Lenny's Podcast: Product | Career | Growth — Slack founder: Mental models for building products people love ft. Stewart Butterfield

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Slack founder: Mental models for building products people love ft. Stewart Butterfield

Lenny's Podcast: Product | Career | Growth

Stewart Butterfield is the co-founder of Slack and Flickr, two of the most influential products in internet history. After selling Slack to Salesforce in one of tech’s biggest acquisitions, he’s been focused on family, philanthropy, and creative projects. In this rare podcast appearance, Stewart shares the product…

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