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

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

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

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

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

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
Building

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

18 Feb 2015 · 1 min read
Building

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

15 Dec 2012 · 3 min read
Building

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.

24 Sep 2012 · 2 min read
Building

Using Viral Landing Pages to Go from 0 to 1500 Leads in 7 Days for $15

I was approached with a simple brief… The client, a start-up rookie trying to make a break from his 9-to-5 as

28 Dec 2011 · 2 min read
Hot Takes

Auction Sniping 101

This is a quick little how-to that will hopefully save a few people some pain. I’m going to presume you know what

13 Dec 2011 · 2 min read
Building

Mike Montiero – f*** you. Pay me.

Excuse the profanity, but this is really worth watching. [2011/03 Mike Monteiro F*** You. Pay Me.](http://vimeo.com/22053820) from San Francisco

14 Nov 2011 · 1 min read