Biggest thing is our focus on sales/conversion in addition to the in-app messages. Other stuff like in-app NPS, mobile and a few other things we have in the works.
Basic functionality is similar. We differentiate with messaging types/triggers, in-app and email, NPS, also enrich new contacts with Clearbit data in Slack so you can see name, face, company, social info, etc.
HubSpot just launched a new podcast all about growth and I thought that the HN community might dig it.
It's all about growth -- growing a business, growing a movement, growing an idea, etc.
Upcoming guests include the founders of Tough Mudder, Indiegogo, Blue Apron, Ministry of Supply, Tom Tunguz, the CMO of Slack, the head of growth at Airbnb and more.
Podcast interview with Greg Raiz, founder of Raiz Labs, a mobile app development shop in Boston that has built apps for RunKeeper, Care.com, HubSpot, Rue La La and more.
(Audio) Interview with Ty Danco, Director at Techstars on what startups can do to increase their chances of getting into a startup accelerator like Techstars, YC etc and what those teams want to see when it comes to traction, growth, pitch, etc.
(this is an audio interview with Maia Heymann from Common Angels in Boston)
She's been investing in tech companies for 20+ years as a VC, angel and tech banker in Boston and Palo Alto. She hates the term "angel" because it doesn't imply that these folks should be returns-oriented.
What do you think? Is this a mis-leading term? Does it imply a gift?
Audio interview with Appcues founder Jonathan Kim.
As a journalism major at Boston University, Jonathan taught himself how to code to help pay his way through college and eventually landed at HubSpot, where he led front-end development on their Social Inbox tool. He was able to get 20 people to put down their credit card before a product was even developed and since January 2014, over 100,000 users have been onboarded with Appcues.
They got their first 500 users without spending a dime and he shares his tips/tricks here.
(Audio) Interview with Evertrue CEO Brent Grinna on starting the company, recently raising $8M from Bain and why the biggest risk in starting the company was actually not starting the company.
Interview with Mo Plassnig, Co-Founder & CEO of Codeship.
Discussing:
-Why they made the decision to switch to a Freemium pricing model
His learnings from fundraising for the first time (Codeship raised $2.6M in February)
-What his biggest mistake was in the early days of Codeship
-Running a company with teams in two different countries (offices in Boston & Vienna)
-The challenges (and fun part) about building a product for developers
Interview with Ovuline's VP of Product on what the future of health tracking and wearables will be, why she thinks there’s big opportunities in Google Glass, and how she’s helping to get more women into tech and engineering.
Some great advice on startups/marketing in this interview with Mike Troiano, CMO of Actifio.<p>"They tell the story they want to tell vs. the one that people will actually understand."