--blue fontWeight-4\"href=\"http:\/\/www.oldstlabs.com\/\">Old St Labs<\/a> are one company that has taken on this challenge. They are building a suite of products that creates transparency and visibility between internal business partners and an organisation\u2019s supply base. This transparency allows enterprises to forge deeper and build more valuable relationships with the companies they work with. Nick Peasant and Tom Pritchard spoke to me about how they keep their products looking &amp; feeling great but also challenge the way people work in these companies for the better.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"pageWrap pageWrap--s position-relative marginTopBottom-l breakPointM-marginTopBottom-xl\"><div class=\"blog-quote-before position-absolute bg-marvel\"><\/div><div class=\"tweet-quote blog-quote-after position-absolute bg-marvel cursor-pointer transitionDuration-l transitionProperty-all transitionTimingFunction-cv-easeOutCircular scaleUp--hover zi-weak\"><svg class=\"fill-white opacity-0 pointerEvents-none position-absolute pinCenter transitionProperty-all transitionTimingFunction-easeInOut\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"20\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 20\"><path d=\"M24,2.37a9.64,9.64,0,0,1-2.83.79A5,5,0,0,0,23.34.37a9.72,9.72,0,0,1-3.13,1.23A4.86,4.86,0,0,0,16.62,0a5,5,0,0,0-4.8,6.2A13.87,13.87,0,0,1,1.67.92,5.13,5.13,0,0,0,3.19,7.67,4.81,4.81,0,0,1,1,7a5,5,0,0,0,3.95,5,4.82,4.82,0,0,1-2.22.09,4.94,4.94,0,0,0,4.6,3.51A9.72,9.72,0,0,1,0,17.73,13.69,13.69,0,0,0,7.55,20c9.14,0,14.31-7.92,14-15A10.17,10.17,0,0,0,24,2.37Z\"\/><\/svg><\/div><p class=\"blog-quote position-relative textAlign-center c-marvel\"><span class=\"blog-quote-text transitionDuration-l transitionProperty-all transitionTimingFunction-easeInOut\">\"Transparency allows enterprises to build more valuable relationships with the companies they work with.\"<\/p><\/span><\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"pageWrap pageWrap--s marginBottom-m paddingBottom-s c-slate lineHeight-l fontSize-l fontWeight-3 breakPointM-fontSize-xl breakPointM-lineHeight-xl\">From the creative workspaces that are <a class=\"link link--blue fontWeight-4\"href=\"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/\">WeWork<\/a> in Southbank, I met with Nick and Tom at Old St Labs. They tell me all about the three year old company and it\u2019s big vision on commercial relationships. Old St Lab\u2019s was founded by Mark Perera and Alex Short, after Mark found a fresh opportunity after founding the highly respected, Procurement Leaders, developing an excellent list of enterprise connections.<\/p>\n<p class=\"pageWrap pageWrap--s marginBottom-m paddingBottom-s c-slate lineHeight-l fontSize-l fontWeight-3 breakPointM-fontSize-xl breakPointM-lineHeight-xl\">They saw a gap in the market for a platform to add value to the relationships of buyers and suppliers and revolutionise how they work together. Today some of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world are using Old St Lab\u2019s collaborative SaaS platform, <a class=\"link link--blue fontWeight-4\"href=\"https:\/\/vizibl.co\/\">Vizibl<\/a>, to manage their commercial relationships.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-2648 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-large'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/marvelapp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Working.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"840\" src=\"https:\/\/marvelapp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Working-1500x840.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Working, Old St Labs, Marvel, Spotlight\" srcset=\"https:\/\/marvelapp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Working-1500x840.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/marvelapp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Working-600x336.jpg 600w, https:\/\/marvelapp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Working-768x430.jpg 768w, https:\/\/marvelapp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Working.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p class=\"pageWrap pageWrap--s marginBottom-m paddingBottom-s c-slate lineHeight-l fontSize-l fontWeight-3 breakPointM-fontSize-xl breakPointM-lineHeight-xl\">\u201cNow both buyers and suppliers are on the same platform, it makes it easier for them to understand how the relationship is being managed. Even the simplest of things like showing the team members in a relationship makes a massive difference, a lot of the time people don\u2019t know who they should be speaking to and who deals with what\u201d, Nick tells me. \u201cThe fact I haven\u2019t been a part of the world of enterprise, makes designing for it so interesting. We all feel we can make a massive difference\u201d.