Publications Open Reflecting on 10 Years of Building Buffer Nov 30, 2020 19 min read Open Today marks ten years since I launched the first version of Buffer. What started as a landing page to gauge interest, and then a very Joel Gascoigne, CEO and co-founder @ Buffer
Publications Open The Evolution of Product at Buffer and the Next Step: We’re Hiring a VP of Product Jul 22, 2020 12 min read Business and SaaS strategy We've been building Buffer for coming up to ten years now. We’re currently a 90-person fully remote team with over 70,000 paying customers Joel Gascoigne, CEO and co-founder @ Buffer
Publications Open We’re Trying a 4-Day Workweek for the Month of May May 30, 2020 3 min read Open As April comes to a close, and we look ahead to another month where our global team is living in various forms of lockdown and Joel Gascoigne, CEO and co-founder @ Buffer
Publications Open Snowmelt Meetings: Why I’m Meeting With My Team Even More Right Now May 25, 2020 2 min read Open “When spring comes, snow melts first at the periphery, because that is where it is most exposed”Andy GroveThis quote comes from Andy Grove, Intel’ Joel Gascoigne, CEO and co-founder @ Buffer
Publications We Are Sunsetting Reply, Here’s Everything You Need to Know May 11, 2020 4 min read Business and SaaS strategy In 2015, we made Buffer’s most significant acquisition and acquired Respondly, which became Reply, our solution to help businesses deliver fast and responsive customer Joel Gascoigne, CEO and co-founder @ Buffer
Publications Open Buffer Shareholder Update: COVID-19 Impact and Approach Apr 6, 2020 6 min read COVID-19 Communications Ever since the world got turned upside down by COVID-19, it’s been “business as unusual” for everyone – Buffer included. I sent this update out Joel Gascoigne, CEO and co-founder @ Buffer
Publications Open Buffer’s Evolution and Expansion Aug 13, 2019 5 min read Almost exactly two years ago, I wrote this blog post about the next step in Buffer’s social media journey. I described Buffer’s multi-product Joel Gascoigne, CEO and co-founder @ Buffer
Publications Open My Experience with Burnout as a Startup Founder Apr 10, 2019 6 min read In mid-2017, I hit burnout in a really big way and wound up taking a 6-week break to recharge. I want to fully share my Joel Gascoigne, CEO and co-founder @ Buffer
Publications Open The Joys and Benefits of Working as a Distributed Team Sep 16, 2018 4 min read Z - Popular Buffer is a fully remote team. It’s a decision I made at the end of 2012, when Buffer was in its infancy, and it’ Joel Gascoigne, CEO and co-founder @ Buffer
Publications Open We Spent $3.3M Buying Out Investors: Why and How We Did It Aug 29, 2018 11 min read Last month, Buffer spent $3.3 million – about half of all the cash we had in the bank – to buy out our main venture capital Joel Gascoigne, CEO and co-founder @ Buffer
Publications Open Buffer in Q2 2018: Our 9th retreat, GDPR compliance, and being named one of Inc’s Best Workplaces for 2018 Aug 2, 2018 6 min read Reports Buffer Transparency Report Q2 2018 Last quarter’s report All Transparency reports All Buffer reports MRR$1,498,636 ARR$17,984,388 EBIDTA$1, Joel Gascoigne, CEO and co-founder @ Buffer
Publications Open My Morning Routine As A Remote CEO And Why It’s Always Changing May 23, 2018 4 min read Prefer to listen? Here’s the audio version of this post! Working remotely and having the opportunity to work from home, coffee shops, coworking spaces, Joel Gascoigne, CEO and co-founder @ Buffer
Publications Open Buffer in Q1 2018: Kicking Off The New Year With Momentum May 16, 2018 6 min read Reports Buffer Transparency Report Q1 2018 Last quarter’s report All Transparency reports All Buffer reports MRR$1,478,344 ARR$17,740,128 EBIDTA$1, Joel Gascoigne, CEO and co-founder @ Buffer
Publications Open Why We’re Changing the Buffer Free Plan Mar 12, 2018 5 min read Note to existing Buffer users: We are bringing back two Free plan features: default profiles and an option to turn off link shortening. More on Joel Gascoigne, CEO and co-founder @ Buffer
Publications Open Buffer in Q4 2017: Profit Sharing, Reflecting on 2017, and Ending the Year With Rest Jan 31, 2018 8 min read Reports Buffer Transparency Report Q4 2017 Last quarter’s report All Transparency reports All Buffer reports MRR$1,396,138 ARR$16,753,656 EBIDTA$854, Joel Gascoigne, CEO and co-founder @ Buffer
Publications Open Buffer in Q3 2017: A New Product Vision, Retiring Bootcamp, and We’re Hiring Again Nov 9, 2017 8 min read Reports Buffer Transparency Report Q3 2017 Last quarter’s report All Transparency reports All Buffer reports MRR$1,312,614 ARR$15,751,368 EBIDTA$957, Joel Gascoigne, CEO and co-founder @ Buffer
