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Joel Gascoigne
The maker/manager transition phase * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * Paul Graham...
over a year ago
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The maker/manager transition phase

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over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * Paul Graham [http://paulgraham.com] has a fantastic article on the topic of scheduling work as a maker and as a manager [http://www.paulgraham.com/makersschedule.html], which I’ve drawn insights...
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Exercise: a requirement for sleep? * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * Recently I have...
over a year ago
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Exercise: a requirement for sleep?

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over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * Recently I have struggled to get to sleep at night. When I need to be up at 8 and working away on either my own projects or exciting client projects by 9 it is vital that I wake up refreshed
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Experimenting with a 7 day work week * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * For the first...
over a year ago
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Experimenting with a 7 day work week

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over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * For the first two weeks of last month, I religiously tried to follow a new routine I created for myself: a 7 day work week routine. The idea was quite simple: I would work 7 days a week, rest 7
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3 reasons you shouldn't outsource your startup, and what to do instead One of my favorite things to do is to help others who are at an earlier...
over a year ago
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3 reasons you shouldn't outsource your startup, and what to do instead

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over a year ago
One of my favorite things to do is to help others who are at an earlier stage [https://joel.is/why-im-helping-startup-founders/] of the startup journey. I had a lot of false starts before Buffer. I enjoy sharing my lessons from those failed attempts, and I also enjoy getting my...
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Change at Buffer: The next phase, and why our co-founder and our CTO are moving on > Note: this was originally posted on the Buffer...
over a year ago
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Change at Buffer: The next phase, and why our co-founder and our CTO are moving on

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over a year ago
> Note: this was originally posted on the Buffer blog [https://open.buffer.com/change-at-buffer/]. We’ve always done things differently at Buffer. For me, this has always come from a natural desire to question things. Why base your company and team in a single location? Why is...
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What online gaming taught me about startups * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * Whilst...
over a year ago
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What online gaming taught me about startups

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over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * Whilst researching for the Achieving overnight success: Kevin Systrom [https://joel.is/post/22436341176/achieving-overnight-success-kevin-systrom] piece I published two weeks ago, I was excited to...
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Why I'm helping startup founders * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * Last month I...
over a year ago
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Why I'm helping startup founders

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over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * Last month I wrote about my discovery that helping others makes me happier [https://joel.is/post/26003263041/want-to-be-happy-and-successful-bring-happiness-to] than spending the time seeing a...
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Achieving overnight success: Kevin Systrom * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * Frequently...
over a year ago
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Achieving overnight success: Kevin Systrom

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over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * Frequently startups pop up and take over the press, framed as an “overnight success” taking just a year or two to reach some incredible milestone. For some time I’ve had a slight intuition that...
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Ways to bootstrap a startup: on the side * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * A short while...
over a year ago
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Ways to bootstrap a startup: on the side

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over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * A short while ago I wrote about one of the ways I think people could bootstrap a startup from zero funds. I called it "working in waves" [https://joel.is/post/2106915988/bootstrapping-waves]. Of...
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How coffee shops helped my startup * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * Right now I’m...
over a year ago
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How coffee shops helped my startup

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over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * Right now I’m sat in a great coffee shop in Tel Aviv writing this blog post. It’s got a casual feel to it which is relaxing, yet there are people here with laptops hustling away. I come here
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From startup to scaleup: What we’re changing as we make the transition > Note: this was originally posted on the Buffer...
over a year ago
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From startup to scaleup: What we’re changing as we make the transition

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over a year ago
> Note: this was originally posted on the Buffer blog [https://open.buffer.com/from-startup-to-scaleup-what-were-changing-as-we-make-the-transition/] . In the past couple of months, I’ve had a number of thoughts around the growth Buffer has experienced in the last year and some...
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Are you interested? * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * > "You can make...
over a year ago
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Are you interested?

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over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * > "You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you." - Dale Carnegie Earlier this week I...
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An invitation to come and hack on Buffer * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * The last two...
over a year ago
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An invitation to come and hack on Buffer

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over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * The last two years have been truly incredible. What started in my bedroom in the UK has taken us across the world [https://joel.is/post/27260290057/thoughts-on-travelling-with-your-startup] to...
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6 suggestions for an aspiring founder * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * This article is...
over a year ago
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6 suggestions for an aspiring founder

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over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * This article is inspired by Startup Edition [http://startupedition.com] in response to “What advice would you give young entrepreneurs?” I feel incredibly lucky that I managed to jump on board...
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What are you doing to feel uncomfortable? * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * I believe that...
over a year ago
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What are you doing to feel uncomfortable?