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"pageWrap pageWrap--s position-relative marginTopBottom-l breakPointM-marginTopBottom-xl\"><div class=\"blog-quote-before position-absolute bg-marvel\"><\/div><div class=\"tweet-quote blog-quote-after position-absolute bg-marvel cursor-pointer transitionDuration-l transitionProperty-all transitionTimingFunction-cv-easeOutCircular scaleUp--hover zi-weak\"><svg class=\"fill-white opacity-0 pointerEvents-none position-absolute pinCenter transitionProperty-all transitionTimingFunction-easeInOut\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"20\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 20\"><path d=\"M24,2.37a9.64,9.64,0,0,1-2.83.79A5,5,0,0,0,23.34.37a9.72,9.72,0,0,1-3.13,1.23A4.86,4.86,0,0,0,16.62,0a5,5,0,0,0-4.8,6.2A13.87,13.87,0,0,1,1.67.92,5.13,5.13,0,0,0,3.19,7.67,4.81,4.81,0,0,1,1,7a5,5,0,0,0,3.95,5,4.82,4.82,0,0,1-2.22.09,4.94,4.94,0,0,0,4.6,3.51A9.72,9.72,0,0,1,0,17.73,13.69,13.69,0,0,0,7.55,20c9.14,0,14.31-7.92,14-15A10.17,10.17,0,0,0,24,2.37Z\"\/><\/svg><\/div><p class=\"blog-quote position-relative textAlign-center c-marvel\"><span class=\"blog-quote-text transitionDuration-l transitionProperty-all transitionTimingFunction-easeInOut\">\u201cThe fact I haven\u2019t been a part of the world of enterprise, makes designing for it so interesting.\"<\/p><\/span><\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"pageWrap pageWrap--s marginBottom-m paddingBottom-s c-slate lineHeight-l fontSize-l fontWeight-3 breakPointM-fontSize-xl breakPointM-lineHeight-xl\">Whilst the majority of Nick and Tom\u2019s time goes on Vizibl, they\u2019ve recently developed a smart AI tool which goes hand in hand with the product, its name is <a class=\"link link--blue fontWeight-4\"href=\"http:\/\/lucyd.ai\/\">LUCYD<\/a>. They\u2019ve taught this AI tool how to be useful and efficient for a range of companies. Tom explains that, \u201cIt can fetch news and bring in relevant information from the general web into a product like Vizibl. It makes the product smarter, surfacing relevant information to the people it matters to most\u201d. The arrival of LUCYD has led them on to prototyping other exciting features, like a chatbot which draws on information from LUCYD making news a conversational element for users.<\/p>\n<p class=\"pageWrap pageWrap--s marginBottom-m paddingBottom-s c-slate lineHeight-l fontSize-l fontWeight-3 breakPointM-fontSize-xl breakPointM-lineHeight-xl\"><span class=\"long-quote\">\u201cIt\u2019s not all about the product, it\u2019s about transforming the way our clients work together. Making everything clear and giving clarity to their relationship.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-2648 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-large'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/marvelapp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Laptop1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"840\" src=\"https:\/\/marvelapp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Laptop1-1500x840.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Laptop, Old St Labs, Marvel, Product Design, Prototyping\" srcset=\"https:\/\/marvelapp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Laptop1-1500x840.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/marvelapp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Laptop1-600x336.jpg 600w, https:\/\/marvelapp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Laptop1-768x430.jpg 768w, https:\/\/marvelapp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Laptop1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"pageWrap pageWrap--s marginTop-l marginBottom-m c-black lineHeight-xl fontSize-xl fontWeight-5\">So, where does Marvel come in?<\/h3>\n<p class=\"pageWrap pageWrap--s marginBottom-m paddingBottom-s c-slate lineHeight-l fontSize-l fontWeight-3 breakPointM-fontSize-xl breakPointM-lineHeight-xl\">Nick: It\u2019s all about updating and creating features rather than prototyping the whole app again. We\u2019ll definitely be using Marvel to build a prototype for our chat bot but we predominantly use Marvel to sketch and doodle an initial idea before moving on to wireframing and designing. We use Marvel to present prototypes to our clients and also to maximise internal communication as well, it\u2019s a great tool to use when explaining a brief to developers. We love the fact it\u2019s a mobile first platform and you can spin up a mobile prototype...<\/p>\n<p class=\"pageWrap pageWrap--s marginBottom-m paddingBottom-s c-slate lineHeight-l fontSize-l fontWeight-3 breakPointM-fontSize-xl breakPointM-lineHeight-xl\">Tom: ...and do it quickly! That\u2019s where the value lies for us. It\u2019s all about sketching an idea down on some paper then getting it onto a screen as quickly as possible, helping us to validate ideas and assumptions super quickly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"pageWrap pageWrap--s marginBottom-m paddingBottom-s c-slate lineHeight-l fontSize-l fontWeight-3 breakPointM-fontSize-xl breakPointM-lineHeight-xl\"><span class=\"long-quote\">\"Marvel bridges the gap between the startup world and the big Enterprise companies we are working with. It allows us to get our ideas across without taking up too much of our users time\".