Scale Your SaaS 271: How to Make Sure Your Dev Team Productivity is Maximized - with Phil Alves
EPISODE SUMMARY
Product development is the backbone of software companies, so nurturing your dev team is paramount to success. Despite this, the knee-jerk response to product development usually measures the KPIs for an optimal go-to-market. However, the secret to productivity lies in numbers and developer experience.
In this week's episode of Scale Your SaaS, DevStats Founder, and DevSquad CEO Phil Alvez shares the ingredients for successful product development with Host and B2B SaaS Sales coach, Matt Wolach. He highlights the importance of culture and encourages minimalism in software development. Set your developers for success and enjoy the domino effect on your bottom line by watching the video!
PODCAST-AT-A-GLANCE
Podcast: Scale Your SaaS with Matt Wolach
Episode: Episode No. 271, "How to Make Sure Your Dev Team Productivity is Maximized - with Phil Alves"
Host: Matt Wolach, a B2B SaaS sales coach, Entrepreneur, and Investor
Guest: Phil Alves, Founder at DevStats and CEO at DevSquad
TOP TIPS FROM THIS EPISODE
- Focus on Good Developer Experience
- Make Culture the Bedrock of Your Company
- Talk to Customers to Understand the Problem
- Create Solutions that Target Pain Points
- Avoid Copying Bigger Companies
EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS
- Smaller Companies Have Lesser Bureaucracy
- The Best Software Leaders are Expert Visionaries
- Software Creation will Become Niched
TOP QUOTES
Phil Alves
[7:55] "I want to make my firm like the Disney for software developers."
[13:20] "I'm not talking to my customers to understand the solution. I'm talking to my customer to understand the problem.
[14:17] "I don't believe we can build software by using democracy."
Matt Wolach
[12:22] "Once we found the culture that worked for us, it just became so strong within our organization. It was something that we could hire to, something we could train to, something that people just kind of felt, and it helped them become more passionate for the business and what the business was doing."
LEARN MORE
To learn more about DevStats, visit: https://www.devstats.com/
To learn more about DevSquad, visit:
You can also find Phil Alves on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/philalves/en
For more about how host Matt Wolach helps software companies achieve maximum growth, visit https://mattwolach.com/
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