The Evolution Podcast: Leadership and Coaching

Slack’s Startup Journey: An Insiders Perspective, Ft. Ali Rayl, SVP Product at Slack

January 10, 2023 Evolution
The Evolution Podcast: Leadership and Coaching
Slack’s Startup Journey: An Insiders Perspective, Ft. Ali Rayl, SVP Product at Slack
Show Notes

In this episode, Matt Auron, Managing Director at Evolution, sits down with Ali Rayl, SVP Product at Slack to discuss Slack’s startup journey and the insights that come from building a unicorn.

Tune in to hear: 

  • The “pivot” from gaming and how Slack was born from IRC
  • Managing growth and learning on the fly
  • How clarity in decision-making enables growth
  • The evolution of Slack from product to infrastructure

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About Ali Rayl

Ali Rayl is the SVP of Product Management at Slack, responsible for making the working lives of Slack’s millions of users simpler and more productive. She joined Slack as the director of QA for Tiny Speck and, prior to that, served in the same position for Songbird.