When we think of continued learning and self-improvement, reading naturally comes to mind. That’s why we’re so excited to be celebrating International Literacy Day, a...
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Why We Decided To Give All Employees $20 per Month for Learning and Development
One of the 10 Buffer values we aspire to is constant self-improvement, which includes learning new skills, new information, new everything. Little did we know...
How Individuals Advance at Buffer, Without Becoming Managers
The concept of a career path at Buffer has changed a lot over the past six years. We’ve gone through various phases as an organization:...
How I Approach Company Retreats as a CEO
By now we have a fairly long history of doing retreats at Buffer. We’re now a team of 75 who all work remotely, and we...
A Manager’s Guide to Family Leave at Buffer
Thinking through our very first family leave policy at Buffer was a new and exciting thing for our young company. I personally was honored to be the...
9 Public Speaking Lessons I’ve Learned (So Far!)
Public speaking is a scary or uncomfortable idea for many people. Some people feel they don’t have anything valuable to share. Others feel it’s a lot of effort,...
My First 30 Days as a Manager: The 3 Biggest Questions I’ve Asked Myself So Far
It feels ridiculous for me to write about being an engineering manager. It’s a job I’ve done for not even 30 days yet. But that’s...
From Maker to Manager: The Most Challenging and Rewarding Transition of My 5-Year Startup Journey
January 3, 2011, was my first day at Buffer as sort of the social media intern. The introductory task that Joel and I came up...
Why Startups Are So Hard, The Future of Buffer and My Biggest Mistake (So Far!): Tweets From My Airplane AMA
On a recent flight to Hawaii, I tried a little experiment and did an “AMA in the Sky.” On a flight (sitting in a chair...
A Tale of Two Books: How What I Read Affects How I Lead
“Absorb what is useful. Discard what is not. Add what is uniquely your own.” – Bruce Lee I’ve felt lucky to learn so much from...
The 10 Words and Phrases That Motivate Us Most (and The 7 That Don’t!)
Have you ever been in a meeting where you felt the electricity in the room change based on a single sentence? Words are incredibly powerful:...