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How we're trying to stay innovative as a 3.5 year old startup

from Joel Gascoigne [alt+shift+b] in programming

* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * I think I’ve just about got to that point with Buffer where sometimes when I stop to reflect on things I think “wow, we’ve actually been doing this for a while now”. It’s about 3.5 years
3rd May 2014

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