<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"pageWrap pageWrap--s marginBottom-m paddingBottom-s c-slate lineHeight-l fontSize-l fontWeight-3 breakPointM-fontSize-xl breakPointM-lineHeight-xl\">Old St Labs is expanding, geographically there are plans to start building a team in San Francisco, including some product designers. This is due to their focus being on remaining a design-led product. Nick was the company\u2019s first designer, joining after years working in digital agencies, and has now been at Old St Labs for two years. Where Tom, also ex-agency, has been with the company for around 2 months now. Despite the big difference in serving time, both Nick and Tom describe Old St Labs as a young company with a unique culture, thanks to the mix of young startup types and the much more experienced employees who were previously customers.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-3' class='gallery galleryid-2648 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-large'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/marvelapp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Stickers.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"840\" src=\"https:\/\/marvelapp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Stickers-1500x840.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Stickers Old St Labs Marvel Prototyping Design Product\" srcset=\"https:\/\/marvelapp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Stickers-1500x840.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/marvelapp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Stickers-600x336.jpg 600w, https:\/\/marvelapp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Stickers-768x430.jpg 768w, https:\/\/marvelapp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Stickers.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p class=\"pageWrap pageWrap--s marginBottom-m paddingBottom-s c-slate lineHeight-l fontSize-l fontWeight-3 breakPointM-fontSize-xl breakPointM-lineHeight-xl\"><span class=\"long-quote\">\u201cIt\u2019s a really transparent culture, everyone is good at what they do and knows what\u2019s expected of them despite coming from such diverse backgrounds.\"<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"pageWrap pageWrap--s marginTop-l marginBottom-m c-black lineHeight-xl fontSize-xl fontWeight-5\">How do you work together as a team?<\/h3>\n<p class=\"pageWrap pageWrap--s marginBottom-m paddingBottom-s c-slate lineHeight-l fontSize-l fontWeight-3 breakPointM-fontSize-xl breakPointM-lineHeight-xl\">Nick: For about a year and a half, I was on my own. It worked in the early stages as I came from a UX\/Design background but when you\u2019re working on a product that is growing so rapidly, you start to get tunnel vision so bad you can\u2019t even see what you\u2019re doing any more. Obviously, with positioning ourselves as a design-led company, it doesn\u2019t really make sense to have one designer. So we\u2019re really starting to invest in the product team. The one skillset we thought crucial to get onboard quickly was someone who could really get into the detail and the UX, which would free up time for myself to keep up the visual design.<\/p>\n<p class=\"pageWrap pageWrap--s marginBottom-m paddingBottom-s c-slate lineHeight-l fontSize-l fontWeight-3 breakPointM-fontSize-xl breakPointM-lineHeight-xl\">Tom: My background in engineering has helped me establish that detail is \u201cmy thing\u201d. I concentrate on the User Research and the User Experience, I thrive at the very beginning of a project and getting the details right.<\/p>\n<p class=\"pageWrap pageWrap--s marginBottom-m paddingBottom-s c-slate lineHeight-l fontSize-l fontWeight-3 breakPointM-fontSize-xl breakPointM-lineHeight-xl\">N: So we complement each other and we\u2019re hoping to then scale the team once we have a good foundation.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-4' class='gallery galleryid-2648 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-large'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/marvelapp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Mobile.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"840\" src=\"https:\/\/marvelapp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Mobile-1500x840.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Mobile, Smartphone, Product Design, Design, Marvel, Old St Labs\" srcset=\"https:\/\/marvelapp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Mobile-1500x840.