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over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * I believe that when you’re building a startup, it is as much about developing yourself as it is about developing your startup. This week I’ve stepped up my gym routine and managed to go to the gym...
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Steady yourself, those world-changing thoughts are not productive * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * Whilst building...
over a year ago
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Steady yourself, those world-changing thoughts are not productive

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over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * Whilst building my latest startup, which I’m glad to say is picking up nicely, there have been times when things have started to go a little crazy. It might be being featured in a big blog, lots...
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Questioning and adjusting our goals * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * People who know...
over a year ago
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Questioning and adjusting our goals

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over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * People who know me know that I like to make things systematic when I can, and doing so helps me make sense of things and have confidence in my actions. In addition to making things systematic, I...
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What can we do right now? * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * Recently there...
over a year ago
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What can we do right now?

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over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * Recently there have been a few occasions at Buffer [http://bufferapp.com] where we’ve hesitated about next steps or thought about spending longer on certain tasks. As a result of my thinking...
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Why I'm going to Hawaii with my co-founder * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * My co-founder...
over a year ago
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Why I'm going to Hawaii with my co-founder

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over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * My co-founder Leo [http://leostartsup.com] and I are headed to Hawaii tomorrow morning for a 10 day trip. I just emailed the team, and I thought in line with one of our core...
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5 things that seem essential that we launched Buffer without * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * It’s a long time...
over a year ago
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5 things that seem essential that we launched Buffer without

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over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * It’s a long time ago now, however I still remember it very well. When I first went about creating the Minimum Viable Product (MVP) [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimum_viable_product] for Buffer,...
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Your startup is a rocket ship * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * When you’re...
over a year ago
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Your startup is a rocket ship

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over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * When you’re building a startup, the startup itself has a reputation and credibility around it. The startup has tremendous power. As the startup rocket ship takes off, the best thing you can do is...
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Coaching and feedback within startups * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * I’ve written in...
over a year ago
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Coaching and feedback within startups

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over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * I’ve written in the past about the evolution of our culture at Buffer [https://joel.is/post/37639846554/the-evolution-of-culture-at-a-startup]. One of the things we started to do at around 6-7...
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The third option * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * In the recent...
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The third option

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over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * In the recent months I’ve realized I am very much in a bubble. Everyone I know is building a company. Amongst my circle of friends, that is the norm. This, however, is mostly out of choice: I...
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6 things I do to be consistently happy * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * Now that it’s...
over a year ago
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6 things I do to be consistently happy

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over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * Now that it’s almost two years since I first had the idea for Buffer [http://bufferapp.com], and with the year and a half before that which I worked on my previous startup, I’ve started to notice...
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Make progress faster by cooperating: 4 tips to try with your co-founder or co-worker * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * For a number of...
over a year ago
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Make progress faster by cooperating: 4 tips to try with your co-founder or co-worker

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over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * For a number of years now, I’ve found that I generally always had a “training partner” for my entrepreneurial goals. A few years ago, this was my great friend Khuram...
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How an investor who turned me down ended up sleeping on my couch * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * Last week I had...
over a year ago
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How an investor who turned me down ended up sleeping on my couch

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over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * Last week I had the great pleasure of grabbing dinner with Jon Bradford [http://twitter.com/jd], and having him stop over at my place on his way to speak on a panel at an event in Jerusalem. The...
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Pricing your product: It doesn't have to be so complicated * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * In the last week...
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Pricing your product: It doesn't have to be so complicated

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over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * In the last week I’ve talked with a few early stage startup founders about pricing. It seems pricing is often a large block for many. It’s understandable, since there are so many decisions to...
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Why you should start marketing early * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * I’ve been...
over a year ago
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Why you should start marketing early

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over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * I’ve been thinking a lot recently about when the right time is to start marketing a startup. In my previous startup [http://myonepage.com], we were hesitant to attempt to get press early. We were...
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Questions I ask myself about working as distributed team * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * As a CEO I often...
over a year ago
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Questions I ask myself about working as distributed team

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over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * As a CEO I often ponder how I can help the team be as productive and happy as possible. As part of our decision to be a distributed team at Buffer [http://bufferapp.com], there have been a number...
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Start something small * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * The other day I...
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Start something small

