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Drata’s CEO Adam Markowitz on creating a culture of cyber security

Intercom, Inc.

If I’m about to do business with your company and your software is going to access my customers’ data, it’s my responsibility to ensure you have the proper controls in place to protect it. And then, in the 50s, they introduced this new thing, and there was resistance. Liam: The whole area is a new space.

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SaaStr Podcasts for the Week with InCountry and Y Combinator — July 19, 2019

SaaStr

Prior to InCountry, Peter founded six and sold 6 enterprise software companies that were acquired by Sun, Citrix, VMware, Oracle, Sprinklr and Prograph. Previously, Peter was also the CTO/CIO of CBS Interactive where he brought CBS into the cloud. At Sun, Peter was the CTO of the Liberty identity consortium that designed SAML 2.

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Buy vs. Build: The Subscription Billing Iceberg Effect

Chargify

Initially, businesses only see a few basic requirements, but later realize there is much more hidden below the surface as it relates to the ongoing creation and maintenance of custom code. Looking back at their own experiences, Sonnenberg has this advice for new subscription-based startups: “Start with Stripe + Chargify.

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Simple Frameworks For Success (Full Video + Success)

OnStartups

Is your title CTO? Dharmesh: Yes, CTO. So when I had culture on my list, I spent 300 hours in the culture code deck at HubSpot. if I'm going to work on brand, I'm in there with the marketing team reviewing copy and going through the. This is how startup entrepreneurship works up here if you're self-funded.

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Simple Frameworks For Success (Full Video + Success)

OnStartups

Is your title CTO? Dharmesh: Yes, CTO. So when I had culture on my list, I spent 300 hours in the culture code deck at HubSpot. if I'm going to work on brand, I'm in there with the marketing team reviewing copy and going through the. This is how startup entrepreneurship works up here if you're self-funded.

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Women in Tech – Female CxOs Share their Challenges in Tech Startups – with Melissa Kwan, Alice de Courcy, Maja Voje, Laura Erdem & others

User Pilot

But I was initially afraid to enter tech because I couldn’t code, and I was never particularly good at maths, so I thought I couldn’t do that. I approached the challenge of proving myself by pretty much consistently working harder and longer through much of my career. […] Now, as a new mum – it has forced me to find more balance.