// PERSON
Stuart Butterfield
ROLE FOUNDERAT SLACKMENTIONS 3LAST SEEN AUGUST 24, 2026
// BIO
Co-founder of Slack and Flickr, referenced by Bill Maris as an example of a founder who glimpsed the future before others.
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// RECENT MENTIONS
// SIGNALS
3 SIGNALS
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m_and_a·All In·AUGUST 24, 2026
“Stuart Butterfield, who started Slack, and he was working on a totally different business. He had three million left... And they sold it for $30 billion.”
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mention·My First Million·JULY 27, 2026
“I think it's Stuart Butterfield of Slack who said something very similar. The only real measure of the effect you're having on innovation is the extent to which you change behavior.”
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mention·All In·JUNE 9, 2026
“A friend named Stuart Butterfield was kind enough to share with me... in this crowd is someone who, to his friends, seemed insane, who glimpsed the future.”
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