Slack CEO Lidiane Jones to depart after a year in the role
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Slack CEO Lidiane Jones to depart after a year in the role

Jones will become CEO of Bumble as Salesforce-owned Slack looks for its third CEO in as many years. Lidiane Jones, CEO of Salesforce-owned, Vancouver-founded…

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Buddybuild founder is back with new code-assist platform Unblocked
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Buddybuild founder is back with new code-assist platform Unblocked

Vancouver-based Unblocked emerged from stealth last Tuesday with a coding workflow platform. The company also shared news of a January 2022 $8.3-million USD ($11.3-million…

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S|W: The SaaS Weekly – The end of an era at Slack

Plus: Wattpad president Jeanne Lam resigns months after being tapped to lead company. The SaaS Weekly is a weekly newsletter covering major SaaS news…

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Slack founding CEO Stewart Butterfield to depart company in January

Slack’s leader becomes latest to leave the Salesforce organization. Stewart Butterfield, the founding CEO of Vancouver-founded instant messaging company Slack, will be stepping down…

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Meet the Canadian marketing VCs that help vet Marc Andreessen’s memes
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Meet the Canadian marketing VCs that help vet Marc Andreessen’s memes

How Spacecadet is becoming the brand marketing, early-stage deal hunters for some of North America’s biggest VCs. Led by Canadian co-founders Daniel Eckler and…

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