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John Steele

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
204 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
"He Hit $1m in Revenue Helping SaaS Founders Build MVP's "

Yeah.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
"He Hit $1m in Revenue Helping SaaS Founders Build MVP's "

And so we actually are really good.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
"He Hit $1m in Revenue Helping SaaS Founders Build MVP's "

I've been doing it for

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
"He Hit $1m in Revenue Helping SaaS Founders Build MVP's "

I mean, even before starting this up for five, six, seven years of finding developers themselves.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
"He Hit $1m in Revenue Helping SaaS Founders Build MVP's "

We have a process that takes 40 applicants and funnels it down to one person who joins the team, including, you know, a programming test that is actually paid.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
"He Hit $1m in Revenue Helping SaaS Founders Build MVP's "

And so we give everybody the same test.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
"He Hit $1m in Revenue Helping SaaS Founders Build MVP's "

And so we know where they fit in the in line and stuff.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
"He Hit $1m in Revenue Helping SaaS Founders Build MVP's "

So we actually can get developers in pretty quick in a week or two, and we've been able to do this just routinely over and over.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
"He Hit $1m in Revenue Helping SaaS Founders Build MVP's "

But we don't have that same kind of system for the team captain who is a bit more dynamic and has to have a higher level of skill.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
"He Hit $1m in Revenue Helping SaaS Founders Build MVP's "

And I just don't know the way to bring them in yet without working with them and kind of getting a good feel for them.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
"He Hit $1m in Revenue Helping SaaS Founders Build MVP's "

So yeah, we use those freelancing platforms that are out there because they have so many people around the globe connected to it.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
"He Hit $1m in Revenue Helping SaaS Founders Build MVP's "

So since most are out of the country, they're $10.99.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
"He Hit $1m in Revenue Helping SaaS Founders Build MVP's "

And we use those things as payment methods, vehicles, because everybody's on there that it's easy to get the money through.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
"He Hit $1m in Revenue Helping SaaS Founders Build MVP's "

We don't post the project itself.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
"He Hit $1m in Revenue Helping SaaS Founders Build MVP's "

We post only the test project.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
"He Hit $1m in Revenue Helping SaaS Founders Build MVP's "

And then once they pass that, we bring them into our own systems to actually do the project work.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
"He Hit $1m in Revenue Helping SaaS Founders Build MVP's "

But we treat our developers, so that was one of the things that I didn't like about software development years ago and I wanted to change, and we have.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
"He Hit $1m in Revenue Helping SaaS Founders Build MVP's "

We're ranked in the top 7% for engagement by Gallup across the globe.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
"He Hit $1m in Revenue Helping SaaS Founders Build MVP's "

We want to make sure that developers feel like they belong.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
"He Hit $1m in Revenue Helping SaaS Founders Build MVP's "

So we treat even our contractors like they're full-time employees.