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/marvelapp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Mobile-600x336.jpg 600w, https:\/\/marvelapp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Mobile-768x430.jpg 768w, https:\/\/marvelapp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Mobile.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/marvelapp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Dashboard.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"840\" src=\"https:\/\/marvelapp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Dashboard-1500x840.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/marvelapp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Dashboard-1500x840.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/marvelapp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Dashboard-600x336.jpg 600w, https:\/\/marvelapp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Dashboard-768x430.jpg 768w, https:\/\/marvelapp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Dashboard.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<blockquote class=\"pageWrap pageWrap--s position-relative marginTopBottom-l breakPointM-marginTopBottom-xl\"><div class=\"blog-quote-before position-absolute bg-marvel\"><\/div><div class=\"tweet-quote blog-quote-after position-absolute bg-marvel cursor-pointer transitionDuration-l transitionProperty-all transitionTimingFunction-cv-easeOutCircular scaleUp--hover zi-weak\"><svg class=\"fill-white opacity-0 pointerEvents-none position-absolute pinCenter transitionProperty-all transitionTimingFunction-easeInOut\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"20\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 20\"><path d=\"M24,2.37a9.64,9.64,0,0,1-2.83.79A5,5,0,0,0,23.34.37a9.72,9.72,0,0,1-3.13,1.23A4.86,4.86,0,0,0,16.62,0a5,5,0,0,0-4.8,6.2A13.87,13.87,0,0,1,1.67.92,5.13,5.13,0,0,0,3.19,7.67,4.81,4.81,0,0,1,1,7a5,5,0,0,0,3.95,5,4.82,4.82,0,0,1-2.22.09,4.94,4.94,0,0,0,4.6,3.51A9.72,9.72,0,0,1,0,17.73,13.69,13.69,0,0,0,7.55,20c9.14,0,14.31-7.92,14-15A10.17,10.17,0,0,0,24,2.37Z\"\/><\/svg><\/div><p class=\"blog-quote position-relative textAlign-center c-marvel\"><span class=\"blog-quote-text transitionDuration-l transitionProperty-all transitionTimingFunction-easeInOut\">\"Another challenge we find is prioritising. There is so much to do, what the hell do we do?!\"<\/p><\/span><\/blockquote>\n<h3 class=\"pageWrap pageWrap--s marginTop-l marginBottom-m c-black lineHeight-xl fontSize-xl fontWeight-5\">What are some of the biggest challenges you\u2019ve faced at Old St Labs?<\/h3>\n<p class=\"pageWrap pageWrap--s marginBottom-m paddingBottom-s c-slate lineHeight-l fontSize-l fontWeight-3 breakPointM-fontSize-xl breakPointM-lineHeight-xl\">Nick: Hiring good people. When I\u2019ve hired people before in an agency, It feels a bit different, I never felt as much pressure to get it right. At the moment every new hire has a massive impact on the team and the products so getting it right is difficult. So far so good though.<\/p>\n<p class=\"pageWrap pageWrap--s marginBottom-m paddingBottom-s c-slate lineHeight-l fontSize-l fontWeight-3 breakPointM-fontSize-xl breakPointM-lineHeight-xl\">Tom: Now that we\u2019re adding a team in San Francisco, it\u2019s key to think about how can we keep those two teams in sync when they\u2019re both working on the same product. We can\u2019t just have two separate product teams, that can all put their hands in at the same time on the same thing, that would be crazy inefficient.<\/p>\n<p class=\"pageWrap pageWrap--s marginBottom-m paddingBottom-s c-slate lineHeight-l fontSize-l fontWeight-3 breakPointM-fontSize-xl breakPointM-lineHeight-xl\">Nick: Another challenge we find is working out what to prioritise. There is so much to do, what the hell do we do? Deciding on what we spend our time on is always difficult. What work will offer our users the most value and keep the product improving is a big challenge but an exciting one too!<\/p>\n<p class=\"pageWrap pageWrap--s marginBottom-m paddingBottom-s c-slate lineHeight-l fontSize-l fontWeight-3 breakPointM-fontSize-xl breakPointM-lineHeight-xl\">Whilst Nick and Tom might have their hands full with a rapidly growing product being used by many, their passion for design remains. They express how much they enjoy creating something that people are actually using. In a world where so many products are being made, there are a plethora that aren\u2019t being used which they have previously had first hand experience of. Now their work is being used by hundreds and hundreds of people everyday with Marvel helping them accelerate their design process and their success.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How startups work nowadays is at breakneck speed. Moving fast and making big decisions along the way. 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