Calling all Founders, I am working on a new book titled Founder Fails: Stories of Startup Stumbles. The goal of this book is to demonstrate that:

- Failure is an opportunity to grow, learn, and improve.
- Failure can spark necessary changes in a startup.
- It is okay to fail. It builds character, strength, resilience, and experience.

Sign up for an interview and share your story of failure, growth, and success.

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Monocultures are a net positive for cybersecurity. Find out more in my new article in Architecture & Governance Magazine.

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#cybersecurity #crowdstrike #microsoft #monoculture #standardization

What is so special about “Founder Mode?” Find out in my new article at MBE: https://mbemag.com/articles/what-is-so-special-about-founder-mode/

#founders #startups #entrepreneur #leadership

Is AI secure, oh heck no!

Should we use AI for security, oh heck yes!

Hmmm

https://buff.ly/3XSmBTc

Microsoft: security company. Sure.

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Nothing expresses your desperation, immaturity as a leader, and lack of strategy more clearly than badmouthing competitors. Are you in the "anti-them business" or the "pro-you business?"

Always be in the "pro-you" business.

This and more pithy insights are available in The Founder's User Manual: Practical Strategies for the Startup Leader.

I was surprised Wiz walked away from Google's $23B bid. That was a bold move, let's hope it works out for them.

However, I can understand not wanting to get mired down in a big org with its infuriating politics.

But is that worth $23B?

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#wiz #google

All security sales are a credibility sale (as are most tech). You are not selling a security product or service per se, you are selling your credibility to get the customer where they want to be.

Find out about this, and a lot more nitty gritty details of running a startup in The Founder's User Manual: Practical Strategies for the Startup Leader.

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I remain skeptical of any kind of sustained "cyberwar." It is too hard to maintain, too easy to stop, and too risky to expose all your zero-days. Isolated attacks, aimed at disruption, yes. Sustained "cyberwar," I don't think so.

Check out this story from Cyber Intelligence I was quoted in: https://buff.ly/4cqiEsW

#cyberwar #cyberattack #hacking

Avoid Zero-Sum people. These are people who think the only way they can succeed is for somebody else to fail. Unfortunately, this mentality is commonplace in tech and VC community.

Find out more about this and other personalities to avoid or embrace in the Founder's User Manual: Practical Strategies for the Startup Leader

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