Cybersecurity
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
The goal of a founder is to do everything. The goal of a CEO is to do nothing.
entrepreneurship
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
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
I know am strong, and also know where I’m weak makes me even stronger.
entrepreneurship
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 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
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
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
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
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 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