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New series: How to build an agency | Life on Mars
Manage episode 508062371 series 2709471
We’re launching a new Life on Mars series: How to Build an Agency, a practical, transparent guide for freelancers, micro-agencies, and growing studios. We’ll cover everything from picking a name and services, getting your first client, contracts and NDAs, and building a portfolio, to harder topics like crisis management, pricing, hiring and firing, founder dynamics, and keeping long-tenured teams motivated. Episodes will mix solo deep dives, voices from the MarsBased team, expert guests, and community Q&A, slotted between our regular interviews. You’ll also see more in-person recordings from our Barcelona studio (while we keep remote interviews for global guests).
Inspired by friends in the industry (Infinite Red, Thoughtbot, Pivotal Labs, Mobile Jazz, Codegram), this series distills 10+ years of agency lessons into actionable episodes you can apply the same day.
Send us your questions in the comments or via our social channels, and we’ll include them in upcoming Q&A episodes.
🎬 You can watch the video of this episode on the Life on Mars podcast website: https://podcast.marsbased.com/
Chapters
1. New series: How to build an agency | Life on Mars (00:00:00)
2. New podcast series announcement (00:00:07)
3. In-person vs remote interviews (00:00:42)
4. How to build an agency series (00:02:20)
5. Topics to be covered (00:05:22)
6. Submit your questions (00:07:14)
101 episodes
Manage episode 508062371 series 2709471
We’re launching a new Life on Mars series: How to Build an Agency, a practical, transparent guide for freelancers, micro-agencies, and growing studios. We’ll cover everything from picking a name and services, getting your first client, contracts and NDAs, and building a portfolio, to harder topics like crisis management, pricing, hiring and firing, founder dynamics, and keeping long-tenured teams motivated. Episodes will mix solo deep dives, voices from the MarsBased team, expert guests, and community Q&A, slotted between our regular interviews. You’ll also see more in-person recordings from our Barcelona studio (while we keep remote interviews for global guests).
Inspired by friends in the industry (Infinite Red, Thoughtbot, Pivotal Labs, Mobile Jazz, Codegram), this series distills 10+ years of agency lessons into actionable episodes you can apply the same day.
Send us your questions in the comments or via our social channels, and we’ll include them in upcoming Q&A episodes.
🎬 You can watch the video of this episode on the Life on Mars podcast website: https://podcast.marsbased.com/
Chapters
1. New series: How to build an agency | Life on Mars (00:00:00)
2. New podcast series announcement (00:00:07)
3. In-person vs remote interviews (00:00:42)
4. How to build an agency series (00:02:20)
5. Topics to be covered (00:05:22)
6. Submit your questions (00:07:14)
101 episodes
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