Slack + Salesforce Emergency Pod with Packy McCormick of Not Boring

Acquired is live on the scene covering Salesforce's blockbuster
$27.7B acquisition of Slack, with the help of the internet's #1
Slack bull (and top internet analyst in his own right), Packy
McCormick of Not Boring. We dissect the deal itself, Slack's
relatively short life as a public company, the impact of
Microsoft and Teams, and most importantly what this means for
enterprise SaaS startups broadly. And oh yeah — we have a ton of
fun too. :)


Note: you can find our full June 2019 episode on Slack's history
and their DPO here:
https://www.acquired.fm/episodes/the-slack-dpo





 


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https://www.acquired.fm/episodes/slack-salesforce-emergency-pod-with-packy-mccormick-of-not-boring





Links:


Not Boring: https://notboring.substack.com

Packy on Twitter: https://twitter.com/packyM

Packy's bull thesis on Slack from November 2020:
https://notboring.substack.com/p/slack-the-bulls-are-typing