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A software house that is a Benefit Corporation, with a marketing agency inside it

Press Start was incorporated in 2023, founded by someone who has been building software for around fifteen years. Young company, not young expertise. This page exists so you can check who you are about to work with.
Incorporated in 2023Benefit Corporation, ISO 9001Prato and Florence
In one line

What we are.

A software house with a marketing division. One brand, two crafts that meet in most projects: the company building your systems is the same one setting up the campaign tracking, and it does not need anyone's permission to do it.

Registered office in Prato, working office at Impact Hub Florence. A Benefit Corporation, ISO 9001 certified, listed on MePA, the Italian public sector marketplace.

The narrative

The seniority question,
answered straight.

Plenty of companies in this field write "fifteen years of experience". In our case that would be incorrect, and anyone can check it in thirty seconds by pulling the company register.

Press Start was incorporated in 2023. The founder has been building software for around fifteen years: first as a freelancer, then as a subcontractor for other agencies — writing software that reached clients with somebody else's name on it.

Incorporating was the step from a person to a structure, not the start of the craft.

We write it down for two reasons. First, if you are choosing a supplier for something important you will check the register, and it is better that you find there what you already read here. Second, a young company has real advantages worth claiming rather than hiding.

The perimeter

What we sell.
And what we stopped selling.

For a while we did too many things, as happens to anyone coming from freelance work who says yes to everything. We cut it back. If you ask for something outside this list, the answer is that we do not do it: we will not subcontract it and we will not learn it at your expense.
First proof

Benefit Corporation:
what it changes in practice.

In Italy a Società Benefit is not a label and not an environmental certification. It is a legal form: the common-benefit goals are written into the bylaws, and every year the company has to publish an impact report stating what it did against them.

The difference from a values statement on a website is that here there is a document with a deadline and a responsibility sitting with the directors.

Second proof

ISO 9001: which processes
are documented.

Said like that it means nothing. Here is what it involves in practice when you work with us. The certifying body verifies all of it periodically, and we can supply the certificate for tenders or supplier qualification.
Requirements are collected and written down
Before development, and you sign the document off.
Mid-project changes are tracked
Who asked for what, when, and the effect on time and cost. It is the reason there are no arguments at delivery.
Issues have a defined path
Where they are raised, who takes them on, what happens if they stall.
Non-conformities are recorded and analysed
Meaning: when something goes wrong there is a procedure rather than an excuse.
Suppliers and tools are assessed
Not picked on instinct.
The terms

How we work
with clients.

Four commitments that hold on every project, and that you can use as a yardstick with the other suppliers you are weighing up.
You own the code
Source, repository, credentials and documentation are handed over. Not licensed.
No hostage retainer
If you stop paying for support, the software keeps running. Support is a service you choose, not a switch.
Fixed-scope quote
Price and scope written before we start. Additions are quoted separately.
You talk to the people who build it
No commercial layer collecting and translating. For better and worse: the answers are technical and direct.
Where we are

Florence, working office.

c/o Impact Hub
Via Panciatichi 10/14
50141 Firenze (FI)
Inside Impact Hub, an ecosystem of impact-driven businesses. Everything else we run remotely.

FAQ

Before you ask.

Yes. Meeting in person is an advantage for clients nearby, not a requirement for anyone else.

Evaluating us as a supplier?

Ask for whatever you need to decide: the ISO certificate, references, how we would approach a project like yours. We answer with documents, not a brochure.

Thirty minutes, no salespeople.

Whoever answers is the person who would work on the project. If we are not the right supplier, half an hour is enough for both of us to see it.
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ISO9001

ISO 9001:2015 certified

Written requirements, tracked changes, a defined path for every issue.

SB

Benefit Corporation

Goals written into the bylaws, an impact report every year.

MePA

Listed on MePA

The Italian public sector e-procurement marketplace.

Press Start
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