leadership
Becoming CEO
The goal of a founder is to do everything. The goal of a CEO is to do nothing.
Casey Ellis
Hacker, founder, advisor, and pioneer of crowdsourced security. Founder of Bugcrowd, co-founder of disclose.io, principal of Tall Poppy Group. Board member at SRLDF.
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.
entrepreneurship
Sales and Marketing — the good, the bad, and the Ugly
The good: * Introducing someone to something that genuinely serves a need that they have (marketing) and having them accept it on terms that are agreeable to both of you (sales). * Market and sell your thing with the attitude of wanting to serve your prospects. This makes ALL the difference. * Do
vulnerability-disclosure
disclose.io — Driving safety, simplicity, and standardization in vulnerability disclosure.
disclose.io is a collaborative and vendor-agnostic project to standardize best practices around safe harbour for good-faith security research. The project expands on the work done by Bugcrowd and CipherLaw’s Open Source Vulnerability Disclosure Framework, Amit Elazari’s #legalbugbounty, and Dropbox’s call to protect security researchers. Our framework
entrepreneurship
Some Thoughts from pushstart’s Mentor Connect
Kim Heras and the Pushstart crew put on another Mentor Live event last night. Think speed dating for start-ups and mentors. I was privileged to get to participate as a mentor, and I thought I’d share some of the bits of advice a I found myself given out more
opinion
iPhone 5 First Impressions
My wife and I were among the hordes who queued up for an iPhone 5 this morning. First impressions on iPhone 5: * Fast. Like really, really fast. Super fluid and responsive. Apps open instantly. * Taller, thinner and lighter. It’s actually a bit awkward and foreign handling one for the
entrepreneurship
Your Idea Sucks
tl;dr: I love your idea. I want to hear about your idea. Please, do not interpret this post as me stifling your idea. But an idea without a commitment to execution is useless… at best an interesting conversation over a beer or a coffee. Don’t let that be
opinion
iPhone 5 First Impressions
My wife and I were among the hordes who queued up for an iPhone 5 this morning. First impressions on iPhone 5: * Fast. Like really, really fast. Super fluid and responsive. Apps open instantly. * Taller, thinner and lighter. It’s actually a bit awkward and foreign handling one for the
Cybersecurity
Bugcrowd — the Premier Crowdsourced Cybersecurity platform.
Bugcrowd is the premiere crowdsourced security platform. More enterprise organizations trust Bugcrowd’s Crowdcontrol platform to manage their bug bounty, vulnerability disclosure, and next-gen pen test programs. By combining the largest, most experienced triage team with the most trusted hackers around the world, Bugcrowd generates better results, reduces risk, and
Cybersecurity
Sms Scams – What Can Be done?
First things first… If you receive a spam SMS you should forward the message to the Australian Media and Communications Authority Spam SMS service on 0429 999 888. I recommend doing it a few times. This is the proper way to deal with this issue. Now… for those of you