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This Week in Startups

E1145: Emergency Pod! Salesforce is reportedly acquiring Slack: winners, losers, ramifications & more!

This Week in Startups

Jason Calacanis

Technology

4.41.3K Ratings

🗓️ 1 December 2020

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Referenced in this episode:

Salesforce Is in Advanced Talks to Buy Slack Technologies | WSJ
https://www.wsj.com/articles/salesforce-has-held-talks-to-buy-slack-technologies-11606326392?mod=searchresults_pos1&page=1

Salesforce deal to buy Slack expected to be announced Tuesday after market close | CNBC
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/11/30/salesforce-deal-to-buy-slack-expected-to-be-announced-tomorrow.html

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0:00.0

Okay everybody it's an emergency podcast.

0:02.4

BAMPOPPOP!

0:04.4

Sales Wars is buying slack, that's right, by all reports.

0:08.4

Salesforce will announce tomorrow, December 1st, 2020.

0:12.2

That sales force is buying Slack Mark Benny off apparently has done

0:17.0

it again hot off the heels of his Tablo acquisition now acquiring what is considered one of the top companies in all of enterprise computing

0:27.3

Slack. Let's get into it when we get back from this quick message.

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