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✨Slack's Game-Changing Pivot 👾Origin as Tiny Speck: #Founding: Slack began life as Tiny Speck, a company founded by Stewart Butterfield. Initially, the focus was on creating an online game called "Glitch." #Challenges: Despite a promising start, "

Slack's Accidental Success Built from a failed game company In 2011, a gaming startup called Tiny Speck was shutting down. Their game failed—but their internal chat tool was amazing. Instead of giving up, they pivoted. That tool became Slack. Toda

"The origins of Slack- A multi-billion dollar pivot" (Saturday Startup Nugget Story -4): In 2009, Stewart Butterfield and his team were working on a gaming startup called Tiny Speck. As they built an online game called Glitch, they faced communicati

Ben Horowitz tells the story of Slack’s pivot from a failed gaming app into a $28 billion company In 2009, Stewart Butterfield was all in on his new online game, Glitch. Investors backed him with $15 million. But two fatal problems killed the gam

Day 3 - Startup Surprise How a Side Project Accidentally Became a Billion-Dollar Business: The Untold Story of Slack Did you know Slack, the workplace communication giant, was never meant to be a company? It began as a side project, an internal tool

In December 2020, Salesforce acquired Slack in a deal valued at approximately $27.7 billion. This was strategic move. Slack is a business communication platform that goes beyond just messaging. It's designed to streamline teamwork and information fl

Flickr: From an Online.Game Tool to a Photo Sharing App! Flickr was initially part of an online multiplayer game called Game Neverending, made by Caterina Fake and Stewart Butterfield. That game included a feature allowing players to upload and sh

Major Acquisitions by BlackRock - Barclays Global Investor (BGI) - Acquired in 2009 for $13.5 billion, including the iShares ETF platform - Merrill Lynch Investment Management - Acquired in 2006 for $9.7 billion - eFront - Acquired in 2019 for $1.3

The greatest accident in startup history: A gaming studio built a simple chat tool to solve their own problem. 8 years later, Salesforce bought it for $27.7 Billion. Here's how a side project saved a failing company and changed work forever: In 2

Validate idea 💡 Slack & Microsoft Teams bot running IPL match winner prediction game for employees. Everyday Bot will post message in channel with match information. Bot will record all votes sent by employees inside channel and keep track. Pric