It's a little hard to believe. Fourteen years ago today, I launched Buffer from my apartment in Birmingham, in the UK.

Early on, my dream was just to create a tool that made it easy to Tweet consistently, build it for myself and others, and make enough money to cover my living expenses and go full-time on it. The number for me to be able to work on it full-time was £1,200 per month, and that felt almost out of reach in the beginning.

Today, Buffer generates $1.65 million per month, serves 59,000 customers, and enables fulfilling work for 72 people.

Read my deeper reflections on fourteen years of building a software business: https://joel.is/fourteen/