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over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * The other day I was listening to Dale Carnegie’s How to Win Friends and Influence People and and I found it amazing how this book, which has now sold over 15 million copies, originally started: >...
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5 varieties of remote working in companies I've recently found myself reflecting a lot on being a distributed team, and the nature of a company...
over a year ago
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5 varieties of remote working in companies

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over a year ago
I've recently found myself reflecting a lot on being a distributed team, and the nature of a company where the team works from remote locations to accomplish our work. Scaling remote working has been a challenge as the team has grown. Remote companies are still relatively rare,...
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How to name your startup * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * Choosing a name...
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How to name your startup

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over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * Choosing a name is one of the parts of a startup I find the most difficult. It’s also something you can easily get hung up on. We all know that the key thing is to move on to actually
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How to get more replies to the emails you send: be specific * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * > "We live in a...
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How to get more replies to the emails you send: be specific

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* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * > "We live in a vague world. And it gets vaguer all the time. In this environment, the power of the specific, measurable and useful promise made and kept is difficult to overstate." - Seth...
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Want to create a new habit? Get ready to break it. * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * > "We are what...
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Want to create a new habit? Get ready to break it.

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over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * > "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit." - Aristotle I’ve been obsessed with thinking about, adjusting and building upon my habits for a long time now, and...
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10 lessons from my startup journey so far * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * It’s almost...
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10 lessons from my startup journey so far

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over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * It’s almost exactly a year since I started documenting my startup lessons learned through this blog, and since my first post last November, I’ve blogged 26 times. I’ve been lucky enough to have...
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The evolution of culture at a startup * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * It’s now 2 years...
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The evolution of culture at a startup

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over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * It’s now 2 years since I launched Buffer [http://bufferapp.com], and the company has grown from just myself (working from my bedroom) to a team of 7. In the last few months, I’ve been thinking a...
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Thoughts on dropping out to do a startup * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * In the past...
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Thoughts on dropping out to do a startup

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over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * In the past couple of years, I’ve been through a number of interesting experiences through building Buffer [http://bufferapp.com]. One of the things I’ve ended up thinking about a lot is the...
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How to start your startup in 4 steps * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * Having started...
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How to start your startup in 4 steps

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* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * Having started my latest venture [http://bufferapp.com] just over 5 months ago, and having just reached ramen profitability [http://www.paulgraham.com/ramenprofitable.html], I want to share some...
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Why I crave mistakes I’ve mentioned many [https://joel.is/post/5961172449/beware-of-the-social-ideas]...
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Why I crave mistakes

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I’ve mentioned many [https://joel.is/post/5961172449/beware-of-the-social-ideas] times [https://joel.is/post/23348997538/what-online-gaming-taught-me-about-startups] before [https://joel.is/post/12790799237/achieving-scale-by-doing-things-that-dont-scale] on this blog that I...
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The magic of a great startup ecosystem * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * I’ve had a...
over a year ago
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The magic of a great startup ecosystem

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over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * I’ve had a fascinating journey with Buffer, and having started in the UK and living in San Francisco for 6 months, I’ve also had the opportunity in just the last year to spend time in Hong Kong,...
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How we handle team emails at our startup: Defaulting to transparency * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * It’s an exciting...
over a year ago
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How we handle team emails at our startup: Defaulting to transparency

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

over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * It’s an exciting time for Buffer. Toby Osbourn [https://twitter.com/tosbourn] just joined and we’re now 16 people. Toby joined us as a Backend Hacker [http://jobs.bufferapp.com/backend-hacker],...
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Joel Gascoigne
The joys and benefits of working as a distributed team * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * Buffer is a...
over a year ago
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The joys and benefits of working as a distributed team

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

over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * Buffer is a fully distributed team. It’s a decision [https://joel.is/post/54284926855/questions-i-ask-myself-about-working-as-distributed] I had to make at the end of 2012, and it’s interesting...
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Don't register your idea as a company * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * When to...
over a year ago
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Don't register your idea as a company

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

over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * When to incorporate is one of those topics which comes up time and time again, and there is much conflicting advice out there. I’m lucky enough to have a number of different experiences and...
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Two important and often overlooked aspects of creating a lasting morning routine * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * > "Those that...
over a year ago
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Two important and often overlooked aspects of creating a lasting morning routine

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

over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * > "Those that get up at 5am rule the world" - Robin Sharma Those who know me, know that I love my morning routine. I’m always making adjustments to it, and at its core it revolves around waking...
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Joel Gascoigne
Ways to bootstrap a startup: "working in waves" * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * I’ve spent the...
over a year ago
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Ways to bootstrap a startup: "working in waves"

