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leadership

The three levels of input

A great tip one of our board members gave me a while back was that, as leadership and influence grow, it becomes increasingly important to make sure your team knows the type of input you’re giving them.

31 May 2016 · 1 min read
Thinking

People are awesome...

…and I’m not just talking about those kick-ass Youtube videos that pop up each year. I have a core belief that people are intrinsically

22 Apr 2016 · 1 min read
Building

What a day! (Bugcrowd Series B)

So, Bugcrowd announced some pretty big news today… We closed our Series B financing of $15M, announced some amazing new partners in Salesforce and Industry Ventures.

20 Apr 2016 · 1 min read
Security

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...

21 Mar 2016 · 1 min read
vulnerability-disclosure

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 RSAC/BSides

06 Mar 2016 · 3 min read
Building

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 of, you

26 Jan 2016 · 1 min read
Building

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 company: Bugcrowd

31 Dec 2015 · 3 min read
Security

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 companies were

08 Oct 2015 · 3 min read
leadership

Becoming CEO

The goal of a founder is to do everything. The goal of a CEO is to do nothing.

30 Sep 2015 · 1 min read
Building

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

16 Mar 2015 · 1 min read
Building

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

15 Mar 2015 · 3 min read
Thinking

Humility (n)

I know am strong, and also know where I’m weak makes me even stronger.

19 Feb 2015 · 1 min read