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How Slack Went From An Unsuccessful Video Game To A $26 Billion Dollar Company

How Slack Went From An Unsuccessful Video Game To A $26 Billion Dollar Company

“We have an excellent chance of being successful because we failed before, and the odds of failing twice on the same thing are……

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Jul 03, 2021
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“We have an excellent chance of being successful because we failed before, and the odds of failing twice on the same thing are… astronomical,” said Slack co-founder Stewart Butterfield in 2010.

And yet… they still did.

If you work at a tech firm or a modern company, chances are you use Slack.

So obviously something worked since the first few repeat failure…

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