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Building successful partnerships with developers

Building successful partnerships with developers

Building successful partnerships with developers

Building successful partnerships with developers

This guide outlines the principles I use in my own collaborations with developers when building an MVP.

  1. Pre-work. This is what needs to be done before getting in touch with a specialist. Learn how mvpbase was planned, including the pre-work phase in the blog post “How to start an MVP in 2024 as a solo entrepreneur”.
  • Project description - one pager, to the point
  • Page descriptions - each page separately described in the docs
  • Figma prototype based off of descriptions - helps to better formulate UI and shows the flaws in the initial descriptions
  1. Messaging the dev:
  • Project description, Figma/Drive links, asking for a quote - I wrote an email draft before sending any inquiries
  • Answering to all the questions, being fast to respond with clarifications
  • Agreeing on the timelines and price, exchanging details for a payment
  • Agreeing on communication preferences and frequency
  1. Developing the project:
  • Preparing all the images, logos and content beforehand
  • Registering and sharing access in the github, database or any other required service by a developer, saving all the passwords and credentials
  • Answering to any questions in the timely manner
  • Being proactive to solve problems while trusting the developer’s process
  1. Launching the project:
  • Testing the end product, writing down the bugs (being prepared that not all bugs would be fixed and marking the most important ones)
  • Hosting, launching online
  • Agreeing on maintenance - it’s important to remember that building an MVP means it has to be validated before moving onto developing new functionality.

Related articles:

How to start an MVP in 2024 as a solo entrepreneur.

Deciding on the right idea for an MVP.

Overcoming procrastination when working on an idea.

Ilia Kulikov

Founder