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over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * I’ve spent the last year and a half after graduating from the University of Warwick juggling working on startups and working as a contract web developer. I’d like to share some of my reflections...
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Joel Gascoigne
5 reasons as a CEO you should develop a habit of daily meditation * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * Through my...
over a year ago
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5 reasons as a CEO you should develop a habit of daily meditation

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

over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * Through my journey from a founder whose role it was to essentially build the product and code all day, to growing into a CEO role with more management duties and a fast growing team of 7 people,...
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Joel Gascoigne
Two simple changes that helped increase my happiness and improve my sleep * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * Three of our key...
over a year ago
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Two simple changes that helped increase my happiness and improve my sleep

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

over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * Three of our key values at Buffer [http://www.slideshare.net/bufferapp/buffer-culture-03] are “Always choose positivity and happiness”, “Have a focus on self-improvement” and “Live smarter, not...
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Joel Gascoigne
Thoughts on when to incorporate * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * Update: I...
over a year ago
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Thoughts on when to incorporate

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over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * Update: I originally posted this article with the title “Incorporate your startup only when you’re forced to” and I had amazing feedback, particularly from Andrew Payne [http://blog.payne.org/]...
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Joel Gascoigne
The exercise habit * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * This morning, my...
over a year ago
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The exercise habit

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

over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * This morning, my alarm sounded at precisely 5:50am. Within a few minutes, I was up and had my running shoes, shorts and a t-shirt on. Minutes later at 6am, I opened my MacBook Air, switched to the...
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I have no idea what I am doing * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * I want to give a...
over a year ago
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I have no idea what I am doing

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

over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * I want to give a special thanks to my co-founder Leo [http://leostartsup.com] who listened to and discussed some of these thoughts with me before I turned them into a blog post. In the last few...
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Like anything else, we need to practice startups * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * It is easy to...
over a year ago
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Like anything else, we need to practice startups

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

over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * It is easy to look at successful founders and see them as genuises, as people who were without a doubt going to be triumphant. When we look at people in that way, it is completely understandable...
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Expert of nothing * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * One of the most...
over a year ago
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Expert of nothing

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over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * One of the most interesting and simultaneously challenging realizations I’ve had is that as a founder, especially the CEO, you essentially have chosen to never become an expert of anything. Oh,...
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Joel Gascoigne
The power of company retreats: Thoughts after the 8th Buffer retreat By now we have a fairly long history of doing retreats at Buffer. We’re now a 75 person team...
over a year ago
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The power of company retreats: Thoughts after the 8th Buffer retreat

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

over a year ago
By now we have a fairly long history of doing retreats at Buffer. We’re now a 75 person team [https://buffer.com/about], and we just wrapped up our 8th company retreat in Madrid, Spain. Here’s a quick history of retreat locations, timeline and size over time: 1.
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Ratio thinking * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * Something I’ve...
over a year ago
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Ratio thinking

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over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * Something I’ve found difficult to completely embrace, but which understanding has been super important, is the idea that there is a ratio for everything. I’ve started to call this Ratio Thinking,...
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Fear of not shipping * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * > "I’ve had many...
over a year ago
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Fear of not shipping

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

over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * > "I’ve had many many many products, the vast majority of the things I’ve written, or created, the organisations I built fail, but the reason I’ve managed a modicum of success is because I just...
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Does location really matter for your startup? * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * Some of you may...
over a year ago
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Does location really matter for your startup?

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

over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * Some of you may know that I just left everything behind in the UK and together with my co-founder Leo [http://leostartsup.com] arrived in San Francisco to base ourselves and Buffer...
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What is failure for you? * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * One thing I...
over a year ago
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What is failure for you?

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over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * One thing I realised over the holiday period is that my definition of failure in a couple of things had changed considerably since the year before. In particular, in the year of 2012 I built up...
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Want to be happy and successful? Bring happiness to others * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * For the last 3...
over a year ago
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Want to be happy and successful? Bring happiness to others

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over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * For the last 3 months I’ve regularly been meeting startup founders here in Hong Kong to try and help them with the biggest challenges they have. It’s been truly enjoyable and fascinating. I feel...
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Joel Gascoigne
When creating new habits, let yourself be sloppy * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * > "Don’t let...
over a year ago
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When creating new habits, let yourself be sloppy

