15 articles tagged with 'Lessons Learnt'
How we solved host VPN conflicts by running OpenVPN inside Docker containers
Struggling with routing conflicts between your corporate VPN and OpenVPN? Learn how we solved connectivity issues by running the OpenVPN client directly inside Docker containers . A step-by-step guide to achieving a stable, isolated, and conflict-free development environment without modifying your host OS.
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Beating the virus: lessons from our seventh year running MarsBased
COVID-19 affected us like everyone else. In this annual post, MarsBased shares the ups and downs of 2020 — lessons on management, finance, and mental health.
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Six years grinding: How to manage your events and community
MarsBased has hosted one event per month since 2014. After 70+ consecutive events, here's our practical guide on how to manage community events successfully.
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No office, no investors, no worries - six years of learnings
We look back on our sixth year of operations to share with you everything we have learnt regarding operations, finance, hiring, marketing and much more!
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How we came up with our company culture
Having a very distinct and unique company culture sets us apart from other development consultancies. Read about how it's helped us to hire better, to get more clients and to become a respected company in our industry.
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Here's (almost) everything we have learnt in our first five years
Being able to celebrate five years running our first company is something truly remarkable. Since we're very thankful for it, we're sharing (almost) everything we have learnt so far.
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One year of the MarsBased newsletter: data, learnings and lots of unknowns
After a year of sending our monthly newsletter, it's time to review how it's been and reflect on what we've done right and wrong.
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Bespoke development as an alternative to Wordpress
Last year, we started working for an international marketing agency. One of the main reasons they chose us is because they understood that quick-and-dirty development on Wordpress just didn’t cut it anymore for them, and they wanted to invest in bespoke technology.
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We shot for the stars and we landed on Mars (lessons learnt in our fourth year)
Announcing our new corporate logos, slogan, the Spanish version of the site and our newsletter.
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Three years running our first business: lessons learnt
Everyone said that a full-remote, employees-first, quality-driven consultancy highly specialised in niche technologies would not work. Here we are after three years.
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Looking back to 2016: a year of consolidation for MarsBased
2016 was a year of consolidation for our humble company. Here's a short recap of what we went through, month-to-month.
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We don't need a CEO (lessons learnt in two years running a development consultancy)
Read about what we have learnt in our second year operating as a development consultancy.
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