35 articles tagged with 'Management'
How we prepare our board meetings with Linear
We fixed board unstructured board meetings by using Linear. The result is shorter, calmer meetings focused on decisions rather than reporting.
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Our new services structure: finding the right fit for your project
We’ve redesigned our service structure to help clients easily understand how we work, offering five engagement models tailored to different project needs, budgets, and stages of growth.
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Small teams beat Goliaths
Team size matters as much as team composition. This post argues why small, focused development teams consistently outperform large, bloated teams in practice.
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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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We're riding (yet) another winter
Recession, inflation, and economic uncertainty are back. Here's how MarsBased is navigating another difficult economic winter as a bootstrapped remote company.
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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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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've been following the "Less is more" approach in many areas. We prefer to develop fewer features and, then, evolve them. We prefer to have a limited set of tools over too many of them doing small things.
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Not taking decisions is frustrating
As much as you can read about business and about how to manage your own company, you will never be prepared to face this hard reality: slowly and gradually, decisions take more and more of your daily time and mental bandwidth.
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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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