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On the TechTO stage
January 2018 SalesTO Panel: Lessons Learned From Running a Hyper-Growth, Global Sales Team
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About
Slack built its Toronto presence during its hyper-growth period, and two TechTO appearances come from that window. In January 2018 a SalesTO panel opened with the question of why Slack chose Toronto for a sales team, with the company's sales leadership on stage crediting the depth of the local sales community. That August, Nikki Curtis — then leading learning and enablement at Slack — gave a talk on creating a culture of learning inside a fast-scaling organisation. Slack listed directly on the New York Stock Exchange in June 2019 and was acquired by Salesforce on 21 July 2021 for US$27.7 billion, the largest acquisition in Salesforce's history at the time. It continues to operate as a Salesforce product.
Backers
Venture-backed through the 2010s, then publicly traded from its June 2019 direct listing until the Salesforce acquisition closed in 2021. It is now wholly owned by Salesforce.
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Quick answers
Why did Slack open a sales team in Toronto?
That was the opening question of TechTO's January 2018 SalesTO panel. Slack's answer, on stage, was the depth of Toronto's sales talent — the leader on the panel described spending a day meeting the local sales community and being struck by it.
Who owns Slack?
Salesforce, which completed a US$27.7-billion acquisition on 21 July 2021. Slack still operates under its own brand.
When did Slack go public?
June 2019, by direct listing on the New York Stock Exchange, two years before the Salesforce deal closed.