Archives / Year: 2011
Our Donation Policy
Giving back to our communities is a big part of our culture, from day one. We started with giving away our software, but in 2011 we decided to do...
By Natalie
Devising a profit sharing program for micro-multinationals
Since we have no plan on ever selling the company or going public, employee stock option programs never made sense to us. Instead, we set up a quarterly profit...
By Peldi
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...
By Peldi
Pace, not deadlines
This post is part of a series about our VERY FEW company policies. Read this intro post for some context. At Balsamiq, we don't have deadlines. Ever. It seems...
By Peldi
On the need of VERY FEW company policies
I'm not a fan of policies. In fact, the tiny little essay on how policies are bad from Rework is my favorite of the whole book. It's called "Don’t...
By Peldi
Mockups 2.1!
Hello friends, we hope you're having a great summer! Today's release marks the end of an era for us, as we introduce our very own font. It's a big...
By Peldi
Company retreat powers Balsamiq quality boost
Would you trust your software to these people? You bet What is it like when a small, dynamic, distributed software company gets together for a week-long sleepover at the...
By Anna
From our retreat: A team that cooks together stays together
One of the hardest things about working with my beloved distributed team (aka balsamici*) is our not being able to see each other in person more often. Just once...
By Peldi
Joy McCrea joins Balsamiq
Hello everyone! I know it's been a while since our last blog post, my apologies. We've been crazy busy with lots and lots of new customers and working on...
By Peldi