Our Simple Salary Policy
This post is part of a series about our VERY FEW company policies. Read this intro post for some context. Given that we have different people all around the world and that we are 100% open books...
View ArticleDevising a Profit Sharing Program for Micro-Multinationals
This post is part of a series about our VERY FEW company policies. Read this intro post for some context. When I was at Adobe we had complicated employee stock options purchase program, as well as even...
View ArticleLooking for an Outgoing DevOps in California
Nov 1st UPDATE: the position has been filled! Go Kyle! :) Hi this is Peldi from Balsamiq. We are a three-year old, bootstrapped and very profitable little company. In order to help rid the world of bad...
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Kyle Dinh Joins Balsamiq
Hello friends of Balsamiq! I am thrilled today to announce that Kyle Dinh has joined the Balsamiq team as full-time employee #10 - double-digits baby! :) Kyle, who's based in San Francisco, starts off...
View ArticleOur Donation Policy
This post is part of a series about our VERY FEW company policies. Read this intro post for some context. While we're not quite big enough yet to sponsor NOVA or Wait, Wait Don't Tell Me!, we're still...
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Florian Brauer joins Balsamiq
Hello friends of Balsamiq! It is my great pleasure to introduce to you the newest member of the Balsamiq family: Florian Brauer! We first met Florian in July last year, whene he posted quite a few...
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2012 Balsamiq Company Retreat
My suitcases are not yet unpacked because I have Balsamiq Jetlag Syndrome (BJS). Luis defines that as "A complication of ordinary jetlag, where the subject is kept awake by the steady stream of...
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Thoughts on "How to Win Friends and Influence People"
When I was a growing up my parents paid me to read books they thought had value for my personal growth. I suspect the first was The Little Engine that Could, a sort of early introduction to positive...
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Leon Barnard Joins Balsamiq
It's a great pleasure to introduce you all to Leon Barnard, the newest member of our team. We're excited to have Leon onboard to help move our UX and support teams forward. We've known Leon from the...
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Anna Mariotti joins Balsamiq!
It is my great pleasure to introduce to you Anna Mariotti, the latest addition to the Balsamiq family. Anna's main job is to ensure that our growing Italian company runs smoothly. She's going to work...
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Balsamiq partners with Aramis B.V.
Hello friends of Balsamiq! It is with great pleasure that I can announce today that Balsamiq has entered a long-term partnership with Aramis B.V., a Dutch software development company owned by my...
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Meet Michele and Ben!
Hello friends of Balsamiq! Another week, another piece of good news. No, two! :) We hired a new team member to speed up our software development, and we partnered with a long term friend's company to...
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Andrea Serra joins Balsamiq!
Hello friends of Balsamiq! It is my great pleasure to introduce to you Andrea Serra, the latest member of the Balsamiq family. Andrea is a client-side developer who will be focussing on our myBalsamiq...
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Salvatore Cammarata joins Balsamiq!
Hello friends of Balsamiq! Our little team is growing again! This time I'd like you to join me in welcoming my good friend and old college buddy Salvatore 'Sax' Cammarata to the Balsamiq family. Sax...
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Happy 5th Birthday, dear Balsamiq!
With the SuperMoon shining upon us, the friends who make up Balsamiq met in San Francisco to celebrate our company's 5th birthday. Our team is scattered around Europe and the States, so being together...
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An office with a View
It's been a wild 3 years since my last blog post about our office in Bologna. Since then, we've grown to 16 friendly faces, a whopping 8 in Bologna alone! (If you're keeping track, we are in Bay Area,...
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Sketching the 2013 Retreat
Our home for the week Hi all! Ben here again. As Val already posted, last summer we had our annual company retreat. This was my first opportunity to attend, and it was such a wonderful event. When we...
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Looking back at 2013
Hello friends of Balsamiq! As 2013 comes to an end, it's time to revive an old tradition (2008, 2009) and look back at all that we have achieved this year. TL;DR: We continue to truck along nicely,...
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Admin Engineers
About a year and a half ago, we started experimenting with a company structured around project-based work. I remember Peldi asking me what I thought we should name the project for the more operational...
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Happy to Learn Something New!
We encourage each other to be lifelong learners at Balsamiq, and I decided to take a class. Opportunities for online education are abundant, but don't overlook the benefits of an in-person course....
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