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Slack’s story began with a failed video game, Glitch, developed by Tiny Speck in 2009. The team built an internal chat tool to collaborate, which proved more promising than the game. In 2013, Stewart Butterfield pivoted, launching Slack—a user-frie

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

✨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, "

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 November 2023, OpenAI fired its CEO Sam Altman out of nowhere. No warning. No leaks. Just gone. 4 days later? He was back. Microsoft stepped in. Employees revolted. It was the craziest 96 hours in Silicon Valley history. On November 17, OpenAI’s

Left Qualcomm, no customers for two years, built an 11,800 CR company. 1. After completing his master's and PhD in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, Avneesh Agrawal joined Qualcomm. He led the semiconductor and mobile communications s

Meet the woman who failed her first startup before building a 6000 CR company. 1. After graduating from Singapore's Nanyang Technological University, Prukalpa Sankar started her startup, SocialCops, to use data to solve societal challenges. The star

Otipy Shutdown: Key Failures & Lessons Agritech startup Otipy (backed by WestBridge Capital) was shut down on a whim on May 17, 2025, saying goodbye to more than 300 employees and leaving behind almost ₹50Cr of unpaid salaries and vendor dues. Here'

The Harsh Reality of Venture Capital: Recently, I spoke with a founder who had a fantastic business idea, but he was struggling to secure venture capital funding. Got myself thinking: why do some great ideas never get the backing they need? The tr

Top news of the day: 1. Google has rejected Meta's proposal for app store age verification, citing ineffectiveness and privacy risks. 2. AstraZeneca has signed a $5.3 billion AI-led research agreement with China's CSPC Pharmaceutical Group to devel