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Jul 6, 2019

We Don't Sell Saddles Here →

What we are selling is not the software product — the set of all the features, in their specific implementation — because there are just not many buyers for this software product.

However, if we are selling "a reduction in the cost of communication" or "zero effort knowledge management" or "making better decisions, faster" or "all your team communication, instantly searchable, available wherever you go" or "75% less email" or some other valuable result of adopting Slack, we will find many more buyers.

That's why what we're selling is organizational transformation.

I have some nit-picks about the practical realization of organizational transformation that Slack claims to provide, but this is one of the few corporate memos that I've read that clearly and succinctly explains what a startup business is about and why.

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H. Parker Shelton

I'm just an ordinary thirty-something who's had some extraordinary opportunities. I graduated from Johns Hopkins University, work for Microsoft in Silicon Valley, code websites and applications, take the occasional photograph, and keep a constant eye on current events, politics, and technology. This blog is the best of what catches that eye.

 
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