427: Joel Gascoigne: The Founder of Buffer talks monetization and transparency

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Joel GascoigneWhat does it take to be an Entrepreneur? Join us as Joel shares his Entrepreneurial mindset and an inside glance at his journey to becoming a successful Entrepreneur.

Joel is the Founder and CEO of Buffer. He started Buffer from his bedroom in the UK, and now they have 13 people and do over $2m in annual revenues. He loves to share all his failures and all his learnings.

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Success Quote

  • “Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” – Theodore Roosevelt click to tweet!

Business Failure

  • Joel dives into two failures he encountered prior to Buffer. Both are chock full of lessons learned.

Entrepreneurial AH-HA Moment

  • Buffer was Joel’s big AH-HA. Listen to how he turned that lightbulb into a roaring success!

Current Business

  • Buffer currently has over 16,000 members paying $10 a month… not bad for recurring revenue!! Tune in for their future plans as Joel reveals all to Fire Nation.

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  • Stanil Dobrev

    Great interview! Joel proves that the proven working formula is “keep trying”. I see lot of the people stick to a non-working idea for a long time or quit trying too easy.
    And I had another a-ha moment with this interview – the execution is probably even more important than the idea, because before Buffer there were lot of similar applications existing.
    So.. congrats to Joel for the best execution of the idea! :-)