Slack
web-based instant messaging service
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Videos Mentioning Slack
Ricardo Semler Interview | The Tim Ferriss Show (Podcast)
Tim Ferriss
A communication platform mentioned by Ricardo Semler, noting that simply following an employee on it doesn't provide enough information about their work.
Matt Mullenweg Returns (Full Episode) | The Tim Ferriss Show (Podcast)
Tim Ferriss
A messaging platform used for chats in distributed work environments.
How to Live a Life You Won’t Regret at 80 - Bill Gurley
Chris Williamson
Slack is presented as an example of a company whose original game idea failed, but the tool built for the game pivoted to become wildly successful.
Why Anthropic Thinks AI Should Have Its Own Computer — Felix Rieseberg of Claude Cowork/Code
Latent Space
The company where the discussion about Electron originated, and which uses Chromium for several of its applications.
How To 10X Your Results | The Tim Ferriss Show (Podcast)
Tim Ferriss
A communication tool that has become popular in startups for managing team interactions, especially as companies scale.
Alex Blumberg Interview: Part 1 (Full Episode) | The Tim Ferriss Show (Podcast)
Tim Ferriss
A communication platform used at Gimlet Media, though Alex Blumberg admits he doesn't use it much, unlike the younger team members.
Matt Mullenweg Interview (Full Episode) | The Tim Ferriss Show (Podcast)
Tim Ferriss
A real-time chat platform that serves as Automattic's replacement for IRC and Skype, offering public and private channels, robust search, and a consumer-grade user experience. Used for daily messaging and final applicant chats.
E113: DOJ tries to break up Google, vaccine questions, Ukraine escalation & more
All-In Podcast
Filed an antitrust complaint against Microsoft in 2020 for bundling Teams with Office, arguing it created an unfair competitive disadvantage. Later acquired by Salesforce.
E27: The Great Inflation Debate, Amazon gets spicy on Twitter, rethinking supply chains & more
All-In Podcast
Acquired by Salesforce and discussed as a competitor to Microsoft's Office suite.
Female Founders Conference - Mountain View
Y Combinator
A messaging platform used by teams for communication, mentioned as a place where designers might share links, illustrating the need for Nifty's data organization.
CORE IDEA: The Case Against Email
Cal Newport
An instant messaging tool that enables the hyperactive hive mind workflow, criticized for contributing to constant communication demands.
Proven Tactics to Become Creative, How to Take the Path Less Traveled, and More | Justin Gary
Tim Ferriss
A communication platform compared to Discord, with Discord favored for its ease of use, larger file uploads, and specific features for gamers.
Suhail Doshi - How to Measure Your Product
Y Combinator
Mentioned regarding conversion rates on landing pages and retention benchmarks for chat applications.
Balaji Srinivasan: How to Fix Government, Twitter, Science, and the FDA | Lex Fridman Podcast #331
Lex Fridman
Compared to Discord, noting its historical discouragement of public slacks and focus on company-internal communication.
Andrew Chen — Growth Secrets from Uber, Exploring the Metaverse, Startup Investing, and More
Tim Ferriss
A business communication platform, mentioned as a company with growth teams, later in the context of the 'cold start problem' and network effects, and for requiring at least three users for its atomic network.
Hiring and Culture with Patrick and John Collison and Ben Silbermann (HtSaS 2014: 11)
Y Combinator
Communication platform used by companies for internal messaging and collaboration.
Cal Newport: Deep Work, Focus, Productivity, Email, and Social Media | Lex Fridman Podcast #166
Lex Fridman
A communication platform mentioned as an example of repurposed tools used by small, affinity-based groups, and analogous to email in contributing to the hyperactive hive mind.
Brendan Eich: JavaScript, Firefox, Mozilla, and Brave | Lex Fridman Podcast #160
Lex Fridman
A communication platform, used by Eich as an example of a 'fat client' app based on Electron that Brave users access directly in the browser.
Kevin Kelly Returns (Full Episode) | The Tim Ferriss Show (Podcast)
Tim Ferriss
A communication platform used to separate internal communication from email inboxes.
The art of influence: The single most important skill left that AI can’t replace | Jessica Fain
Lenny's Podcast
A popular business communication platform where Jessica Fain held product leadership roles, including Chief of Staff.
How To Compete With Amazon and Google
Y Combinator
A great product that faces competition from Microsoft Teams, which leverages Microsoft's structural advantage in distribution to win enterprise customers.
How To Talk To Users | Startup School
Y Combinator
A community platform where founders can find early users and is suggested for creating customer groups later on.
Turning Your Users Into Paying Customers
Y Combinator
Mentioned as an example of successful freemium strategy, encouraging users to upgrade.
YC SUS: Gustaf Alströmer and Eric Migicovsky discuss growth tactics
Y Combinator
Mentioned as an example of a B2B tool that incorporates virality by allowing collaboration with external employees and integrating with address books.