Stewart Butterfield, Founder and CEO of Slack

Episode Overview

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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