{"id":158,"date":"2015-08-20T12:13:14","date_gmt":"2015-08-20T12:13:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexi.tv\/founders\/?p=158"},"modified":"2016-01-06T03:23:48","modified_gmt":"2016-01-06T03:23:48","slug":"fireside-chat-with-buffer-founder-and-ceo-joel-gascoigne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexi.tv\/founders\/2015\/08\/fireside-chat-with-buffer-founder-and-ceo-joel-gascoigne\/","title":{"rendered":"Fireside Chat with Buffer Founder and CEO, Joel Gascoigne"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221; fullwidth=&#8221;off&#8221; specialty=&#8221;off&#8221;][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;2_3&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;left&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Welcome to Founders, the show that looks at the people behind some of the worlds most exciting companies.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is the first in a series of \u201cFireside chats\u201d with company founders, it is an informal discussion around how they started and grew their business.<\/p>\n<p>In this episode we catch up with\u00a0Joel Gascoigne, co-founder and CEO of <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.buffer.com\" target=\"_blank\">Buffer<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Buffer was founded in 2010 as a way to easily schedule tweets. 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