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The experiments section looks interesting, can you give more details about them?

• znq 8y ago
  Absolutely! Basically everyone can propose new ideas to the team. If multiple people are interested and we see a benefit for the company (e.g. learning a new technology) we will run it. These experiments range from little internal dev tools, to scripted spreadsheets, to open source libraries to even hardware projects. Sometimes an experiment is also just trying out a new way of running the company. For example MJ Talks and MJ University were initially experiments. Or our trip to Thailand in 2014 was an experiment. Now we do 5-6 company trips per year (workations, skiing, hiking, kitesurfing). Our bonus/profit-share program was an experiment that we started 11 months ago. Also some of those experiments turn into products. At least we try. Some are successful and spawn their own company from it, e.g. Bugfender. Most experiments however failed to gain traction as a product. Maybe not because the idea/product itself was bad, but because we're a tech company and suck at sales and marketing.