4 posts tagged with “summit”

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Barcelona’s 2nd Mini-Meet: Bridging the gap between balena and the community

The second balena mini-meet recently took center stage in the city of Barcelona. The event served as a platform not only for meeting in person and to work but also for sharing knowledge, trends and brainstorming about the latest developments at balena. Here’s a recap of our recent Barcelona mini-meet and a sneak peek into what comes next. balena mini-meet in the beach of Barcelona The Inspiration…

October 30, 2023 / 3 min

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See and hug other humans: Mini meets for remote teams!

Balena is a fully remote company. We’re remote first (since long before the events of 2020), but still acknowledge how important it is to see and hug each other in real life as much as we can. This July, we held our second annual Cornwall (UK) mini-meet (you won’t find a blog post for the first one - let’s call it a pre-experimental, undocumented, proof of concept). Separate from how we usually…

August 25, 2023 / 10 min

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How we ran a virtual summit for 100 people

Here at balena, our annual teamwide Summit is the banner event in our calendar year. As a globally distributed team, Summit is when we bring everybody together to build deeper relationships, reflect on how we work, and align on our vision for the future. Past Summits have been held in cities such as Athens and Barcelona and involved flying people from 30+ countries to a single location for a week…

October 06, 2020 / 7 min

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Summit 2019, Barcelona: that’s a wrap

Last month we brought the entire balena team to Barcelona to meet, greet, hack on projects, plan for tomorrow, and have a great time together. Here are some highlights from balena’s 2019 annual summit. Why do we do this every year? Being a fully remote company, the annual summit gives the entire team a chance to socialize, collaborate, share ideas and make plans for the year ahead. There’s only so…

November 07, 2019 / 3 min