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What every remote office needs to succeed

In the early days of a startup, you typically need an office in a city like San Francisco, where there’s a valuable community and a well...

The minimum viable product design portfolio

Over the past few months, I’ve reviewed dozens of product design portfolios, so many that I’ve been thinking deeply about what a good...

Why your startup needs interview structure

Every company needs to hire people, but startups often need to hire faster and in more bulk than any other types of companies. Rapid...

How to hire a great customer support rep

No matter how great the product, poor support guarantees a bad experience. As the face of your company, your support team is on the front...

From zero to shipping production code

The first week in a new company can be daunting for an engineer as you leave the comfort zone of your old job. At the very least you get...

A year of growth and change with Intercom

Not long after I joined Intercom I wrote up some notes on my first impressions of working at Intercom on our internal Facebook group....

Don’t be the last to know

“Have you ever been the last to know something in your company?” As the CEO of Know Your Company, an employee communication software...

9 tips to attract top engineers

One of the most frustrating aspects of hiring great people to my team was poor timing, or so I thought. It seemed the second I started to...

Why happiness at work really matters

Are you happy at work? Are the people you work with happy? Should you even care as long as the job is getting done? It turns out you...

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...

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,...

Welcoming Darragh Curran

Two months ago, Darragh Curran tweeted to help us find a Senior Ruby Engineer. Today, we’re delighted to welcome him into exactly that...

Welcoming Ben McRedmond

Today marks Ben McRedmond‘s first day working with Intercom. We’re thrilled to have him on-board. He’s an awesome engineer. We know this...

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