Slack
4 statements across 4 episodes · 2 bullish · 0 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Nov 15, 2021 by Chris Tung · said 29 times in 17 episodes since 2021 · across every show →
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brought up most by Andrew Gazdecki (6), Varun Kundra (4), Chris Tung (3), Tara Reed (2), Marty Balkema (2), Chris Achard (2), Simon Thompson (1), Ruslan Leteyski (1)
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2026 2 mentions in 2 episodes 1 per episode
2025 1 mention in 1 episode
2023 10 mentions in 5 episodes 2 per episode
- Startup Acquisition Stories with Varun Kundra, Co-Founder of Beam Commerce
- Startup Acquisition Stories with Kjael Skaalerud, President of Skaling Ventures
- Startup Acquisition Stories with Simon Thompson, Founder of Podseeker
- Startup Acquisition Stories with Alex Rainey, Founder of MyAskAI.com
- Startup Acquisition Stories with Ruslan Leteyski, Founder & CEO of Checkout X
- every mention in 2023, scene by scene →
2022 9 mentions in 6 episodes 2 per episode
- Startup Acquisition Stories with Chris Achard, Founder of AcornChat
- Startup Acquisition Stories with Lloyed Lobo - Founder of Boast.ai and Traction
- Startup Acquisition Stories with David Horne & Marty Balkema - Co-founders at Calm Capital
- Startup Acquisition Stories with Colin Keeley, Founder at Verne (Acquire'd 2x)
- Startup Acquisition Stories with Lauralynn Drury - VP of Experience, StayTuned Digital
- Startup Acquisition Stories with Brian Casel - Founder of ZipMessage
- every mention in 2022, scene by scene →
Everything said about Slack, oldest first
Nov 15, 2021 neutral
Tung: Existing Shopify apps lacked Slack UTM and coupon tracking
“There was no way for you to get UTM tracking specifically, and like coupon code redemption data in in your Slack channel from Shopify. There were a lot of apps out there that would do light Shopify to Slack integration, but not what I needed”
Nov 15, 2021 positive
May 31, 2022
Calm Capital negotiated the entire Wave acquisition over a shared Slack channel
“We negotiated the entire deal directly with them over Slack. So after the first call, we started a Slack channel shared Slack channel, and we started I mean, I don't know, probably, David, from, what, Thanksgiving to the end of March is when we closed, so, you…”
Apr 25, 2023 positive
Kundra: Shared Slack Channels Accelerate Post-Acquisition Transitions Better Than Email
“One thing that I did this time and I would recommend is create like a Slack channel between You and your team and the buyer and their team. So then like your customer support person can talk to their customer support people. You can, you know, the product pers…”