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Building Slack

Stories of building Slack — the company, the product, the business, and the culture — told by two employees who were around for the entire journey.

  • By Ali Rayl, Johnny Rodgers
  • Based in United States of America
  • First post on

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Year 1
We launched Slack to the world on February 12th, 2014. Thirteen months after starting work, nine months after releasing our early alpha version, and six months after starting our preview release. We crossed the finish …
On , by Johnny Rodgers, 1,842 words
You asked: We don't sell saddles here
From John O'Nolan (CEO of Ghost):How did Stewart's infamous "we don't sell saddles here" essay go down internally, at the time? And how do you feel that essay aged, with hindsight?Stewart shared We Don't Sell …
On , by Johnny Rodgers, 804 words
Preparing for launch
It was the fall of 2013.Barack Obama was President.Game of Thrones had finished its third season. The red wedding shocked us all.WeWork was worth $440M, and Uber surpassed unicorn status with an eye-popping $3.7B valuation.MoviePass …
On , by Johnny Rodgers, 2,148 words