leadership
What's your 20/20?
“You can achieve less than you think in a year and more than you think in a decade.”
leadership
cybersecurity
Upcoming talks
Here’s some of the talks and events I’ll be at over the next few months: Billington 10th Annual Cybersecurity Summit September 4-5 2019 Washington DC Hacker Halted (Keynote) October 10-11 2019 Georgia, Atlanta
cybersecurity
7 Years and counting…
In 2012, Bugcrowd set out to create a radical cybersecurity advantage and level the playing field between attackers and defenders. As one of the first steps on that journey, seven years ago today, we launched our first “Proof of Concept” bug bounty, offering up a total reward pool of $500
business-strategy
Firing your clients
This concept is pushed pretty hard in Tim Ferriss’ book the 4-Hour Work Week as well… In a nutshell – you don’t want EVERYONE to be your client. You only want the GOOD clients. There’s no point having a great margin, smooth processes, and efficiency and profitability baked into
mindset
Bricks and Pyramids
QOTD: You have to build the bricks before you can build the Pyramids.
mindset
Mastering the mundane
I live a pretty frenetic and busy life both activity-wise and mentally. Some of this is environmental, most of this is my own making, and almost all of it I love… But it’s important to be reminded to appreciate the simple and sometimes boring things too.
cybersecurity
What's in a name? Defining "hacker" in 2018
If you do a Google Image Search against the word hacker, you’ll get images of scary-looking balaclava-clad cybercriminals hunched over a quintessentially green computer terminal. They’re up to no good… Stealing your data, crashing critical systems, or causing general Internet badness. In reality, the word “hacker” applies to
leadership
On insight, responsibility, and ownership
Recognizing a problem qualifies you to be a part of the solution. Refusing to be a part of the solution disqualifies you from complaining about the problem.
leadership
Living intentionally
Happy New Year! Pretty much everyone I’ve spoken agrees on the same thing: 2017 was a turbulent, change-filled year packed with as many high-highs as it had low-lows… but it’s over now, we’ve turned the clock back to zero, and the 2018 has nothing but potential, impact,
business-strategy
How to disrupt a sleepy incumbent
When building a product or company that’s designed to disrupt a sleepy incumbent there are four phases of typical interaction you’ll have with your future competition.
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.
mindset
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 valuable. Sometimes the manifestation of that value — their extrinsic value — speaks to the intrinsic, sometimes it doesn’t. That’s irrelevant… the intrinsic value is