Inside Intercom Podcast

Intercom co-founder and chief strategy officer Des Traynor chats with Basecamp co-founder and CEO Jason Fried. Jason explains when to rebuild a successful product, why chat software in the workplace has gone overboard, what makes Basecamp's work culture unique, and much more. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

At the Boston stop of the Inside Intercom World Tour, managing editor John Collins hosts a panel of leaders from local startups. It's all about how to start and scale a successful product. Panelists include Eli Rosen, VP of Customers Success at Dispatch; Meghan Keaney Anderson, VP of Marketing at HubSpot; and Nikos Moraitakis, Founder and CEO at Workable. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

At the New York stop of the Inside Intercom World Tour, Forbes Senior Editor, Steve Bertoni, hosts a panel of local startup founders. The chat is all about what makes great product, and panelists include Lindsay Boyajian, CMO at Augment; Mike Boufford, VP of Engineering at Greenhouse; Christian Bjelland, Founding Team of Hello Alfred. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Julie Zhuo chats with Intercom content marketing manager Adam Risman about what makes great product design, establishing early design principles, team building, and much more. Plus, Intercom director of product design Emmet Connolly talks about his principles of bot design. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

At the Paris stop of the Inside Intercom World Tour, managing editor John Collins hosts a panel of local startup founders. The chat is all about what makes great product, and panelists include Jean-François Chianetta, co-founder and CEO at Augment; Julien Lemoine, co-founder and CTO at Algolia; and Isabelle George, co-founder of Weroom. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Poornima Vijayshanker is the founder of Femgineer, an education startup helping tech professionals advance their careers and build great product, while promoting inclusivity in the industry. In this episode, she chats with Intercom content marketing manager Adam Risman about the role of empathy in building product, what she learned in her transition from engineer to startup founder, and much more. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Intercom managing editor John Collins hosts a panel of London-based startups at the first stop of the Inside Intercom World Tour. It's a lively discussion about what makes great product, and panelists include Bridget Harris, CEO and co-founder of You Can Book Me; Will Swannell, CEO and co-founder of Hire Space; and James Blackwell, co-founder of Buzz Sumo. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Intercom co-founder Des Traynor takes a deep dive into the Jobs-to-be-Done framework for innovation with Bob Moesta, President and CEO at The Re-Wired Group. Bob is a principal architect of JTBD and has had a hand in developing more than 3,500 products in the past 30 years. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Intercom co-founder Des Traynor chats with Clearleft CEO and design thought leader Andy Budd. Andy explains why young startups tend to prioritize development over design, the role designers will play in the new world of voice and chat-based UIs, and much more. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Intercom customer support lead Sabrina Gordon chats with CoSupport founder and Elevate Summit host Sarah Hatter. Sarah shares how the world of customer support is evolving, how to build and scale an empathetic support culture, why great support improves product, and much more. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Intercom co-founder and chief strategy officer Des Traynor chats with venture capitalist Tomasz Tunguz about what he looks for in a potential SaaS investment, the recent startup funding squeeze, and more. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Intercom content marketing manager Adam Risman talks with Riley Newman about the importance of early data investment for startups, making data accessible at scale, and why data is "the voice of the customer." See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Intercom content marketing manager Adam Risman chats with Chris Messina about how conversational commerce – a new trend at the intersection of AI, bots, brands and messaging – is fundamentally changing the way we design, acquire and use apps. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Emmet Connolly, Intercom Director of Product Design, talks to Mike Davidson about a range of design topics, including the design process behind Twitter's Moments, what to look for when hiring designers, and what the future of a Tweet might look like. The interview was recorded before Mike announced his recent departure from Twitter. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Intercom's Elizabeth McGuane sits down with Karen McGrane to discuss when startups should start thinking about content strategy, how to communicate your brand within a product, and why you should stop thinking in pages. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Des Traynor, Intercom co-founder, and Paul Adams chat about the principles and practices he brought to Intercom from Facebook and Google, how and why he developed a 666 roadmap for the company, and what startups should be focusing on in this coming year. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Intercom co-founder Des Traynor talks to Tony Ulwick, the inventor of outcome-driven innovation and a decades-long champion of jobs-to-be-done as a method for product design. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Intercom content marketing manager, Sara Yin, talks to Anne Handley, about why great content needs goals and metrics, and where the opportunities lie for content marketers. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Recorded live at the Intercom on Capital event, Ethan Kurzweil, Mamood Hamid and Intercom CEO, Eoghan McCabe, talk about all things investment in a discussion led by Kathleen Estreich. They talk about the current landscape of high valuations, the competitive advantages of working outside the Valley, and the insider info VCs can give that nobody else can. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Recorded live at the Intercom on Capital event, Intercom CEO, Eoghan McCabe, talks to Ethan Kurzweil, Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners. Their conversation ranges from what VCs are looking for in their investments, to the effects of volatile public markets on Silicon Valley. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.