Eoghan McCabe

It's in the hundreds of millions. So we'd be one of the larger private software companies. Why don't you go public?

I mean, of course a VC would say go public. These VCs need liquidity. Founders who have a different mission and a longer time horizon and who actually need to operate the businesses, unlike Gurley, have different priorities. My goal is to build a giant, highly impactful, really fucking cool technology company.

I mean, of course a VC would say go public. These VCs need liquidity. Founders who have a different mission and a longer time horizon and who actually need to operate the businesses, unlike Gurley, have different priorities. My goal is to build a giant, highly impactful, really fucking cool technology company.

I mean, of course a VC would say go public. These VCs need liquidity. Founders who have a different mission and a longer time horizon and who actually need to operate the businesses, unlike Gurley, have different priorities. My goal is to build a giant, highly impactful, really fucking cool technology company.

It means absolutely nothing to me whether or not my stock is traded on the public market or the private market.

It means absolutely nothing to me whether or not my stock is traded on the public market or the private market.

It means absolutely nothing to me whether or not my stock is traded on the public market or the private market.

They're the things that the analyst. want. They're the things that the investors want. I want a shit ton of customers, a shit ton of revenue. I want a really impactful organization. I want to have a really, really big amount of influence on technology at large. I don't need all of the regulatory compliance to do any of that. All the regulatory compliance gets in the way of that.

They're the things that the analyst. want. They're the things that the investors want. I want a shit ton of customers, a shit ton of revenue. I want a really impactful organization. I want to have a really, really big amount of influence on technology at large. I don't need all of the regulatory compliance to do any of that. All the regulatory compliance gets in the way of that.

They're the things that the analyst. want. They're the things that the investors want. I want a shit ton of customers, a shit ton of revenue. I want a really impactful organization. I want to have a really, really big amount of influence on technology at large. I don't need all of the regulatory compliance to do any of that. All the regulatory compliance gets in the way of that.

But the reason that people take public companies private during crazy moments like this post COVID, now post AI is is so that they can make really big swings and big bets without all of the rigmarole of being public. We nearly went public in 2022, and I'm so grateful that we did not. Talk to me about that. I didn't know that. Yeah, 2022. I think it was June 15. We had a stock ticker that I hated.

But the reason that people take public companies private during crazy moments like this post COVID, now post AI is is so that they can make really big swings and big bets without all of the rigmarole of being public. We nearly went public in 2022, and I'm so grateful that we did not. Talk to me about that. I didn't know that. Yeah, 2022. I think it was June 15. We had a stock ticker that I hated.

But the reason that people take public companies private during crazy moments like this post COVID, now post AI is is so that they can make really big swings and big bets without all of the rigmarole of being public. We nearly went public in 2022, and I'm so grateful that we did not. Talk to me about that. I didn't know that. Yeah, 2022. I think it was June 15. We had a stock ticker that I hated.

Nothing cool was available. We had written our S1, and the markets collapsed. We were not the only ones. How did people respond?

Nothing cool was available. We had written our S1, and the markets collapsed. We were not the only ones. How did people respond?

Nothing cool was available. We had written our S1, and the markets collapsed. We were not the only ones. How did people respond?

Liquidity coming. The right investors want value long term. And they know that in these moments of great change that the best value will be created behind closed doors. All the big swings and changes I made at Intercom that has dramatically accelerated our revenue growth. I don't think I could have made that if I was a public company CEO.

Liquidity coming. The right investors want value long term. And they know that in these moments of great change that the best value will be created behind closed doors. All the big swings and changes I made at Intercom that has dramatically accelerated our revenue growth. I don't think I could have made that if I was a public company CEO.

Liquidity coming. The right investors want value long term. And they know that in these moments of great change that the best value will be created behind closed doors. All the big swings and changes I made at Intercom that has dramatically accelerated our revenue growth. I don't think I could have made that if I was a public company CEO.

There will be IPOs, there will be liquidity, maybe on private markets. M&A will warm up again. There's a lot of money in PE. It'll have to unstick itself. But admittedly, we're currently in an awkward patch where a lot of people are asking themselves, does this VC model even make sense? I mean, Intercom is a 13-year-old company. When people were invested