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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.

Building

Skype Outage and Lessons on Bcp

As I post this, Skype is still down globally. There’s little doubt that Skype is the largest player in the VOIP and Internet chat communications market globally – 6.8 bil

By Casey Ellis · 09 Dec 2010
Hot Takes

Your Marketing Person Is a Noob

Here’s how to tell if your Internet Marketing guy is a noob… I can’t get over how often I see this – Even from companies that are reputable. 1. If your marketing guy i

By Casey Ellis · 06 Dec 2010
Building

The 4 Minute Business Plan

OK, I admit it, I wrote the title like that just to suck you in… The truth is that 99% of entrepreneurs hate business plans. Unfortunately for us it’s also true that 99

By Casey Ellis · 01 Dec 2010
Building

The Twitter Pitch

Being able to succinctly define and communicate what your business does is important for two reasons… 1. It helps you to define what the heck you’re actually DOING wit

By Casey Ellis · 01 Dec 2010
Building

6 Tips for Getting Paid on Time

One of the most difficult things any business owner faces is that murky and usually somewhat awkward period between invoicing and payment. I hear it all the time, particu

By Casey Ellis · 11 Oct 2010
Building

The Return of the Blog

My two year old has this expression that she busts out whenever I’ve been away for too long – it’s goes “Daddy I MISS you…”. That’s kind of how I feel, with all of the cr

By Casey Ellis · 22 Aug 2010
Thinking

happiness

Happiness is not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

By Casey Ellis · 11 Jul 2010
Thinking

Another Quote

Happiness is not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

By Casey Ellis · 04 Jul 2010
Building

Crazy Not Stupid

One of the great things about young entrepreneurs is that they don’t know that something can’t be done. So they try something that’s so audacious and usually end up pu

By Casey Ellis · 26 Jun 2010
Building

Young and Stupid

One of the great things about young entrepreneurs is that they don’t know that something can’t be done. So they try something that’s so audacious and usually end up pu

By Casey Ellis · 25 Jun 2010
Building

The Challenge — Because I Can

I got asked an interesting question over the weekend, one that I often asked other people: Q: What’s in your heart to do? My Answer: I want to build an empire. I’ve

By Casey Ellis · 24 May 2010