Stewart Butterfield
3 statements across 3 episodes · 1 bullish · 0 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Mar 20, 2024 by Jason Fried · said 18 times in 7 episodes since 2021 · across every show →
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2026 7 mentions in 1 episode
2025 3 mentions in 1 episode
2024 6 mentions in 3 episodes 2 per episode
2023 1 mention in 1 episode
2021 1 mention in 1 episode
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Mar 20, 2024 neutral
Stewart Butterfield Gave Jason Fried Advance Notice Before Launching Slack
“Stuart Butterfield sent me an email before they launched Slack. We were friends and he said, Hey, just want to let you know we're launching this thing. It's competitive with Campfire to some degree. We're buddies. I just want to like, let you know, like, that'…”
Jan 24, 2025
Wilkinson: MetaLab declined equity for designing Slack at a $20M valuation
“Metalab back in 20, I guess it was 2012 or 20 13, we designed Slack. And at the time Slack was actually a failed gaming startup and Stuart Butterfield was basically trying to do something with the remains of it and trying to build, build a chat tool. And so He…”
Sep 4, 2026 positive
Parr: a16z told Butterfield to pivot instead of returning his capital
“And for those who don't know, it was a video game company for one or two or three years and it sucked. And he was gonna give his money back to Andreessen Horowitz and they're like, dude, I don't care about this money, figure it out, just do something.”