Casey Ellis
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...
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
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
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
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
Becoming CEO
The goal of a founder is to do everything. The goal of a CEO is to do nothing.
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
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
Humility (n)
I know am strong, and also know where I’m weak makes me even stronger.
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
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
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