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Sketchnotes from GetSatisfaction Conference
Hi, I'm Ben. This is my first blog post for Balsamiq, so I thought I would do a brief introduction. I am a long-time user and fanboy of Balsamiq,...
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'...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
A myBalsamiq Morning to Forget: An Apology
Hello friends. For the second time in the history of Balsamiq, I write you today to apologize for our mistakes. This morning we started what was supposed to be...
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...
Balsamiq Interview on IATV
We took some time out to talk to Jan Jursa on the IATV podcast. Peldi, Jan, and I discussed Mockups and myBalsamiq, wireframes and prototyping, and what's happening right...
Italy's Balsamiq Pours Up New Wireframing Tools
“After a little more than two years in business, 75,000+ customers, more than $5 M in sales in 2011, 47% profit margins and 10 full time employees, Balsamiq routinely...
Our Donation Policy
We're proud to be able to donate to many non-profits each year. Read all about our Employe Donations Policy.
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...
Creating eBooks with Pages.app
UPDATE: This article was written in 2011, with tools that were available to us then. We'd suggest searching for more modern tools for creating eBooks now. iBooks on left...
Songs for Entrepreneurs
I've been meaning to write this little post for a long time. There are a few songs whose lyrics stuck with me and have helped me along my programmer-to-CEO...
Looking 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...
Devising a Profit Sharing Program for Micro-Multinationals
Our Profit Sharing program has withstood the test of time. Read all about it!
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...
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...
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...
DigMyData: Aha!-nalytics
I've never been a metrics lover. Stories like Google A/B testing 41 shades of blue make me cringe. I explain our industry's recent infatuation with analytics-driven-development in part as...
Avoiding the Circumlocution Office
A few weeks ago, I finally received my "permesso di soggiorno," my permission to stay in Italy. As an American citizen I knew the process for getting my paperwork...
“I Love to Do Business with Other Businesses My Size”
I've tweeted about this video a few times in the past. I'm posting it here as well so that I can find it easily every time I'm compelled to...
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...
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...
Our Response Might Be Delayed... We're on Retreat!
Hello friends! I am super-excited as I type this. I am alone in the office today because it's an Italian holiday, a French holiday, and OUR WHOLE US TEAM...
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...
Video of My Business of Software 2010 Talk
Hi friends, sorry for not blogging more, I'm having way too much fun working on Mockups, myBalsamiq and running our little company right now. Today I want to share...
Louanne Poisson Joins Balsamiq
It is my great pleasure to introduce to you Louanne Poisson, who joined Balsamiq as Regina della Qualita', which is italian for Queen of Quality. She is based in...
Video of My LessConf 3010 Talk
I had the pleasure of giving a talk at Less Conference 3010 last May titled "Guiding Principles for Running a Successful Little Startup". The conference was one of the...
Paolo Ottanà Joins Balsamiq
It is my great pleasure to introduce to you Paolo Ottanà, the newest member of team Balsamiq. Paolo will be working out of our Bologna office, helping us with...
Keeping it in Perspective
I have a love/hate relationship with change. I love new challenges and new opportunities, but would love to have them completely on my own terms. Of course change doesn't...
An Update from Balsamiq-Land!
Hello friends, long time no see! So sorry for not keeping you in the loop more about what's going on in Balsamiq-land. Although it might seem like we're not...
Email, Key Lookup, Bounced Check
After our company met in Italy on July 1, I stayed abroad until my recent return to the Bay Area, and since I got back, every day has been...
Office Space
If you follow our company blogs, you already read about our first-ever team meeting. A highlight for us was on a Lake Como ferry to Bellagio, where we had...
Our First Company Retreat
I'm on a boat! Being a Balsamiq employee for just over two weeks, I wasn’t sure my perspective of the staff retreat would be of much value. After all,...
They're Coming!
I mentioned today that I feel like Balsamiq (the company) is really just starting now. The team is in place, the processes are pretty smooth, the revenue somewhat stable,...
Natalie Gould Joins Balsamiq
I am thrilled to announce that my very good friend Natalie Gould has joined the Balsamiq team! We're not sure about what her final job title will be, but...
Our Short and Mid-Term Feature Roadmap
Hi there, I've written bits of this enough times now that I thought a little blog post about it would be in order. Here's what we're working on RIGHT...
Bringing a Little Balsamiq to Atlassian's #Summit2010
I'm doing some creative visualization about the upcoming Atlassian Summit in San Francisco on June 6. We are sponsoring, and I'll be managing a booth all by myself for...