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Podcast 77: How to Hire a Great Software Developer and the Story of Long Tail Pro

<a class="txt-link" href="https://www.nichepursuits.com/author/spencerh/">Spencer Haws</a>

By Spencer Haws

Last updated: September 3, 2021

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Welcome to another episode of the Niche Pursuits podcast!  In today's episode, Perrin and I discuss my last blog post about hiring a great software developer for your bootstrapped business in depth.

If you haven't had a chance to read that blog post yet, I highly recommend that you do so here.

These blog posts are part of a 5 part series that I'm doing on how to bootstrap a software business.  You can read part one of the series right here.

Because I've actually been involved in a couple of different software projects, and I highly successful one (Long Tail Pro), I think sharing some of the Long Tail Pro story along the way makes sense as I teach these principles.

In a nutshell, Perrin and I discuss on this episode:

  • Budget needed to bootstrap a software business
  • How I hired my first developer for Long Tail Pro for just $2,500
  • How miscommunication lead to one of the worst dilemmas I've ever dealt with in my business.
  • How my developer held me hostage with some source code
  • How I found my next great developer
  • Strategies to weed out the bad and find the good developers
  • The importance of discussing deliverables before the project starts
  • Advantages and disadvantages of having a tech partner
  • Additional tips for boostrapping

Overall, I hope you enjoy this episode of the Niche Pursuits podcast!

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<a class="txt-link" href="https://www.nichepursuits.com/author/spencerh/">Spencer Haws</a>

By Spencer Haws

Spencer Haws is the founder of NichePursuits.com. After getting a degree in Business Finance from BYU (2002) and an MBA from ASU (2007) he worked for 8 years in Business Banking and Finance at both Merril Lynch and Wells Fargo Bank.

While consulting with other small business owners as a business banker, Spencer finally had the desire to start his own business. He successfully built a portfolio of niche sites using SEO and online marketing that allowed him to quit his job in 2011. Since then he’s been involved in dozens of online business ventures including: creating and exiting Long Tail Pro, running an Amazon FBA business for over 3 years and selling that business, founding LinkWhisper.com, and co-founding MotionInvest.com. You can learn more about Spencer here.

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Roberto
November 6, 2015

Great! That was exactly what she needed… 😀

Mathias dos Santos
January 19, 2016

Hiring a major software developer for the bootstrapped business is not an easy task, but who has a great history certainly will do in front of many.

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