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Forbes. Slack and the future of workplace collaboration

Forbes. Slack and the future of workplace collaboration

I use Slack to help manage projects. It’s pretty useful. Apparently, others think so, too. After its listing on the New York Stock Exchange, the company was worth $23 billion. But something about Slack’s rise had me thinking about how much further it could go — and if it’s not careful, how far it has to fall. Here’s an introduction to my commentary about workplace collaboration in Forbes. About five minutes after their triumph, it would be funny at best,…

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How Twitter could become a real business again

Twitter. The should, the could, the would company

Twitter, the decade plus old company is still trying to define what it is and how to make money. It is trapped in a business model of providing free service in exchange for our souls and friends. Based on the past performance there is little hope that Twitter’s future will be brighter. The number of free users is not growing fast enough (if at all) and the revenue from ads is not rising fast enough to stop the bleeding. What…

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