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9. Flourishing Freemium

How Slack Managed to Create One of the Highest Paid Conversion Rates in the Industry
Griffin Kao1 , Jessica Hong2, Michael Perusse3 and Weizhen Sheng4
(1)
Wynnewood, PA, USA
(2)
Edina, MN, USA
(3)
Cambridge, MA, USA
(4)
Markham, ON, Canada
 

When Slack came onto the scene in 2014, it promised to kill email once and for all. This collaborative instant communication platform was envisioned with the extremely lofty goal of completely revolutionizing workplace culture. Yet, while ambitious, it is hard to say that this goal has not been met. Used by 77% of Fortune 100 companies,1 Slack is the ...

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