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

over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * > "Don’t let perfect be the enemy of good" - Gretchen Ruben [http://www.happiness-project.com/happiness_project/2012/12/secret-of-adulthood-dont-let-the-perfect-be-the-enemy-of-the-good/] One...
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Joel Gascoigne
Acting with incomplete information in a startup * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * As a fledgling...
over a year ago
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Acting with incomplete information in a startup

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over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * As a fledgling entrepreneur in the midst of a growing startup, I try to read quite a lot around the subject. I’ve been deeply involved in startup culture for around two years now and I often find...
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Why you should continue working on your bad idea * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * > "The brick...
over a year ago
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Why you should continue working on your bad idea

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

over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * > "The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out; the brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. The brick walls are...
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Thinking about your goal with a startup * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * I often reflect...
over a year ago
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Thinking about your goal with a startup

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

over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * I often reflect upon the differences between my previous startup and Buffer [http://bufferapp.com], and think about what changes to my mindset affected the better outcome this time compared with...
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Work and rest in a startup * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * I’m writing this...
over a year ago
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Work and rest in a startup

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

over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * I’m writing this from Javea, Spain [http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=javea,+spain&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Javea,+Province+of+Alicante,+Valencia,+Spain&gl=uk&t=h&z=12] . I arrived here a couple of days...
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Achieving overnight success: Tom Preston-Werner * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * This is the...
over a year ago
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Achieving overnight success: Tom Preston-Werner

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over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * This is the second article in my achieving overnight success [https://joel.is/tagged/achieving-overnight-success] series where I aim to dispel the myth of overnight success. To do this, I look...
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Zero notifications * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * A couple of...
over a year ago
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Zero notifications

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

over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * A couple of months ago, my co-founder Leo [http://twitter.com/leowid] gave me an interesting suggestion: he said I should try disabling all notifications on my iPhone. I find this suggestion...
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Want to help your hometown? Pack up and leave * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * I’ve done a lot...
over a year ago
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Want to help your hometown? Pack up and leave

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

over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * I’ve done a lot of traveling [https://joel.is/post/27260290057/thoughts-on-travelling-with-your-startup] throughout my journey with Buffer. I started in the UK, and since then I’ve lived in Hong...
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Feeling like a fraud while doing startups * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * Before I had any...
over a year ago
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Feeling like a fraud while doing startups

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

over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * Before I had any success with Buffer, I helped many startups with their ideas. I attended events, spoke at events and even created my own meetup for startups. These were not particularly big...
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The top reason we haven’t sold our startup We’ve been lucky at Buffer [http://bufferapp.com] to receive a number of acquisition offers along...
over a year ago
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The top reason we haven’t sold our startup

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

over a year ago
We’ve been lucky at Buffer [http://bufferapp.com] to receive a number of acquisition offers along our journey so far. When I mention this to people, a key question that often comes up is “how did you decide not to sell?”. The earliest offer we had for Buffer was
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Making money with a product: A myth? * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * I’ve realised...
over a year ago
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Making money with a product: A myth?

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

over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * I’ve realised there was a time I didn’t believe people would pay for a product. In my mind, it was a myth. As an entrepreneur, it’s so vital to overcome that. First, a coffee shop conversation I
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Is making mistakes a necessity for success? * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * I would like to...
over a year ago
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Is making mistakes a necessity for success?

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over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * I would like to ponder whether making mistakes is actually a necessary part of the process of achieving whatever form of “success” we are striving for. I’d love your thoughts in the comments. A...
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The undervalued advantages of being a small startup * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * I remember when...
over a year ago
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The undervalued advantages of being a small startup

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

over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * I remember when I was 12, I was desperate to grow up. I think most of us are when we’re young. Similarly, when you’re getting your startup off the ground, it can be easy to wish ourselves ahead
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Why we have a core value of transparency at our startup, and why the reasons don't matter Since the beginning of Buffer, we've always shared all of our learnings and failures. Over time this...
over a year ago
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Why we have a core value of transparency at our startup, and why the reasons don't matter

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

over a year ago
Since the beginning of Buffer, we've always shared all of our learnings and failures. Over time this developed into a more defined goal and principle as part of the values of the company [http://www.slideshare.net/Bufferapp/buffer-culture-04]. Since we defined our value of...
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Plan or build? * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * I met with Jesse...
over a year ago
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Plan or build?

