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

Intercom, Inc.

I had wanted to be in tech because I’d done a bunch of coding undergrad and engineering undergrad, and as tech started to take off in the mid to late nineties, I knew that I wanted to be in the Bay Area, in Silicon Valley. And so after a few more years doing that, I left and joined a startup. And I met my husband, Eric, out here.

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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. Scaling support as you grow.