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I agree with all points. I'm curious if the makers of Slack actually thought these were the critical differentiators they needed to build to succeed from the be
by howon92 4y ago
I agree with all points. I'm curious if the makers of Slack actually thought these were the critical differentiators they needed to build to succeed from the beginning, or they built "just another chat app" when they started and eventually had an aha moment
- vitno 4y agoSlack the messaging app was actually the pivot off of an unsuccessful MMORPG. They were writing it for their own internal use. Motivations were somewhat different than you are envisioning.
- cercatrova 4y agoAnd the founder's (Stewart Butterfield) earlier company, Flickr, was also a pivot off another unsuccessful game. Man just wants to make games but gets too successful building billion dollar companies.