As you well know, I'm not a techy person. But the company Slack intrigues me and I think it might be interesting to you as well. According to publications, Slack is changing the way work is done and some of you may be using it in your jobs. Slack Technologies was created in 2013, became a publicly traded company in 2015, today has over 8 million users, and on July 21, 2021 was acquired by Salesforce for $27.7B. That is an amazing growth rate, acquisition, and strategic business approach. In this Discussion Forum, examine the processes Slack used for growth (including the value of the founder's background); discuss your own experiences with the product if you have used it. How did the business grow and how does its purpose drive future growth? Given that the pandemic helped this company, how was Slack able to outperform others with similar products during this period? Will Slack's pandemic growth last in a post-pandemic environment? What relationship do you see between this DF and the purposes of the chapters discussed in this module. You cannot respond to all my questions in the first posting, but over the course of the conversation, I hope we all understand the company a lot more than we did when we started this discussion forum.