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over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * I met with Jesse Nowlin [https://twitter.com/MrJNowlin] a few days ago, a great founder who’s really hustling. We spent some time discussing his idea and I shared some of my experiences with...
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The different ways of traveling * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * One of the...
over a year ago
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The different ways of traveling

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

over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * One of the incredible side-effects of doing retreats 3 times a year with my startup [https://joel.is/post/79092725144/why-we-go-on-international-retreats-3-times-a-year-with] is that I get the...
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For the first few people, hire from your network * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * We’re lucky...
over a year ago
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For the first few people, hire from your network

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over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * We’re lucky enough to have reached the stage with Buffer [http://bufferapp.com] where we have had to start to think about growing the team. For the first 10 months the team consisted of just...
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Treat it as finished * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * One of the most...
over a year ago
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Treat it as finished

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over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * One of the most important differences for me personally in how I’ve run my current startup compared to the last one I founded has been how I treat the product at each stage of the process. With...
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The power of ignoring mainstream news * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * > "The man who...
over a year ago
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The power of ignoring mainstream news

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over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * > "The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers." - Thomas Jefferson [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson] Around 2 years ago I...
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5 realisations that helped me write regularly * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * I was recently...
over a year ago
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5 realisations that helped me write regularly

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

over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * I was recently talking with Eytan Levit [http://twitter.com/eytanlevit], a really interesting founder who’s had a lot of amazing experiences. We were chatting about some of his current challenges,...
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Enjoying the moment * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * When I look back...
over a year ago
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Enjoying the moment

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

over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * When I look back on the times I’ve done the most productive work on my startup [http://bufferapp.com], it has always been when I’ve had a great balance of work and rest...
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The dream forms over time In my recent travels around Asia [http://instagram.com/joelgascoigne], I’ve had the great...
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The dream forms over time

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

over a year ago
In my recent travels around Asia [http://instagram.com/joelgascoigne], I’ve had the great opportunity to meet a lot of local founders and aspiring entrepreneurs. One of the things that seems to come up many times is that people will ask me “what triggered you to become...
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Avoid the 50/50 co-founder model - here's why * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * I recently...
over a year ago
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Avoid the 50/50 co-founder model - here's why

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

over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * I recently received an email asking some advice about co-founders, specifically about whether a 50/50 ownership split makes sense for a startup. This is certainly a topic which has had heated...
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Reflecting on ways to bootstrap a startup * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * If you are a...
over a year ago
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Reflecting on ways to bootstrap a startup

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

over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * If you are a first time startup founder, or have done a few projects but are still working either full-time or freelancing part-time, you are likely to struggle to find investment for your startup...
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Why I don't shield my team from bad news I think there's an interesting concept that's prevalent, which I believe could actually be quite...
over a year ago
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Why I don't shield my team from bad news

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

over a year ago
I think there's an interesting concept that's prevalent, which I believe could actually be quite dangerous. It's the idea that as a CEO or executive of a company, you need to shield your team from bad news, the risks of a startup, and other negative aspects that are inevitable on
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It takes hard work. Do the hard work. * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * Something I’ve...
over a year ago
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It takes hard work. Do the hard work.

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

over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * Something I’ve been thinking about a lot recently is the idea of simply trying harder with everything I choose to spend my time on. It seems like an elusive thing, the idea of optimal focus and...
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Why we go on international retreats 3 times a year with our startup * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * One of the most...
over a year ago
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Why we go on international retreats 3 times a year with our startup

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

over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * One of the most exciting parts of the culture we’ve developed at Buffer [http://bufferapp.com] for me is our international retreats. It’s also potentially something we’ve not shared that much...
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The evening walk * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * A few weeks ago...
over a year ago
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The evening walk

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

over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * A few weeks ago I restarted one of my favorite habits: a daily evening walk. I want to share a couple of reasons why I love this habit so much, and how I recommend starting it if you find that
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Achieving scale by doing things that don't scale * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * Over the past...
over a year ago
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Achieving scale by doing things that don't scale

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

over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * Over the past few years of my journey with building startups, I’ve made a conscious effort to absorb as much of the fascinating insights and learnings of those more experienced than me. Startups...
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How to gain traction in two sided markets * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * Startup ideas...
over a year ago
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How to gain traction in two sided markets

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

over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * Startup ideas that involve two sided markets are notoriously difficult to get off the ground. It’s the age-old chicken and egg problem. You need lots of buyers for the sellers to be interested,...
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How my co-founder and I structure ourselves as CEO and COO * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * For the first...
over a year ago
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How my co-founder and I structure ourselves as CEO and COO

