dufalop

I'm surprised that people aren't surprised at failure when you take a person who luckily joined the right startup at the right time and then think they have a clue how to run a huge company.

Yahoo was unquestionably a huge task for even the most experienced CEO, but for an inexperienced CEO, it seemed like a prayer at best.

I rather agree this article seemed to connect two related but definitely not connected things.

That being said, it is interesting how many visible unicorns are either flaunting the law or outright frauds (i.e. zenefits, uber, airbnb, theranos).

Happily or sadly (per your point of view) - it's seems still worth it. The Zenefits ex-CEO lost his job but he never ever needs to work again (and can afford the best of the best lawyers if needed)

I double checked that they actually used the word "unleashes". Rather dramatic (but did make me click)

This really tells me how little I understand the startup ecosystem. Chat is arguably THE oldest thing on the Internet and I would have never dreamed to re-pitch that idea in the last few years, much less think yet another iteration could be such a wild success.

Congrats to Slack. Well played.

Definitely !

I'm looking forward to a review of the major systems available by someone who has a clue (i.e. not me). The investment to learn one of these is great enough that it will be worth some time invested to understand what each can do.