Stewart Butterfield, Founder and CEO of Slack

Technovation with Peter High (CIO, CTO, CDO, CXO Interviews) - En podkast av Metis Strategy

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Among other topics, Stewart discusses the following issues with Metis Strategy: * The genesis of Slack * How Slack was scaled to an enterprise level application * What metrics are used to gauge the health of the business * External inputs into Slack and the value they add * Developers and partners in the Slack ecosystem * The Slack Fund and its role in driving innovative ideas * Stewart’s mentors and lessons learned from his entrepreneurial ventures * How culture can drive productivity * How talent management develops in a rapidly growing company Stewart Butterfield's Biography Stewart is the founder and CEO of Slack, the fastest growing business app ever. It is a messaging and file sharing application heralded as the “Email Killer” of the workplace with over $100 million in annual revenue. As CEO, Stewart is responsible for all operations throughout the company as well as defining the future vision for Slack. Prior to Slack, Stewart co-founded the picture sharing site Flickr, which was acquired by Yahoo! in 2005. He continued as the General Manager of Flickr at Yahoo! until mid-2008. Stewart received his Bachelor of Philosophy degree from the University of Victoria and went on to earn a Master of Philosophy degree from the University of Cambridge.

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