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

over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * For the first two years of Buffer we didn’t use C-level titles [https://soundcloud.com/joelgascoigne/thoughts-on-cxo-titles-in]. In February last year it started to make much more sense for me to...
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What no one talks about when building a team: Letting people go * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * One of the...
over a year ago
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What no one talks about when building a team: Letting people go

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

over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * One of the things I enjoy most about building a company is to focus on culture, and to think about how we can create a team which is a joy to be part of. A large part of this is
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Why context is so important * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * I’ve had a few...
over a year ago
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Why context is so important

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

over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * I’ve had a few different experiences in the last couple of weeks which made me reach a big realisation. What I’ve discovered is that the context of any situation is very important. Hiten Shah...
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Want to be successful? Be inconsistent * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * Recently...
over a year ago
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Want to be successful? Be inconsistent

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

over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * Recently 37signals published an article titled Some advice from Jeff Bezos [http://37signals.com/svn/posts/3289-some-advice-from-jeff-bezos]. This wasn’t your usual advice, and I found it...
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The quiet pivot * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * In the last 6...
over a year ago
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The quiet pivot

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

over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * In the last 6 months, we’ve quietly shifted the direction of Buffer. Our adjustment is now almost complete and we’re charging ahead with our new vision. It’s interesting to reflect on how we came...
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11 cities in 3 months: The highs and lows of digital nomad lifestyle In December, my friend and co-worker Brian [https://twitter.com/brian_lovin] casually mentioned to...
over a year ago
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11 cities in 3 months: The highs and lows of digital nomad lifestyle

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

over a year ago
In December, my friend and co-worker Brian [https://twitter.com/brian_lovin] casually mentioned to me that he would love to go traveling and explore Asia. I love Asia. I lived in Japan as a kid for 3.5 years, and I lived in Hong Kong for 6 months in
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4 short stories of our attempts to be lean at our startup * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * It’s no secret...
over a year ago
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4 short stories of our attempts to be lean at our startup

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

over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * It’s no secret that I’ve personally been hugely impacted by Eric Ries’ [https://twitter.com/ericries] work and the Lean Startup [http://theleanstartup.com/] movement. Buffer [http://bufferapp.com]...
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Creating a sleep ritual * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * My first post on...
over a year ago
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Creating a sleep ritual

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

over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * My first post on this blog was one where I pondered whether exercise is a requirement for sleep [https://joel.is/post/1636226903/exercise-sleep]. The post was actually triggered by my inability to...
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The Yin and Yang of a great co-founder relationship * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * I’ve always...
over a year ago
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The Yin and Yang of a great co-founder relationship

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

over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * I’ve always found it interesting to think about co-founder relationships. I’ve been in a few myself, some which were not completely successful and then more recently working with Leo for the last...
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Firing myself, again I've written in the past about how I see the role of a...
over a year ago
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Firing myself, again

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

over a year ago
I've written in the past about how I see the role of a CEO [https://joel.is/post/42713179646/expert-of-nothing] to be one where you are repeatedly firing yourself. Joe Kraus [http://techcrunch.com/2012/08/28/first-fire-thyself/] brought my attention to thinking about the role in...
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Healthy naivety * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * I often like to...
over a year ago
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Healthy naivety

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

over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * I often like to look back on when I was just getting into startups. I think there is a myth in entrepreneurship which not only do many newcomers believe, but could also be a key reason why many...
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The Anti-Todo List * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * For some time,...
over a year ago
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The Anti-Todo List

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over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * For some time, I’ve gradually realised that my day is not only occupied by tasks from my todo list. Often, there are lots of other tasks which deserve time in my day just as much as those I have
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Raising funding as a first-time founder * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * I’ve been...
over a year ago
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Raising funding as a first-time founder

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over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * I’ve been fortunate enough to meet with some outstanding first-time entrepreneurs on a few different days during this week. In almost every case I can really feel the passion and determination...
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The paradox of how bugs and downtime can be a good thing * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * Often if I give...
over a year ago
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The paradox of how bugs and downtime can be a good thing

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

over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * Often if I give a talk or I speak with someone about getting their idea off the ground, the topic of how solid the product should be comes up. In particular, people very frequently wait far too...
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Thoughts on travelling with your startup * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * Buffer...
over a year ago
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Thoughts on travelling with your startup

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over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com] has been a crazy ride since I first had the idea back in October 2010. As we’ve grown the startup from nothing to 250,000 users, a $600,000 annual revenue run rate...
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What is your coming soon page for? > "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it’s time to pause and reflect." - Mark...
over a year ago
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What is your coming soon page for?

