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Lessons learned from scaling a product team

There’s been lots written about how Internet businesses should build software, from books like The Lean Start-Up, and posts from Google...

The opportunity at Intercom

I recently left my job at Google to head up the Product Design team at Intercom. Here’s why I thought Intercom was worth taking the leap....

Designing our new blog

Earlier this year we began investing in our blog, by hiring a full time editor and deliberately increasing our publishing frequency....

Know the value of your customers

Customer information is most valuable when consolidated. When all your information about all your customers is in the same place, every...

This is not a map

Customers will always surprise you with the creative ways they use your product. It’s not deliberate on their behalf though. They’re just...

Building a platform at Intercom

When you think of Salesforce.com, what do you think of? The CRM tool for salespeople? A product for managing marketing campaigns? Or the...

Design principles: in-app messaging

We recently released the second generation of a core Intercom feature, in-app messages. Redesigning a core-feature is always high risk,...

Harnessing user research with Intercom

It’s a given developers know their products better than their users but this can lead to a gulf in understanding between them. Listening...

The blind product manager

Ask any product manager and they will tell you that seeing and talking to their users is critical to success. Yet few walk the walk and...

Why I left Google to join Intercom

After a 7.5 year international adventure with Google, I’ve joined Intercom as Director of Research. So, what lured me away from the...

First impressions of working at Intercom

Intercom is not just the product – it’s also a great place to work. I recently joined Intercom, and last week took the time to write a...

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