Captain's log, stardate d98.y38/AB

Running an all-remote company means having a distributed team of employees working from different places and also having no office.

Having no office means getting this question on a daily basis: How do you know if your employees are working?

Captain's log, stardate d77.y38/AB

In a world where we're constantly harassed by push notifications and last-minute urgent tasks, taking a step back and thinking long term is becoming an incredibly scarce skill.

Conversely, we're always taught to think and plan long-term, in order to do things right. How do these two contradicting approaches work together?

Captain's log, stardate d47.y38/AB

We're right now well into our fifth year running MarsBased. The company culture we shaped at the beginning is now shaping us.

Our principles are paramount to understanding our business. We believe that simpler is better, in giving the best conditions to work to increase productivity and happiness, in transparency with everyone and - most of all - in never compromising quality in whatever we do.

That's why we believe in taking #noshortcuts.

Captain's log, stardate d46.y38/AB

Just a quick update to tell you that we have joined a business cluster in the logistics sector, in order to learn from this interesting sector and to provide them with our knowledge in web and mobile development

Captain's log, stardate d16.y38/AB

As your company grows, so do your headcount and salaries. This applies to solo freelancers and agencies like ours alike: you need to hire other people, pay for other services, face price increases by other providers and keep up with the market changes.

Here are the ten latest things we've tried, which have contributed to our company growth since the beginning of 2018.