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
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
One of the advantages of something like Slack is that I tap on the app icon, and it's just the people at my company and just the people I work with. There's a strong boundary there which aids in comprehension. It's one less molecule of glucose in my brain to manage it all. Stewart Butterfield advantageaidapp share on social
The experience of being able to search back over all your team's communications for, in our case, millions of messages, is super-valuable. But you don't know what that's like until you actually have it. Stewart Butterfield backcasecommunication 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
Slack is gratifying to work on in the same way that Flickr was. The mission is to make people's working lives simpler, more pleasant, more productive. Stewart Butterfield flickrgratifylive Change image and share on social
People think I'm smart because Flickr was successful. I'm lucky. Maybe I'm smart, too. But, I'm lucky. Stewart Butterfield flickrluckypeople Change image and share on social
The scale of revenue growth is unprecedented. If you look back over history, whether you're looking at the railway robber baron era or the 1920s or the '50s or the '70s, it used to take a long time for a company to get to the point where they had tens of millions of dollars of revenue. It was almost never an overnight phenomenon. Stewart Butterfield 1920s50s70s share on social
I can tell people a story that they believe in and get behind. So I'm good at the leadership part. But I've always said that I'm a terrible manager. I'm not good at giving feedback. Stewart Butterfield feedbackgivegood Change image and share on social
I rarely in a working day go more than 10 minutes without looking at Slack. Stewart Butterfield dayminuterarely Change image and share on social