Tag: slack
Mattermost CEO Ian Tien on building a successful remote team
‘It’s really about iterating and putting more and more systems in place as you grow’ Greg Kumparak @grg / 7 hours Mattermost is pretty open about what it is: an open-source, self-hosted alternative to Slack. The team didn’t originally set out to build a messaging tool at all; they wanted…
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As remote work booms, Slack stumbles
Hello and welcome back to our regular morning look at private companies, public markets and the gray space in between. As COVID-19 continues to change how many workers and students approach their daily labors, demand for some remote work friendly products is booming. As TechCrunch recently explored, some startups are seeing…
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Stocks dive on Dow’s worst day since 1987, tech crashes, and Bitcoin is no haven
Well, that was terrible. During the day’s wild trading session, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) dropped by just under 10% in what was the largest single-day percentage decline since the stock market crash in 1987 (when markets were sufficiently scarred to institute failsafe measures for the future, to prevent…
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Slack shares plummet 20% after its growth forecast fails to excite investors
Today after the bell, Slack, a popular workplace communication product, reported its FQ4 2020 earnings, the three-month period ending January 31 2020. The company’s results came in ahead of expectations. However, its shares have rapidly lost altitude in the wake of its news. In the fourth quarter, Slack’s revenue rose…
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Clobbered by coronavirus econ news? Here’s an in-depth, 90 day rewind
There’s just been a torrent of economic news since the first identification of patients with COVID-19 in Wuhan, China in early December 2019 until the declaration of a global pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) yesterday. Investors have fled the public market, more and more companies are teetering on…
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Slack calls are having ‘connectivity issues’
Slack has confirmed that “Slack Calls are experiencing some connectivity difficulties right now.” The company said it is working to resolve the issue “as quickly as possible.” The difficulties coincide with the push from tech companies to move workers to remote-only meetings and conference calls, amid the outbreak of COVID-19.…
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