Most startups treat Slack like a WhatsApp group.

No structure. No clarity. Just noise.

At ReferRush, we rebuilt Slack into an operating system — where engineering, sales, and customer success move fast without stepping on each other’s toes.

Here’s how we set it up:

🛠 Product & Engineering
Channels split by surface area:
dev-whatsapp
dev-sms
dev-email
dev-widgets
dev-affiliate
dev-xbot
dev-settings
dev-general

Every bug, feature, or request lives in a thread — not DMs.

📦 Customer Success & Ops
ops-onboarding — new brand launches
ops-bugs — Looms + logs
ops-general — SOPs, tools, internal notes

This way, CS doesn’t have to chase devs to move fast.

💰 Sales & Growth
sales-deals — pipeline, call notes
sales-growth — experiments, campaigns
sales-general — pricing, scripts, CRM links

Sales runs like a repeatable playbook, not an ad hoc hustle.

🔁 Cross-Functional Sync
standups — async daily updates
team-weekly — what shipped, what we learned
customer-feedback — goldmine of real user insights

🎯 Leadership & Culture
legal-finance — contracts, payroll, filings
important — major updates (only founders post)
team-lounge — bonding, memes, culture

Every channel is:
• Threaded
• Searchable
• Linked to a Google Drive folder
• Owned by someone

Slack isn’t just where we chat. It’s where execution lives.

If you’re trying to scale a lean startup, build Slack like a cockpit — not a co-working café.


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