A Slack Story

A Slack Story

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So Yeah, We Tried Slack
Introducing Slack to the world, in video. Peeking behind the scenes. Finding a title that fit.
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James Sherrett
Pricing and “Fair Billing Policy”
Diving deeper on Slack’s two levers of growth. Learning principles about pricing. Selling through objections. Inventing the “Fair Billing Policy”.
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Offsite in Sonoma
Quadcopters. Meeting my new boss. Seeing the grand promise. Banjos and guitars and ukuleles. Change and change and change.
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#accounts
Closing and sharing new deals. Doing sales at Slack without salespeople. Meeting The Cannon.
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Slack's Wall of Love
What I hear you saying, on Twitter. Reaching tech nerds. Listening then amplifying the best parts. Maximizing the surface area of the company.
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James Sherrett
Launching Paid Slack
Asking to get paid for Slack. How we decided to launch. Tactics we used. Credits and the mechanics of our business.
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Socks, Slack Socks
From a small budget, a surprise hit for stylish feet. Early and later versions. A little nostalgia. The world is changeable.
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A Slack Story
A Slack Story
In 2013, I started as #9 on the Slack team. A Slack Story tells the best stories from the 7 years and 5 jobs that followed.

A Slack Story

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