leadership
The three levels of input
A great tip one of our board members gave me a while back was that, as leadership and influence grow, it becomes increasingly important to make sure your team knows the type of input you’re giving them.
caseyjohnellis
hacker/hustler. chairman/founder/cto @bugcrowd and cofounder @disclose_io. husband, dad, musician, believer. pioneer of crowdsourced security as-a-service.
mindset
People are awesome...
…and I’m not just talking about those kick-ass Youtube videos that pop up each year. I have a core belief that people are intrinsically valuable. Sometimes the manifestation of that value — their extrinsic value — speaks to the intrinsic, sometimes it doesn’t. That’s irrelevant… the intrinsic value is
entrepreneurship
What a day! (Bugcrowd Series B)
So, Bugcrowd announced some pretty big news today… We closed our Series B financing of $15M, announced some amazing new partners in Salesforce and Industry Ventures. Here’s what it looked like on the inside… For those who haven’t done this before, it’s the CEO’s job to
cybersecurity
Pain of staying the same > Pain of change = Change
Cybersecurity has long been a challenge lead from the top down, but as heat increases in the consumer market and hacking becomes dinner-table conversation at non-geek dinner-tables, I wonder...
vulnerability-disclosure
On the U.S. Government and bug bounties
My favorite thing about going to conferences is establishing the underlying trends behind the questions I’m asked. We’re only half-way through RSAC/BSides week, and already the dominant question is clear: When is the government going to start a bug bounty program? Here’s my answer: The government
entrepreneurship
Repeat after me - I am not ashamed of sales and marketing!
I find that people are often ashamed, almost embarrassed to talk about sales and marketing. “Yeah, we’re going OK, we’re actually… kind of, you know thinking about how to get better at marketing.” OR “I’m thinking about personal branding… Nothing douchey or anything…” It’s mostly because
entrepreneurship
Bugcrowd's First Principles
About 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 strong set of operating principles and ethics, and they seem to impact everything we do — for customers, for the crowd, and
cybersecurity
3 years, 20,000 Security Researchers & 200 Clients later...
2012 was the year that almost every industry, banking, education, government, big tech and even security, was hacked. Many, if not all of these companies were doing “all” they could to protect themselves against these hacks, and yet they were still left vulnerable. In direct response to this, 2012 was
leadership
Becoming CEO
The goal of a founder is to do everything. The goal of a CEO is to do nothing.
entrepreneurship
On Cogs and Levers (strength in diversity)
A dear friend of mine was a linesman with a national telco for 17 years. He drove all around Australia pulling copper. He’s got some great stories, has fond memories of his retirement send-off, and is immensely proud of his tenure and the work he did there. For me,
entrepreneurship
8,000 Miles + 1 Wife + 2 Kids + 1 Startup = ???
I remember when I first landed in Silicon Valley in April of 2013. Bugcrowd was 3 months old, and we’d seen enough early traction with mainstream customers for us and our Startmate backers to have our “Holy crap, this is actually going to work” moment. I’d landed in
mindset
Humility (n)
I know am strong, and also know where I’m weak makes me even stronger.