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Salesforce Goes Social With $27.7B Slack Deal

Salesforce Goes Social With $27.7B Slack Deal

"Slack looks like the natural fit for Salesforce to beef up its collaboration and messaging footprint and keep pace with [Microsoft]."

By Matthew Heller | December 2, 2020

Slack Shares Slump on Disappointing Guidance

Financial Performance

Slack Shares Slump on Disappointing Guidance

The full-year forecast fell below “high investor expectations for team collaboration and communication names amidst this [work from home] era.”

By Matthew Heller | June 5, 2020

Five Best Practices for Today’s Stay-at-Home Workforce

Workplace Issues

Five Best Practices for Today’s Stay-at-Home Workforce

Many firms, for a variety of reasons, have been slower to embrace advances in technology to support a nonoffice dwelling staff — until now.

By Vincent Ryan | March 26, 2020

Slack’s Unusual Route to Public Markets

Credit & Capital

Slack’s Unusual Route to Public Markets

The workplace-messaging app’s direct listing values the tech company at $23 billion.

By Lauren Muskett | June 20, 2019

Slack Files for Direct Listing

Slack Files for Direct Listing

The company posted a loss for the latest fiscal year but said it is spending less on sales and marketing.

By Lauren Muskett | April 26, 2019

Workplace Messaging Firm Slack Files to List Directly

Corporate Finance

Workplace Messaging Firm Slack Files to List Directly

The move to go public without an IPO would follow a direct listing from Spotify last year.

By Lauren Muskett | February 5, 2019

Late-Stage Funding Rounds Draw Heaps of Capital

Late-Stage Funding Rounds Draw Heaps of Capital

Mature startups have raised hundreds of millions of dollars in the past week.

By Vincent Ryan | August 21, 2018

Mobile Services: Bots, the Next Frontier

Mobile Services: Bots, the Next Frontier

The market for apps is maturing. Now one for text-based services, or chatbots, looks poised to take off.

By Economist Staff | April 11, 2016

5 Keys to Managing Remote Workers

5 Keys to Managing Remote Workers

Number one: if you don't give remote workers the technology they really need, their productivity will suffer.

By Katie Kuehner-Hebert | March 18, 2015