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Should you disrupt or create a category? 5 lessons from Gainsight’s CMO Anthony Kennada

Intercom, Inc.

In late 2007, a pair of roommates found themselves scraping their wallets to come up with enough cash to cover their exorbitant San Francisco rent. Their names were Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia, and they had just started Airbnb. In the early days, if an outbound call [asked], ‘Who runs customer success for you?’ Who are you?

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What do you look for an investment? How long should a founder be without salary? And other Q&A

Andrew Chen

It’s been said (and written) that we are kind of in a funky consumer internet winter, compared to 2007 when we had the Facebook platform and the iOS/Android platforms and so on. Eventually I found a Kickstarter page with some info, for a store they had opened near Union Square, and found their names. Stay outbound.

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What do you look for an investment? How long should a founder be without salary? And other Q&A

Andrew Chen

It’s been said (and written) that we are kind of in a funky consumer internet winter, compared to 2007 when we had the Facebook platform and the iOS/Android platforms and so on. Eventually I found a Kickstarter page with some info, for a store they had opened near Union Square, and found their names. Stay outbound.