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How to overcome the startup growth plateau

Every startup hits a plateau at some point. At CloudSponge, we hit ours after four years, when we noticed our growth and churn began to...

Doubling down on content

After almost a decade with The Irish Times and a 20 year career in print journalism, primarily covering technology and business, this...

How we design at Intercom

“…great designers are dogged in understanding the problem they are dealing with. Their curiosity and tenacity for understanding doesn’t...

Conversations with your customers

You can’t force a relationship with a customer without being pushy, awkward, or intrusive. So how is it done? … Sociologists argue that...

User Engagement in the First 30 Days

What happens in the first 30 days defines whether a new sign-up turns into a loyal customer, or is never seen again. Talking to customers...

One more baby step

We’ve raised a $6MM Series A from The Social+Capital Partnership. These guys are not your average VCs. Mamoon Hamid has joined the board...

How Draft Grew Paying Customers by 200%

As Nathan asked himself, “How can I reach my revenue goal for Draft?” it dawned on him that Intercom could help a lot, with very little...

Hire your heroes – Welcoming Paul Adams

Today I’m thrilled to announce that Paul Adams has joined Intercom as Head of Product Design. You’ll find lots about his background...

Deliberate product improvements

It’s risky to try to improve any part of a product without understanding the job that it does for customers, and what their success...

Product Demos That Don’t Suck

Product demos can be a great marketing tool when they focus on giving the attendees a fantastic experience. Customers should leave a...

Welcoming Macey, Jeff, and Frantisek

One of the funny things about growing a startup team is that the old adage “many hands make light work” does not hold true. Instead,...

Getting Insight Into Your Userbase

There are 3 types of data that every product manager or application owner should have easy access to: User Activity, Product Usage, and...

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