If there is one thing that has become more and more important in this day and age, it would be messaging. Add to that the current work-from-home setup where companies and businesses rely heavily on online communication. In this episode, Ben Rometsch interviews Ian Tien, the CEO and co-founder of Mattermost, which has been referred to as the open-source alternative for Slack. Ian shares their genesis story in gaming, the challenges they encountered with scaling a messaging company, the applications they find useful, and more.