Stuart Butterfield

8 statements across 2 episodes · 2 bullish · 3 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Jan 2, 2019 by Stuart Butterfield · across every show →

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Jan 2, 2019 neutral
Disclosure
Butterfield: Slack intentionally omitted structured task management features
“When we were first starting on this and we thought about the core feature set and what we wanted to get in and what we didn't want to be, do we decided we wanted to avoid anything that has too much structure or too much ideology behind it, and so Task manageme…”
Stuart Butterfield Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 35:26 a16z Podcast | Tools for How We Work Today
Jan 2, 2019 positive
Insight
Butterfield: Search-centric tools drastically lower cognitive cost compared to manual filing
“Where it wasn't just the fact that you could search for the messages and find them again after, which obviously is very important, but the cognitive cost of processing incoming messages fell through the floor in comparison to a world where you had to manually …”
Stuart Butterfield Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 15:28 a16z Podcast | Tools for How We Work Today
Jan 2, 2019 negative
Opinion
Butterfield: Microsoft is the only competitor Slack really worries about
“To be totally frank, it's the one company that I really worry about from a competitive angle.”
Stuart Butterfield Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 28:00 a16z Podcast | Nobody Discusses Work Software Outside of Work -- and Then There’s Slack
Jan 2, 2019
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Butterfield: Slack provides new hires immediate access to historical company communications
“We would have people start, and they would have the whole history of all communication that happened before they got there available to them, and that's in contrast to an email-based organization where on your first day, you literally have an empty inbox, and …”
Stuart Butterfield Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 4:52 a16z Podcast | Nobody Discusses Work Software Outside of Work -- and Then There’s Slack
Jan 2, 2019
Insight
Butterfield: Lateral transparency across functional teams unlocks immense organizational value
“If the marketing team has perfect clarity about what's going on with sales, and can see where they're falling down, see where they need better materials, if the technical operations team can see what's going on with customer support, if the engineers can see w…”
Stuart Butterfield Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 4:29 a16z Podcast | Nobody Discusses Work Software Outside of Work -- and Then There’s Slack
Jan 2, 2019 negative
Insight
Butterfield: All-in-one enterprise software suites are no longer viable
“So first of all, the suite would be far too broad for anyone to do, period, and certainly for anyone to do well.”
Stuart Butterfield Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 22:54 a16z Podcast | Nobody Discusses Work Software Outside of Work -- and Then There’s Slack
Jan 2, 2019 bullish
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Butterfield: Slack maintains an industry-beating monthly churn of 20 basis points
“We have industry beating churn like 20 basis points of churn a month.”
Stuart Butterfield Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 28:47 a16z Podcast | Nobody Discusses Work Software Outside of Work -- and Then There’s Slack
Jan 2, 2019 negative
Prediction Held up
Butterfield: I will never build a gaming company again
“No. I'm done. That's it.”
Stuart Butterfield Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 29:43 a16z Podcast | Nobody Discusses Work Software Outside of Work -- and Then There’s Slack
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