Let's keep building cool things in 2021!
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Throughout all the ups and downs of the entrepreneurial voyage, one tends to lose focus and forget about enjoying the ride. Also, we tend to focus on our own vision and forget about how others perceive us, which is as important or even more than what we think about ourselves! Hopefully, this post will inspire you to reflect on this topic and realise that you're also building cool things.
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How we do things and why we do them
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We've never given a name to our philosophy, but we'd like to call it the Martian way because we can't come up with a better name to explain how we do things and why we do them. And since we're growing an ever-growing community of fantastic individuals and companies around us, we want to share more and more what we know so other people can profit from this knowledge.
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We're not a startup: we're a lifestyle business (and we love it)
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In the wake of everyone's frenzy of creating businesses and raising funds, we're often confronted with questions like "can I invest in MarsBased?", "if you want to expand to other countries, why don't you raise money to do it faster?", "there's so much revenue you can make with a team of ten, so why don't you hire more salespeople and a bigger team to sell more?".
Why didn't we do it? The answer is clear: we are not a startup.
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In June 2020, we launched our very own podcast, Life on Mars! During the second half of this extremely convulse year, we've released a few dozens of episodes about technology, innovation and entrepreneurship. Check them all out in this blog post!
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The first episode talking about ourselves
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We have been receiving a lot of feedback about our podcast, and one of the most popular requests has been "why don't you talk about yourselves?". So here we are, talking about the wild 2020 we experienced, broken down month by month. Learn about how we dealt with the pandemic from many angles: team cohesion, mental stability, sales, operations and internal organisation, communications, leadership and strategy in just one hour of Martian cocktail.
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Our latest interviews include guests such as Josep Mitjà (CEO @ LaTostadora.com), Susanna Carmona (Director General @ Mútua dels Enginyers), Marta Nolis (CEO de AccelGrow) and Cristina Vila (CEO @ Cledara) to talk about passion economy and how to overcome economic crisis, corporate venturing in insurtech, facts and figures of a fundraising round, and much more. Check them out 👇🏻
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If you prefer the video format, visit our YouTube channel:
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5 years collaborating with Zapptales
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Few things make us happier than building long term relationships with our team, clients, and community. We are enlightened to celebrate 5 years working with one of our favorite clients, Zapptales, a Munich-based startup that started out with the idea of giving its customers the possibility to turn their favorite WhatsApp chats into customized books. Since then, it has grown into a successful international company with orders coming from nearly every country in the world. Check out how we've helped them!
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Spin is hiring a General Manager in Barcelona
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Our friends and clients at Spin (Ford Mobility) are looking for a General Manager in Barcelona. This is a great opportunity to work in a very cool company and alongside MarsBased at the same time! |
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Investment ecosystem in Spain (in Spanish)
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Although the ecosystem of startups in Spain is growing strongly, entrepreneurs are not always clear about the different investment vehicles that exist and what type of projects each of them are looking to invest in. Recently, our CEO Àlex Rodríguez participated at a roundtable on this topic organized by Lánzame and Itnig. Enjoy it!
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Jan 28th (6pm): Ander Michelena (Partner @ All Iron Ventures)
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Participating in other events
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Our CEO and Founder, Àlex Rodríguez Bacardit, will be hosted as speaker in the following Startup Grind community chapter events:
📌 Startup Grind Grand Rapids (Michigan)
Jan 12th, at 4 pm CET, Online - Register for free now
📌 Startup Grind Mataró
Jan 21st, at 6 pm CET, in Mataró (or online) - Register for free now
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