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HOME/PEOPLE/STEWART BUTTERFIELD
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Stewart Butterfield

ROLE CO-FOUNDER & CEOAT SLACKMENTIONS 5LAST SEEN JUNE 14, 2026
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Co-founder of Slack and Flickr, known for pivoting from a failed game (Glitch) to build Slack.

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5 SIGNALS
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mention·Lenny's·JUNE 14, 2026

Slack was a great example because I think Slack might have just been proven and better and no new... Stewart keeps trying to start game companies and those turn into unexpected bigger hit companies.

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02
mention·The VC Corner·MAY 30, 2026

He did not wait for a new idea to fall from the sky. He treated his failure like a box of spare parts.

03
mention·The a16z Show·MAY 21, 2026

Slack is a great example. The product is multiplayer or collaborative by default... once people start using it, it'll be so difficult for them to stop using it.

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mention·The a16z Show·APRIL 27, 2026

Slack was in dire straits before he figured it out. You know, he had built a game on Flash called Glitch, and Steve Jobs outlawed Flash on the iPad, and it was an iPad game. And, like, that's how dead he was, you know, and he had, like, $6 million left, and he turned it into Slack.

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mention·The a16z Show·APRIL 27, 2026

That's Stuart Butterfield. You know, he's a great entrepreneur. So, like, companies go through changes and this and that. If you've, you know, like, if you're a special founder and you don't run out of cash, I'm still for that and would bet on that.

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