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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. This is episode six of Scale , a brand new podcast series on moving from startup to scale up.

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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

What distribution channels should a new consumer internet startup consider in 2019? What is your advice for startup CEOs? First, it’s interesting when a startup using a new platform or a new technology in a clever way. So when a new startup purports to create new consumer behavior, I’m sometimes skeptical.

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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

What distribution channels should a new consumer internet startup consider in 2019? What is your advice for startup CEOs? First, it’s interesting when a startup using a new platform or a new technology in a clever way. So when a new startup purports to create new consumer behavior, I’m sometimes skeptical.