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Buffer is a software application designed to manage social networks, by providing the means for a user to schedule posts to Twitter, Facebook and Linkedin. The application was designed by a group of European expats in San Francisco. The two major co-founders of the applications are Joel Gascoigne, who is also the Chief Executive Officer of the company, and Leo Widrich, who is also the Chief Operating Officer of Buffer. By June 2015, the team reached 34 people from different parts of the world. As of January 2015, Buffer has more than 2,000,000 registered users. ==History== Buffer began its development in October 2010 in Birmingham, United Kingdom by co-founder, Joel Gascoigne, who established the idea of the social media application while he was in the United Kingdom. Once he developed the idea he created a landing page to see if enough people were interested in the product to make it a profitable venture. After reaching a critical mass of registrations, Gascoigne built and designed the first version of the application software over a span of 7 weeks. On November 30, 2010, the initial version of Buffer was launched. It contained limited features which only allowed access to Twitter. Four days after the software’s launch Buffer gained its first paying user. A few weeks after this, the number of users reached 100, and then that number multiplied to 100,000 users within the next 9 months. In July 2011, the cofounders decided to move the startup venture from the United Kingdom to San Francisco in the United States, and Buffer was converted into an incorporation. Whilst in San Francisco, the cofounders dealt with the San Franciscan startup incubators AngelPad. This was due to the increase in cost after moving from Birmingham. Throughout December 2011, cofounders Joel and Leo were able to secure 18 investors to their company, after being refused by 88% of the people they met with to offer an investment to their company. The investors include, Maneesh Arora, the Founder of MightyText, Thomas Korte, the founder of AngelPad, and Andy McLoughlin, the co-founder of the software company, Huddle. Due to visa issues with the co-founders, the company’s base shifted to Hong Kong in January 2012. Then in August 2012, following more visa issues, it migrated again to Tel Aviv, Israel. In May 2013, the company’s base shifted back to the United States, after the co-founders’ visa predicaments were resolved. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Buffer (application)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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