First-hand founder retrospective
Raising Funding as a First-Time Founder
Published by Buffer.
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Buffer’s founder says company traction became central to its investor pitches and links the deck used for its seed round.
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- “How we did it with Buffer”, lines 101–115 in the checked research capture
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- Buffer’s evidence and historical result do not define investability, required metrics, or a suitable pitch for another company.
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Copyright Buffer. Linked and paraphrased from “How we did it with Buffer”; version checked 26 September 2026.