Buffer Resources

DECEMBER 1, 2023

⏰ Time at Buffer: 11 years, 6 months Andy was one of Buffer’s earliest hires. While he has worked mostly in iOS and apps, he’s also dabbled in marketing, too — Andy’s had a hand in building almost every part of the Buffer website! ” 3. ” 12.

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SaaStr

APRIL 9, 2019

Eric Yuan : Yes, when I started the company in 2011, I was already 41 years old, but I still feel that I was very young. Mallun Yen : So, you were an engineer by training and then you became an engineering leader, as the CTO of Webex, and then you became a CEO. Eric Yuan: Because, at that time, we really needed a product.

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SaaStr

OCTOBER 16, 2020

In 2011 I got a call from Andrew Chen to come out and work for him at a startup that he was running, which was my first time working in a very, very rigorous environment, focused on user growth and experimentation. Is there hiring decisions? Paul Rosania: So let’s imagine I went to you as a CTO.

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Sales Hacker

AUGUST 18, 2020

Spent some time at Orbits and a couple of other firms, and then eventually landed in San Francisco and joined ADARA. And this is 2011. I think the next thing that was really critical was, you cannot discount the need to actually hire locally as well. Brandon Meyers : I think it’s time, right?

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SaaStr

JULY 10, 2021

Which role should you hire for first? For starters, your first hire should be someone who can complement your skills, someone who is strong in areas where you’re weak, but it goes much deeper than that. I am guessing it’s probably the hardest problem to solve, hiring a job, let alone at this level. And for good reason.

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Teamgate

JANUARY 14, 2019

Funny enough, a few weeks later – absolutely devastated and not knowing what to do next – I was attending a talk by investigative journalist Nick Davies (who uncovered the phone hacking scandal of 2011 related to Rupert Murdoch and who has been one of my favourite media idols ever).

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