Latest posts by Des Traynor
For once, the big debate isn’t about the brand of Post-Its or Sharpies. It’s not personas versus Jobs-to-be-Done. It’s not even about what should be a roadmap and what shouldn’t be. It’s…
Product & Design 32 min listen
Des Traynor and Paul Adams discuss the principles we use to guide us as we build great product. Helping us to encode our successes and avoid mistakes, our principles are the foundations on which we build.
Product & Design 3 min read
Principles are a way of encoding successes, helping to repeat behaviors that led to positive outcomes and avoid behaviors that led to mistakes. Here are the principles we use at Intercom to build product.
Product & Design 22 min watch
Convincing potential users to sign up for your product isn’t easy. But what happens next is far more important – customer retention is the next frontier.
Product & Design 15 min listen
Des Traynor and Paul Adams discuss the value of holding product forums and end-to-end reviews as a way of getting alignment between multiple stakeholders in an R&D organization.
Product & Design 24 min listen
In the second episode of this new product-focused series, we discuss how to harness the power of feedback to shape your product roadmap.
Product & Design 24 min listen
Welcome to our brand new podcast series, Intercom on Product, where Intercom co-founder Des Traynor and Intercom SVP of Product Paul Adams discuss their latest thoughts on how to build successful products
Product & Design 1 min read
At its core, product design is about cost-benefit analysis, and it’s key to determine how useful a certain feature will be versus how hard is it to build. Here is a useful framework to help your analysis.
Product & Design 3 min read
Product teams and sales teams need a way to collaborate on the product roadmap, because otherwise, you’re not listening to the potential market or answering their needs.
Product & Design 1 min read
Often in software you’ll hear that you get something for free, like “the framework just gives us this for free.” But you’ll quickly discover there is always a cost, because nothing is ever “free” in software.