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Stewart Butterfield Quotes

The outward expression of empathy is courtesy Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

At my first job in the mid-to-late 90s, almost every product was from Microsoft. Everything was designed to work together - Windows for workgroups, shared M drives, etc., etc Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

There are a lot of things that Slack gives you that email doesn’t when you think about internal use. Switching to Slack from email for internal communication gives you a lot more transparency Picture Quote #1

In Slack, you create channels to discuss different topics. For a small group of people, those channels are relatively easy to manage and navigate Picture Quote #1

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I related to the whole hippie, acid-test confluence of the early Internet. The idea that we should be open and interoperate with our data resonated with me Picture Quote #1

What motivates me is just to do a really, really good job at something. If I were a better musician, I probably would’ve ended up as one Picture Quote #1

I had hippie parents, and I found it difficult to figure out how to rebel against them Picture Quote #1

I rarely in a working day go more than 10 minutes without looking at Slack Picture Quote #1

It’s hard to overestimate how much the perception of the quality of the V.C. firm you’re with matters - the signal it sends to other V.C.s, to potential employees, to customers, to the tech press. It’s like where you went to college Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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For the first five years of my life, I grew up in a log cabin in coastal British Columbia in a very small town, like 300 people, mostly hippies. No running water, no electricity. When I was 12, I changed my name from Dharma to Stewart. At that age, you just want to be normal Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Email has the virtue - sounds like a bad thing, but it’s the virtue of being the lowest common denominator messaging protocol. Everyone can have it. It can cross organizational boundaries. No one owns it. It’s not some particular company’s platform Picture Quote #1

We’re still at the beginning of a major transition in how people communicate and work together, Picture Quote #1

There’s a lot that’s wrong with the way we work - bad habits that develop around control of information, people hoarding information as a means of preserving their own power. When you’re using Slack, everyone can see what’s going on because the default mode is public Picture Quote #1

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About 80 percent of the photos on Flickr are public and searchable by everyone. In one sense, it’s a place where people upload snapshots from the family reunion, wedding or the birth of a baby or something like that, but it’s also a place where people go to show what the world looks like to them Picture Quote #1

People sometimes forget how early Flickr came. Facebook didn’t add photo sharing till a year after Flickr was acquired by Yahoo Picture Quote #1

When key users told us something wasn’t working, we fixed it - immediately Picture Quote #1

I’m going to make more money than I need in any outcome Picture Quote #1

You have to figure out what conversion means in your case. What does retention mean? What does activation mean? For every business, it’s going to be slightly different because of the nature of the product and the kinds of people who use it Picture Quote #1

Every customer interaction is a marketing opportunity. If you go above and beyond on the customer service side, people are much more likely to recommend you Picture Quote #1

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It’s hard to imagine the revenue from selling the prints will cover the cost of lost goodwill Picture Quote #1

We’re still at the beginning of a major transition in how people communicate and work together Picture Quote #1

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The outward expression of empathy is courtesy (Stewart Butterfield Quotes) 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 Quotes) At my first job in the mid-to-late 90s, almost every product was from Microsoft. Everything was designed to work together - Windows for workgroups, shared M drives, etc., etc. (Stewart Butterfield Quotes) 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 Quotes) There are a lot of things that Slack gives you that email doesn’t when you think about internal use. Switching to Slack from email for internal communication gives you a lot more transparency. (Stewart Butterfield Quotes) In Slack, you create channels to discuss different topics. For a small group of people, those channels are relatively easy to manage and navigate. (Stewart Butterfield Quotes) I related to the whole hippie, acid-test confluence of the early Internet. The idea that we should be open and interoperate with our data resonated with me. (Stewart Butterfield Quotes) What motivates me is just to do a really, really good job at something. If I were a better musician, I probably would’ve ended up as one. (Stewart Butterfield Quotes) I had hippie parents, and I found it difficult to figure out how to rebel against them (Stewart Butterfield Quotes) I rarely in a working day go more than 10 minutes without looking at Slack (Stewart Butterfield Quotes) It’s hard to overestimate how much the perception of the quality of the V.C. firm you’re with matters - the signal it sends to other V.C.s, to potential employees, to customers, to the tech press. It’s like where you went to college. (Stewart Butterfield Quotes) 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 Quotes) For the first five years of my life, I grew up in a log cabin in coastal British Columbia in a very small town, like 300 people, mostly hippies. No running water, no electricity. When I was 12, I changed my name from Dharma to Stewart. At that age, you just want to be normal. (Stewart Butterfield Quotes) 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 Quotes) 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 Quotes) Email has the virtue - sounds like a bad thing, but it’s the virtue of being the lowest common denominator messaging protocol. Everyone can have it. It can cross organizational boundaries. No one owns it. It’s not some particular company’s platform. (Stewart Butterfield Quotes) We’re still at the beginning of a major transition in how people communicate and work together, (Stewart Butterfield Quotes) There’s a lot that’s wrong with the way we work - bad habits that develop around control of information, people hoarding information as a means of preserving their own power. When you’re using Slack, everyone can see what’s going on because the default mode is public. (Stewart Butterfield Quotes) About 80 percent of the photos on Flickr are public and searchable by everyone. In one sense, it’s a place where people upload snapshots from the family reunion, wedding or the birth of a baby or something like that, but it’s also a place where people go to show what the world looks like to them. (Stewart Butterfield Quotes) People sometimes forget how early Flickr came. Facebook didn’t add photo sharing till a year after Flickr was acquired by Yahoo. (Stewart Butterfield Quotes) When key users told us something wasn’t working, we fixed it - immediately (Stewart Butterfield Quotes) I’m going to make more money than I need in any outcome (Stewart Butterfield Quotes) You have to figure out what conversion means in your case. What does retention mean? What does activation mean? For every business, it’s going to be slightly different because of the nature of the product and the kinds of people who use it (Stewart Butterfield Quotes) Every customer interaction is a marketing opportunity. If you go above and beyond on the customer service side, people are much more likely to recommend you (Stewart Butterfield Quotes) It’s hard to imagine the revenue from selling the prints will cover the cost of lost goodwill (Stewart Butterfield Quotes) We’re still at the beginning of a major transition in how people communicate and work together (Stewart Butterfield Quotes)