> My guess at what happened: the natural hyper growth engine ran out, they tried a bunch of things to jump start it, none of them worked, so now they are on the slow growth path.
Sigh. No need to guess, the other co-founder wrote his own account on Medium [0].
The relevant part:
> Another reason emerged after Joel and I had a candid conversation on how we’re structured as CEO and COO over the last 6 months or so and recognized some challenges in it. Joel shared this article [1] with me, which I thought explains some of the struggles well of what’s been going on.
Sigh. No need to guess, the other co-founder wrote his own account on Medium [0].
The relevant part:
> Another reason emerged after Joel and I had a candid conversation on how we’re structured as CEO and COO over the last 6 months or so and recognized some challenges in it. Joel shared this article [1] with me, which I thought explains some of the struggles well of what’s been going on.
[0] https://hackernoon.com/after-6-incredible-years-at-buffer-im...
[1] http://organizationalphysics.com/2015/02/18/organizational-d...