Evan and Dave chat with Stewart Bufferfield, the co-Founder of Slack. 

Slack is the leading channel-based messaging platform, used by millions to align their teams, unify their systems, and drive their businesses forward. 

In this podcast we cover a lot of ground, including Microsoft, recent acquisitions, Slack Connect, Amazon Chime, Enterprise Grid, and more. 

Stewart has been regularly recognized for the foresight and innovation that has helped him build two companies. He was named one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World by Time Magazine, and one of the Top 50 Leaders by BusinessWeek; he has been included on Vanity Fair’s New Establishment List, the Recode 100, Advertising Age’s Creativity 50, and the Technology Innovator of the Year by the Wall Street Journal.

Slack was an accident, as was Flickr before it. The team invented the tools that became Slack in order to better collaborate. They eventually realized that other companies might want to improve collaboration too and Slack was born. 

Stewart has a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from the University of Victoria and a Master of Philosophy from the University of Cambridge.