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The entrepreneurial journey: Bugcrowd, startups, products, the founder's path

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Next things...

Last Saturday Jan 31 was my last day "inside the tent" at Bugcrowd.

By Casey Ellis · 11 Feb 2026
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Bugcrowd 2013 to 2025 — People and Places

A photo retrospective of Bugcrowd from 2013 to 2025 — the people, offices, and moments that built the security crowdsourcing category from a Sydney garage out.

By Casey Ellis · 09 Feb 2026
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What You Give Away Might Be Worth More Than What You Keep

The sticking point is the word "free". If you do happen to get stuck there (and a lot of things will push you in that direction), a lot of the magic in the decision math gets missed. Everything has a Give and a Get and, if you're doing it right, nothing is ever given away for free.

By Casey Ellis · 27 May 2025
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If a tech solution falls in the forest...

A solution disconnected from it's problem isn't actually solving anything.

By Casey Ellis · 27 May 2025
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My #hackersummercamp 2023 moves

Here are my moves for #hackersummercamp 2023...

By Casey Ellis · 08 Aug 2023
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Bugcrowd: 10 Years On, and Still Just Getting Started

On the 1st of September 2012 during a flight from Melbourne to Sydney, a series of ideas I’d been working on for a year or more coalesced with a bunch of conversations I’d just had, the lightbulb went off, and Bugcrowd was born.

By Casey Ellis · 01 Sep 2022
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#HSC2022 in Pics

A small selection of selfies and pics from #HSC2022. It was a good homecoming.

By Casey Ellis · 21 Aug 2022
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My "office" setup — Part 2

This is a follow up from https://cje.io/2021/03/28/my-office-setup which is worth reading first if you haven't yet... Everything in Part 1 is still in play - Part 2 talks through some optimizations and a couple of additions.

By Casey Ellis · 22 May 2021
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Bugcrowd at AusCERT2021

AusCERT 2021 was a hybrid conference this year, and one of the first Australian cybersecurity conferences to resume in real life after the onset of the COVID pandemic. I was there representing Bugcrowd across three (!) separate sessions.

By Casey Ellis · 19 May 2021
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On disclosure, confidentiality, and norms…

A few weeks ago I was tagged by Art Manion of the CERT Coordination Center (CERT/CC) in a tweet asking about Bugcrowd’s approach to disclosure policy defaults. The short

By Casey Ellis · 16 May 2021
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Titan Talks — Ep 2 — Casey John Ellis with @thecybermentor

I've watched Heath's journey as a education and community powerhouse, and more recently as an entrepreneur with tcm-sec with much interest and respect. We covered a lot of ground about entrepreneurship, founder DNA, competition, priorities, and the cybers all around.

By Casey Ellis · 10 May 2021