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# First principles
- URL: https://cje.io/2020/05/26/first-principles/
- Published: 2020-05-26T14:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-02-09T01:07:54.000Z
- Description: Simple is strong. Respect is key. Build it like you own it. Don’t be valuable, create value. Think like a hacker. 360-degree accountability.
- Author: Casey Ellis
- Tags: Building, Learn, #bugcrowd

1. Simple is strong.
2. Respect is key.
3. Build it like you own it.
4. Don’t be valuable, create value.
5. Think like a hacker.
6. 360-degree accountability.

[Building Bugcrowd: Our First Principles | @BugcrowdAbout 12 months after Bugcrowd started, one of our team pulled me aside and made a suggestion that truly altered the course of the company: Bugcrowd has such a![](https://www.bugcrowd.com/wp-content/themes/bugcrowd-2019/includes/img/favicon/apple-touch-icon.png)BugcrowdCasey Ellis![](https://www.bugcrowd.com/wp-content/themes/Total/assets/images/placeholder.png)](https://www.bugcrowd.com/blog/building-bugcrowd-first-principles/?ref=cje.io)

Taken from this post, from December 31, 2015.