French entrepreneur, Hervé Laumonier, kindly received us at the brand-new premises of his company, One2Team, in the financial heart of San Francisco.
The company was established in Paris in 2000, and has been headquartered at 575 Market Street for two years now. This new location allows the company to meet the needs of the market, since 40% of companies in San Francisco are in the Bay Area, while also allowing One2Team to cooperate with other French businesses in the area. This is possible because of the ever-increasing presence of French companies in the city.
Another reason why the company has established itself in San Francisco is because this city provides privileged access to innovation and a reservoir of qualified and competent marketing personnel.
Reinventing how we do business
It is in the kitchen that Hervé Laumonier elegantly explained the operation of One2Team. The kitchen also happens to be the place where Hervé and his team “come up with effective marketing recipes” and where the the gong, that resonates with each victory, resides.
The company’s mission is to reinvent the way businesses work, making them more agile, and helping them collaborate more effectively to achieve their goals.
It is estimated that 70% of marketing projects fail within the first two to three years, following their inception. Competitive pressures during the launch of a new product have become increasingly intense. The importance of innovation should not be underestimated either. Hervé Lemaunier’s ground-breaking idea emerged from this tough marketing environment, and is effectively a platform that optimises project management.
Enterprise work transformation software
One2Team is a Cloud-based, software platform adapted to big companies, which allows all the actors, in various sectors, to have the tools necessary to break through bottlenecks, coordinate actions, and to cooperate effectively. The platform is configurable via several interfaces and also runs on mobile.
Currently, the platform is used by clients in 57 countries, and generates over $ 7 billion in revenue. In a word, One2Team makes it possible to work together, thanks to data models defined according to clear objectives.
One2Team makes project management easy
Thanks to this platform, One2Team can monitor all actions carried out by the different stakeholders in these companies, to detect problems and solve them in real time.
Thanks to this software, teams also have consolidated overviews of their projects, mostly in the form of graphics. Time-to-market is reduced from 30% to 50%.
The future
Hervé Laumonier is still on the move and looking towards the future. His newest projects closely follow changes in the markets, while continuously reinvent themselves. In fact, new developments are planned in Europe, Canada and Australia. This includes the release of the Ocean Blue software package, which should be available soon.
For more on the latest trip to San Fracisco, read up on our visit to Founders Space. Also have a look a a piece on our seminar with self-marketing guru, Aurelia Laff.