business-strategy

26
Jan

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,
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31
Dec

Bugcrowd's First Principles

About 12 months after Bugcrowd started, one of our team pulled me aside and made a suggestion that truly altered
3 min read
08
Oct

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
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30
Sep
Becoming CEO

Becoming CEO

The goal of a founder is to do everything. The goal of a CEO is to do nothing.
1 min read
16
Mar

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
1 min read
15
Mar

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’
3 min read
18
Feb

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
1 min read
15
Dec

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
3 min read
24
Sep

Your Idea Sucks

tl;dr: I love your idea. I want to hear about your idea. Please, do not interpret this post as
2 min read
28
Dec

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
2 min read