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Getting conversational: HubSpot’s CEO on a new species of disruptor

Intercom, Inc.

Old communication tools, like email and forms, simply don’t match the ways modern customers want to talk, connect, and receive help. At the time, the advent of modern technology, like caller ID, spam protection software, and ad blockers, offered a way to finally dodge brands’ non-relenting bids for attention.

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10 Excellent Open Source Bug Tracking Tools, by Usersnap

Usersnap

Or at least, technologies such as open source bug tracking enabled developers to do amazing things. And those bugs are the reason, why we need to use bug tracking systems in order to find, document, and solve these bugs. Open source solutions are a great and easy way to make yourself familiar with a new topic. Communication.

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

Intercom, Inc.

I moved out to the East Coast of the US to go to Harvard where I majored in applied math with a focus on decision systems and artificial intelligence before it was cool. And that was my first time in enterprise software – I’d spent some time in consumer software before that and did that for a few years.