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.
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 got some great stories, has fond memories of h
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 o
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 agreeable to both of y
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 th
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
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 resp
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
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 resp
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 di