14 articles tagged with 'Lessons Learnt'

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Beating the virus: lessons from our seventh year running MarsBased

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected everyone differently and we are no exception. We want to share our ups and downs from 2020 in our annual post about lessons learnt, including management, finance and mental health, among other topics.

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Six years grinding: How to manage your events and community

We have been hosting at least one event per month since we started the company in early 2014. After over 70 consecutive months of hosting events, we have compiled how we do it so others can profit from our experience.

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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

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

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

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

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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Sirenum Fossae on Mars

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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Red rocks

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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Road

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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Lessons learnt: one year running our own business

Time flies. We have been so busy this year, that we have barely had time to look back to all the things we have accomplished thus far. Actually, it’s been a year and a month since we legally founded MarsBased. Here’s what we have learnt in this first year of operating full-time as service providers.

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