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HubSpot’s Michael Redbord on staying in touch with your customers as you scale

Intercom, Inc.

You might say it’s one of the strongest advantages a startup has. Michael: Most people listening probably think of HubSpot as this inbound marketing company. We coined the term way back in 2006 when we founded the company, and a lot of our story, historically speaking, has been around marketing. And that’s a spectrum.

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Reflecting on the Intercom journey – Karen Peacock and Des Traynor in conversation

Intercom, Inc.

And so after a few more years doing that, I left and joined a startup. At the same time, I was doing a bunch of startup advisor work. Our best customers at the time were Silicon Valley startups, and the reason they were the best was that the dollar was significantly out-performing the euro. Karen: That’s a good value prop.