Leo Widrich

A collection of 187 posts

Why We Have Our Best Ideas in the Shower: The Science of Creativity

Self-Improvement

7 minute read

3 Breakthroughs and 2 Failures that Have Shaped Buffer

Workplace of the future

10 minute read

From Maker to Manager: The Most Challenging and Rewarding Transition of My 5-Year Startup Journey

Open

8 minute read

What Our 3 Biggest Successes and 2 Biggest Failures Taught Us About Company Culture

Open

10 minute read

These Are Buffer’s Top 10 Lessons from Growing to $10 Million ARR

Open

11 minute read

Transparent Pricing 2016: Here’s Where Every Penny of Your Buffer Subscription Goes

Open

6 minute read

7 Tough Lessons I’ve Learned on Giving and Receiving Feedback at our Startup

Open

8 minute read

Why We Support Teammates with Dependents (and Why it’s No Longer Part of our Salary Formula)

Workplace of the future

5 minute read

Why We Have Paid, Paid Vacation and Give Teammates an Extra $1,000 to Take Time Off

Workplace of the future

7 minute read

How We Explain Stock Options to Team Members & How Much Money They Would Make

Workplace of the future

10 minute read

Buffer’s Marketing Manifesto in 500 Words

Content Marketing

2 minute read

5 Acts of Generosity That Have Changed My Life

Self-Improvement

6 minute read

When We Took Transparency Too Far: The Transparent Feedback Experiment

Open

5 minute read

What We Got Wrong About Self-Management: Embracing Natural Hierarchy at Work

Open

5 minute read

The ‘No Complaining’ Rule: What it Really Means to Create a Company Culture of Positivity

Open

5 minute read

Why We Prioritize Hiring People Who Use Our Product

Open

5 minute read

Rethinking Ambition: Why Less of it May be a Good Thing

Self-Improvement

3 minute read

Why Facebook Is Blue: The Science of Colors in Marketing

Online Marketing

6 minute read

Buffer in March: $5.9M Annual Revenue, Self-Managed Salaries & More

Reports

3 minute read

Helping Your Whole Team Share Your Content on Social Media: Buffer for Teams

Open

5 minute read

A Simple Guide to Measuring the Product-Market Fit of Your Product or Feature

Open

4 minute read

Mastering Organic Efficiency: What Startups Can Learn From Nature

Startups

2 minute read

We Changed Buffer’s Value of Happiness & Positivity by 1 Word: Here is Why

Workplace of the future

6 minute read

The Power of Transcending Instead of Attacking

Open

2 minute read