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If You Launched Slack Today, What Would You Do Differently

Avoid doing undifferentiated work that everyone is doing, but which adds no value.

GeekWire · Slack CTO Cal Henderson · at 11:50 · June 20th, 2019 ·Transcript

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How Did Cal Henderson Meet The Slack Team at 2:00 Transcript
Why Is Slack So Popular With More Than 10 Million Average Daily Users at 4:59 Transcript
What Were The Key Technical Decisions By Cal Henderson Which Made Slack What It Is Today at 8:04 Transcript
Would Slack Have Been Able To Scale Quickly And Efficiently Without Amazon Cloud Service at 10:28 Transcript
If You Launched Slack Today, What Would You Do Differently at 11:50 Transcript
What Technologies Are You Using At Slack Today at 13:29 Transcript
How Do You Stay Flexible While Paying Millions Of Dollars To A Cloud Service Provider Like Amazon Aws at 14:36 Transcript
Is It Possible To Switch Between Web Services Like Aws And Google Cloud Once You Get To A Massive Scale at 15:58 Transcript
Can Artificial Intelligence Make Slack Better at 17:44 Transcript
Did Slack Cto Cal Henderson Really Break Into Steward Butterfield's Mailing Server at 20:48 Transcript
What Does Cal Henderson Look For When Hiring For Slack at 22:07 Transcript
What Apps Would Cal Henderson Like To See Build On Slack In The Future at 25:17 Transcript
What Is The One Most Important Piece Of Advice To Startups From Cal Henderson at 28:55 Transcript

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