Why Did Joel Make Buffer As A Distributed Team

Originally started in the U.K. and his co-founder, who was also in the U.K., Leo joined him. They started working together while living 30 minutes away from one another by train. Because of this, they worked together on Buffer for about one day at week and collaborated with one another using Skype.

His distributed team was formed naturally and consisted of people located in different areas of the world. Joel was given advice to either go remote or have everyone in the same place because it’s difficult to maintain between the two scenarios. So, he decided to make Buffer a fully remote team.

Product Hunt Radio · Distributed teams, extreme transparency and buying out your investors · at 5:34 · August 27th, 2019 ·Transcript

On this episode

Who Is Joel Gascoigne at 2:52
What Are The Three Products Offered By Buffer at 3:10
Why Did Joel Make Buffer As A Distributed Team at 5:34
What Are Tips For Building A Distributed Team at 11:09
What Was Joel’s Motivation To Write And Maintain A Blog at 16:47
Why Is Joel So Open And Transparent On His Blog at 20:27
Why Did Joel Buy Back Equity From His Investors at 27:32
Where Does Joel See Himself In The Next Five Years at 32:38
What Does Buffer Stand For Long-term at 34:56
What Are Products Or Apps That People Should Know About at 36:01
When Should A Company Democratize An Idea at 40:24