Ep118 – Cal Henderson (Co-founder & CTO – Slack) on pivots, product & the future

The Startup Playbook PodcastInsights and lessons from the world's best entrepreneurs and investors Twitter Facebook YouTube Instagram Ep118 – Cal Henderson (Co-founder & CTO – Slack) on pivots, product & the future July 2, 2020 rohitbhargava Podcast My guest for Episode 118 of The Startup Playbook Podcast was the Co-founder & CTO of Slack, Cal Henderson. Cal has co-founded two successful startups, with his co-founder Stewart Butterfield, from the ashes of failed video games. Initially, he co-founded photo sharing application Flickr which was acquired by Yahoo! Today he’s Co-founder and CTO of Slack and looks after the technology behind the growing platform. Slack is a team collaboration and communication tool that publicly listed on NYSE in 2019 and has a market cap of $18B (as of June 2020). In this interview we discussed: Managing failure and pivotsThe challenges and opportunities of building out new categoriesDealing with competitors like MicrosoftResponsibility of products like Slack in how their products are usedWhat the future of work may look like in a post COVID world& much more Full interview below! Show notes: FlickrFlickr acquisitionSlackGlitchCal Henderson & Stewart Butterflied (Web 2.0 – 2010)RdioSlack Connect Next interview: Join our next live podcast interview with DHH, the Co-founder & CTO at BasecampDate: 7th July 2020Time: 8-9am (AEDT)Registration link: https://tinyurl.com/Ep119DHH Feedback/connect/say hello: [email protected]@RohitBhargava7 (Twitter)/rohbhargava (LinkedIn)@rohit_bhargava (Instagram)My Youtube Channel Credits: Music: Joakim Karud – Dreams Other channels: Don’t have iTunes? The podcast is also available on Soundcloud & Stitcher Audio Player and now also available on Spotify. https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/startupplaybook/Ep118_-_Cal_Henderson_Co-founder__CTO_-_Slack_on_pivots_product_and_the_future.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: RSS admin January 1, 2014 Reply Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat admin January 1, 2014 Reply Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat admin January 1, 2014 Reply Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. .dslc-tp-comment-form input[type=text]::-moz-placeholder, .dslc-tp-comment-form input[type=url]::-moz-placeholder, .dslc-tp-comment-form input[type=email]::-moz-placeholder, .dslc-tp-comment-form textarea::-moz-placeholder { color: #4d4d4d; } .dslc-tp-comment-form input[type=text]::-webkit-input-placeholder, .dslc-tp-comment-form input[type=url]::-webkit-input-placeholder, .dslc-tp-comment-form input[type=email]::-webkit-input-placeholder, .dslc-tp-comment-form textarea::-webkit-input-placeholder { color: #4d4d4d; } .dslc-tp-comment-form input[type=text]:-ms-input-placeholder, .dslc-tp-comment-form input[type=url]:-ms-input-placeholder, .dslc-tp-comment-form input[type=email]:-ms-input-placeholder, .dslc-tp-comment-form textarea:-ms-input-placeholder { color: #4d4d4d; } Copyright © 2015 - Live Composer The post Ep118 – Cal Henderson (Co-founder & CTO – Slack) on pivots, product & the future appeared first on Startup Playbook.