Balancing creativity and business in Spain
What if the secret to thriving in the design market lies in balancing American ambition with Spanish work-life harmony? Join us as we sit down with Brian Farrell from Farco, whose remarkable journey—from spearheading digital transformation at BBVA to founding his own studio in Spain—provides a unique lens into the shifting landscape of design.
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Bootstrapped businesses, async & remote with Amir Salihefendic (CEO @ Doist)
Discover how Amir Salihefendic bootstrapped his way to success with his company Doist, challenging the norm in the tech world! Tune into our latest podcast episode where we explore sustainable business models and effective asynchronous communication.
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Personalism vs. professionalism
There's a thin line between being professional and having no limits to what you do for work and how you do it. Overpleasing people constantly might actually be detrimental to your business and your reputation.
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Celebrating with Martian Breakfasts!
As time goes by, we have more stuff worth celebrating in the company going on, so we've decided to take it up a notch and celebrate small and big teams with a joint virtual breakfast on the company!
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We've updated our handbook to include our new development workflow
As you might probably know, we have a long document called the MarsBased Handbook where we try to describe all our procedures and how we work.
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The importance of saying NO
We have overcome one of the most intense periods at work in the entire life of the company, largely thanks to our ability to say 'no' more than we say 'yes', defying the standards and the etiquette of our industry.
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Be more available to the rest of the team
At MarsBased, we like to review our workflows, tools and policies every now and then because what it used to be good for us, might not be the right fit now. For instance, last year, we changed our project management tool from JIRA to Linear.
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The Martian way
We have been around for well over six years. As we learn day by day, we feel the impulse to give back to our followers and community not only to explain how we do things, but also why we do them.
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Two events to learn how to do remote work the right way
We will share how to do remote work the right way in two online events, this week. Learn from two extremely-knowledged people in the field of remote work!
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Introducing the MarsBased Employee Handbook!
We've published our employee handbook for everyone to enjoy, learn or take inspiration from. We love giving back to the community!
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Everything we know about company culture
As a result of a masterclass on company culture we gave in the Seaside Startup Summit in Yerevan, Armenia, we've compiled everything we know about this topic in four blog posts for you to enjoy!
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Maintaining company culture in remote environments
Maintaining a strong company culture can be tricky, but it's trickier in distributed teams and all-remote companies. In this post, we discuss how we do it in our officeless development consultancy.
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