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Since 2013, we’ve been open with Buffer’s finances and our team’s salaries, among many other metrics. We share openly because we believe in the power of transparency to build trust, hold us accountable to a high standard, and push our industry forward.
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HannahCustomer Advocacy OperationsBuffer was accepted into AngelPad startup accelerator, with initial $120,000 investment
Buffer raised a small seed round of $330,000, to bring total funding to $450,000
Read more about Buffer in december 2011Our founders had visa troubles and started traveling while growing Buffer, the team grew to 7 people by August
Read more about Buffer in january 2012Buffer’s first all-company retreat took place in Lake Tahoe
Read more about Buffer in august 2013We had a cash-flow crisis resulting in several financial changes at Buffer, including a round of lay offs
Read more about Buffer in june 2016
After two years of losses, Buffer achieved profitability in 2024 with a net profit of $202,459. Learn about our journey back to profitability, our profit-sharing philosophy, and how we distributed 15% of profits among our 73 team members.
Every year since 2016 we've closed Buffer for a week at the end of the year. It’s like a reset, except across the whole company.
Nine years ago, we decided to launch a new free product alongside Buffer. We called it Pablo, and it was a huge hit in our community. Within just seven months of its launch, half a million photos were created using Pablo. Similarly, we had the initial ideas for Stories Creator and Remix many years ago now. All three of these tools have been an important part of Buffer’s story. They’ve taught us lessons and helped us connect with a wider audience. In Pablo’s case, the idea for this tool happene
If you use Buffer, you might have experienced us having more downtime than usual recently. We want to start with an apology for not sharing more transparently along the way what’s been happening. We’ve been caught up in the work and haven’t invested enough in communicating with our community, and we’re so sorry about this misstep. We know some of our customers have had a frustrating time using Buffer recently and we need to do better by you. This past August and September were the months we’ve