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

over a year ago
> "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it’s time to pause and reflect." - Mark Twain When you’re building a startup, it’s very important to question assumptions. I think one of these assumptions which needs to be questioned is the initial few steps people
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Maximize your excitement * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * I’m a huge...
over a year ago
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Maximize your excitement

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

over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * I’m a huge believer of the lean startup movement and the concept of validating ideas as quickly as possible. I think wasted time and resources are disastrous and no matter how much you love an...
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Work harder on yourself than you do on your startup * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * > "Work harder...
over a year ago
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Work harder on yourself than you do on your startup

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

over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * > "Work harder on yourself than you do on your job." - Jim Rohn A long time ago, I came across the amazing quote above, which was said often by Jim Rohn. It stook in my mind, and as the years
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What are your top 3 challenges? * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * There are a few...
over a year ago
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What are your top 3 challenges?

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over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * There are a few key things which looking back I remember I was very bad at. One of them was asking people for advice. I think a key turning point with this was when we raised funding for...
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Beware of the social ideas * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * Last time I...
over a year ago
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Beware of the social ideas

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

over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * Last time I wrote about how to start your startup in 4 steps [https://joel.is/post/5507881155/how-to-start-your-startup-in-4-steps], and the first step I mention is to “Have an idea”. This can...
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The choices we make when we build startups * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * We’ve recently...
over a year ago
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The choices we make when we build startups

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over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * We’ve recently reached the point with Buffer where I’ve started to think about a lot of key higher level choices. As a CEO these can be difficult decisions to make. I’ve been taking time to...
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How we're trying to stay innovative as a 3.5 year old startup * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * I think I’ve...
over a year ago
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How we're trying to stay innovative as a 3.5 year old startup

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over a year ago
* 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
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Taking time to reflect * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * It’s been a...
over a year ago
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Taking time to reflect

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over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * It’s been a while since my last blog post, and I’ve recently been pondering why that may be. It’s not that I’ve been doing less than when I was regularly blogging, it’s in fact quite
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Focus on the line, not the dot * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * Yesterday I...
over a year ago
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Focus on the line, not the dot

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over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * Yesterday I noticed the Who’s Hiring? [http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4992617] thread pop up again on Hacker News. If you’re hiring, it’s a great place to share that fact. Since around half a...
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Use the happiness advantage * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * Looking back to...
over a year ago
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Use the happiness advantage

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

over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * Looking back to the start of Buffer [http://bufferapp.com], one of the things I think may have helped a lot with gaining traction fast was to involve users in the validation process and tell these...
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Dreams come true > Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you’ve imagined. - Henry David...
over a year ago
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Dreams come true

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

over a year ago
> Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you’ve imagined. - Henry David Thoreau [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_David_Thoreau] I can distinctly remember that for the month of December in 2010, and for much of January 2011, I did a lot of dreaming.
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What it's really like to grow a team when you're focused on culture-fit * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * It’s often...
over a year ago
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What it's really like to grow a team when you're focused on culture-fit

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over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * It’s often interesting to look back and think about how much I’ve learned in the past year or two. Especially areas where I almost had no understanding at all. Company culture is one of those...
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Creating order from chaos in a startup * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * I’ve been...
over a year ago
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Creating order from chaos in a startup

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over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * I’ve been pondering recently about how my latest venture has very much felt like cycling between creating order from chaos and then ending up with chaos again. I wanted to share my experiences and...
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The highs and lows of startup life * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * I was recently...
over a year ago
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The highs and lows of startup life

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over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * I was recently back in the UK for two weeks and had the chance to speak at an event in London about the incredible journey with my startup in the last two years. When I speak, I try my best
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50 books that transformed my business and my life As a teenager I had a period of many years where I stopped reading books completely. I even remember...
over a year ago
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50 books that transformed my business and my life

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

over a year ago
As a teenager I had a period of many years where I stopped reading books completely. I even remember a time where I couldn't imagine reading books at all. After I graduated and started to be interested in business and startups, I realized the immense power and knowledge contained...
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Giving your startup a point of view * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * Something I’ve...
over a year ago
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Giving your startup a point of view

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* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * Something I’ve mentioned before at the start of a post [https://joel.is/post/4132813715/acting-with-incomplete-information-in-a-startup] is that I often look back on quotes, blogs and books I’ve...
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Founders: failure comes with the territory

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

over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * A couple of things have happened this week that made me think a little about what failure means for startup founders. Firstly, one of my favorite startups Sprouter has announced that it is...
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