# The REAL reason Slack became a billion dollar company - Host: [medium.com](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/hosts/medium.com/) - Saved: July 6, 2015 (2015-07-06T23:17:14Z) - Record: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/9a614fb91cc5/ - JSON: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/9a614fb91cc5.json ## From the page (probably an excerpt, not Jamie's words) And why its business model is evilly brilliant and Twitter is going nowhere ## Facts - Kind: [Page](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/kinds/page/) ## Same host - [21 management things I learned at Imgur](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/d757ed3b018f/) (medium.com, June 21, 2015) - [Why Invest in Tools? — Medium](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/76fc4a499e42/) (medium.com, July 6, 2015) - [I, Racist](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/ff83c2561175/) (medium.com, July 10, 2015) - [Defining a High Performance Team: It’s not just about Structure](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/00c116676a15/) (medium.com, July 14, 2015) - [The Web We Have to Save](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/991a19c2bdc5/) (medium.com, July 15, 2015) ## Saved the same week - [Product Vision Board](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/f4f77801f313/) (blogs.atlassian.com, July 6, 2015) - [Watching Women Want](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/6d02ed330f84/) (thenewinquiry.com, July 6, 2015) - [The Manual for Civilization Begins — Blog of the Long Now](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/c4470803c319/) (blog.longnow.org, July 6, 2015) - [Why Invest in Tools? — Medium](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/76fc4a499e42/) (medium.com, July 6, 2015) - [★ Safari Content Blocker, Before and After](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/aa6b43dc8d8d/) (daringfireball.net, July 8, 2015) ## Elsewhere - Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://medium.com/@satyavh/the-real-reason-slack-became-a-billion-dollar-company-f14c22b15a29?goal=0_de7676a4fb-9e65797738-420051901