Stewart Butterfield

Slack boss • Flickr co-founder • Thought loser • ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ • I'm trying my hardest!

[Stewart Butterfield @stewart]

My day job (also: night job) is CEO of Slack, a publicly traded company with investors to whom I am a fiduciary, 110k+ paying customers of all sizes, and thousands of employees I care about very, very much. The last few weeks have been 🤯😳😢 Here’s what it's been like. [Thread]

[Stewart Butterfield @stewart]

Congrats to this powerhouse group of Slack alumni on the launch of 20SALES. Kim, Renu, Kelly and Maggie are all extremely smart, humble, hardworking and collaborative and played big roles in Slack’s success. They will be great GTM-focused investors. https://t.co/oPOSxu4UAQ

[Stewart Butterfield @stewart]

@koehrsen_will @davetroy @blisstweeting Bob Dobbs is an inspiration to us all

[zander lurie @zlurie]

I have no perspective on any of @pagerduty HR actions or corporate communications. But I know @jenntejada to be deeply authentic with unimpeachable integrity. She will handle the criticism and fight on to do what’s right.

[Stewart Butterfield @stewart]

@sachinrekhi @dpatil I think that’s the right call.

[Stewart Butterfield @stewart]

@doriantaylor In the version I posted, it starts at 26m40s. I think it’s all there, no?

[Stewart Butterfield @stewart]

Great reminder to post this outstanding high-speed sometimes-hilarious lecture by James Duane, “Don’t talk to the police.” Video is worth it. https://t.co/10BXfaJRIi

[Eliza Orlins @elizaorlins]

Periodic reminder from your friendly career public defender: no matter who you are and no matter what you have done or NOT done: DO. NOT. TALK. TO. THE. COPS.

https://t.co/bT0BupMnN3

[Stewart Butterfield @stewart]

@keithwhor 🙃

[Stewart Butterfield @stewart]

@antoniogm Closer to $17.5M (seed + A + B). And it was a complete/from scratch pivot.

[Stewart Butterfield @stewart]

@ngoel36 @SlackHQ CC @noah_weiss @alirayl Not a bad idea!

[Stewart Butterfield @stewart]

@annapickard @johnnyrodgersis @playglitch All you, baby.

[Stewart Butterfield @stewart]

Happy birthday to the best CTO out there @iamcal 🎂❤️

[Stewart Butterfield @stewart]

Translated fr Forbes Japan re @iamcal:
In late November
When the wind has got chilly,
He appeared,
Dressed in short sleeves and half pants.
Asked if he didn’t feel cold, he replies, smiling,
“Not at all.”
The name of the man who came from the silicon valley
Is Cal Henderson

[Stewart Butterfield @stewart]

@kristenswanson @SlackHQ @alirayl @kevin_albers You’re one of a kind, KSwan. You made a HUGE mark and your legacy is going to live on at Slack as long as it’s around. Thank you 🙇‍♂️❤️

[Derek Thompson @DKThomp]

A patent that forces the TV viewer to shout “McDonalds!”, with gusto, at the image of a hamburger in order to get back to watching people shoot each other on TV is such a cloyingly American Invention it’s the sort of thing DeLillo’s editor would cut from a draft of White Noise

[Noah Desai Weiss @noah_weiss]

Last week, the Slack layoffs affected many talented and hardworking teammates who know how to build great products.

Alumni created a list for folks actively looking to add themselves. If you’re hiring, take a look. And feel free to DM – I'm here to help.

https://t.co/eNB16WCZ8D

[Yashar Ali 🐘 @yashar]

Barbara Walters gave us so much during her life…this moment will always be one of my favorites.

[Zack Bornstein @ZackBornstein]

everyone in this photo looks like they learned to stand from a book but has never tried it before

[Stewart Butterfield @stewart]

This is a bad trip.

[𝔏𝔢𝔫𝔞 🥀 @lenadolll]

i’m absolutely dying at dan harmon losing his mind over these two hallmark movies