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Life on Mars - A podcast from MarsBasedHalfway through 2025: How MarsBased is evolving, growing, and staying true to its valuesIn this new episode of Life on Mars, we take you behind the scenes at MarsBased to share how the first half of 2025 has unfolded for us as a team and company.This year has marked the beginning of a new chapter, one shaped by growth, clarity, and transformation. We’ve strengthened our pipeline, expanded the team, and taken meaningful steps toward building a more mature and intentional company culture. But more importantly, we’re doing it all while staying true to our values of transparency, trust, and long-term thinking.From company structure and team comm...2025-07-1534 minLife on Mars - A podcast from MarsBased10 years without shortcuts or investors: the MarsBased keynote revealAfter 10 years building MarsBased as a fully remote, bootstrapped, and values-driven tech company, we’re finally sharing the full story. This keynote, recorded for our 10th anniversary, is a reflection on everything we've learned about building sustainable software, nurturing company culture, and growing a business without external investors, shortcuts or growth hacks.We talk about how we made remote work function from day one, why we chose to bootstrap instead of seeking venture capital, and how ethical decision-making has shaped every part of our journey. You'll also hear our philosophy on writing clean, maintainable code, and how lo...2025-07-0153 min
Life on Mars - El podcast de MarsBased5 años del podcast de MarsBased: historias reales, fallos épicos y aprendizajes, mejores momentosCelebramos 5 años del podcast de MarsBased con un especial muy personal.Un recopilatorio con los momentos más impactantes, incómodos y honestos de nuestras conversaciones en español.No todo en el mundo startup son rondas millonarias y exits felices. Aquí hablamos también de errores que duelen, decisiones difíciles y situaciones que no suelen salir en las newsletters.En este episodio especial encontrarás:– Un emprendedor que borra por error toda la base de datos de su cliente.– Qué pasa después de vender tu startup… cuando ya no hay nada que...2025-05-271h 33Life on Mars - A podcast from MarsBasedBeyond the AI demo: Turning prototypes into real businessesTurn your AI demo into a real business. In this episode of Life on Mars, real founders share their experiences, strategies, lessons, and mistakes behind building scalable AI startups and growing products beyond the demo phase.Join Àlex Rodríguez Bacardit (CEO of MarsBased) as he sits down with Ricardo Ghekiere (Founder of BetterPic) and Tanya Van Gastel (from Multiverse AI) to discuss the hard truths about scaling AI products, how to build a sustainable business, and what it takes to move from prototype to...2025-05-131h 02Life on Mars - El podcast de MarsBasedCómo un desarrollador creó un negocio de idiomas desde cero y volvió como cliente: Dreaming LanguagesEn este episodio de Life on Mars, el podcast de MarsBased, charlamos con Pablo Román, fundador de Dreaming Languages. Pablo fue desarrollador en MarsBased y, tras una experiencia transformadora en Asia, decidió dejar el código para centrarse en su verdadera pasión: enseñar idiomas.Descubre cómo empezó su proyecto desde cero, qué es el input comprensible y cómo ha convertido Dreaming Languages en una empresa con empleados y miles de usuarios fieles.Support the show🎬 Puedes ver el vídeo de este episodio en la web del podcast Life on Mars: http...2025-04-0857 minLife on Mars - A podcast from MarsBased087 - Our 2024 in review + forecast for 2025What if economic downturns could be a springboard for growth instead of a setback? Join Àlex, the CEO and founder of MarsBased, as he shares the inside scoop on how his company not only weathered the technological market storm of 2024 but emerged stronger. Learn from their journey through industry challenges, management demands, and the strategic pivots that led to exciting collaborations and a revenue milestone of 2.5 million euros, all while remaining bootstrapped and expanding the team.Despite grappling with project estimation issues and sudden contract cancellations, the story of MarsBased is one of resilience and adaptability. Àlex re...2025-01-2147 minLife on Mars - El podcast de MarsBased088 - Acaba la era de Startup Grind en MarsBasedÚnete a Àlex, CEO de MarsBased, mientras cuenta la historia detrás del inicio de MarsBased y el capítulo de Startup Grind en Barcelona en 2014. ¿Preparado/a para una divagación de 36 minutos?Este episodio cubre tanto el funcionamiento del capítulo como MarsBased, las razones para seguir durante diez años, el impacto generado, las métricas de Startup Grind Barcelona, los altibajos y las razones por las que lo dejamos después de 153 eventos y tres conferencias internacionales.También damos algunas pistas sobre lo que nos espera nuestra organización de otros evento...2024-10-2936 minLife on Mars - A podcast from MarsBased084 - Goodbye to Startup GrindJoin Àlex, CEO of MarsBased, as he tells the story behind starting both MarsBased and the Barcelona chapter of Startup Grind in 2014. Prepared for a rambling of 45 minutes?This episode covers running both the chapter and MarsBased, reasons to keep it up, impact generated over ten years, metrics of Startup Grind Barcelona, highs and lows, and the reasons why we're quitting after 153 events and three international conferences.We also give some hints as to what's next for Àlex and our involvement in the events & community space in the near future. Who knows, maybe you get th...2024-10-2240 min