I love cities. New York, Montreal, London, Amsterdam, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Singapore, Sydney, Melbourne, Toronto, L.A... but, I do choose to live in Vancouver. It's home. Stewart Butterfield amsterdamchoosecity Change image and share on social
I learned so much in the year after Flickr was acquired. People forget, but Flickr launched in February 2004. And a year later, the deal was done with Yahoo, and we closed it in March of 2005. It was really independent for a relatively short period of time. Stewart Butterfield acquireclosedeal share on social
A company like Adobe, there are dozens of different teams that are using Slack. Each of those elected to use Slack independently. Stewart Butterfield adobecompanydozen Change image and share on social
I tend to be a lot more honest and transparent with employees than most bosses are. But I've had people tell me - even those who love working with me - that I'm terrifying, which is hard for me to imagine. Stewart Butterfield bossemployeehard share on social
For most companies, the hard thing is making the product work well enough to convince a single person at a time to switch to it. Stewart Butterfield companyconvincehard Change image and share on social
I had hippie parents, and I found it difficult to figure out how to rebel against them. Stewart Butterfield difficultfigurefind Change image and share on social
From the outside, Yahoo was extremely successful. It was making money; it was still bigger than Google. But when I got there, I learned what a disaster of a company looks like from the inside. There were a lot of vice presidents, and it was basically a turf battle between them. Stewart Butterfield basicallybattlebig share on social
I have a couple of things I do to clear my head when I need it. The first is exercise, the kind of exercise that makes me lie on the floor afterward gasping for breath and wonder if I'm actually going to be able to breathe enough to not die. The other one is playing music. Stewart Butterfield afterwardbreathbreathe share on social
All the people on the Flickr team are committed to what we're doing, which is to be the eyes of the world. Stewart Butterfield commiteyeflickr Change image and share on social
Those moments of play that we do get in meta-life, like playing music, or golf, or word-play, or flirting - those are some of the best parts about being alive. Stewart Butterfield aliveflirtgolf Change image and share on social
