Catching Up On Readings: Black Hat USA 2016

The Black Hat USA 2016 is a cyber security conference being held in Las Vegas from Jul 30 to Aug 4. This feature from InformationWeek’s Dark Reading highlights eight new open source tools for pen testers and security operations experts. For this week’s posts, click on the paragraph links.

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Bootstrap First to Exit, Bootstrap Again, Then Raise VC Money ALL from St. Louis: Stephanie Leffler, CEO of OneSpace (Part 7)

Sramana Mitra: As I’m listening to you, I’m thinking that last year, you did over $10 million with 50 customers. I can see that business model going to $40 million to $50 million in the next three years. You’ve told me that you’re switching business models, and your focus is going to be on the

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315th Roundtable Recording On July 28, 2016: With Founder Jason Cohen, WP Engine

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Bootstrap First to Exit, Bootstrap Again, Then Raise VC Money ALL from St. Louis: Stephanie Leffler, CEO of OneSpace (Part 6)

Sramana Mitra: It’s, effectively, becoming a competitor to Mechanical Turk and UpWork. Stephanie Leffler: Absolutely. UpWork also happens to be our partner. We’re fully integrated with UpWork and have an API integration. If you’re hiring freelancers there and you want to scale your project, people will often use OneSpace. UpWork provides people but they don’t provide

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August 4 – 316th 1M/1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 316th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable mentoring session on Thursday, August 4, 2016, at 8 a.m. PDT/11 a.m. EDT/8:30 p.m. India IST. If you are a serious entrepreneur, register to “pitch” and sell your business idea to Sramana Mitra. You’ll gain straightforward feedback, advice on next steps, and she’ll answer any

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Roundtable Recap: July 28 – Meet Serial Bootstrapper Jason Cohen

During this week’s roundtable, our guest was Jason Cohen, Founder of WP Engine. This is Jason’s fourth company, and he has bootstrapped all four. With the most recent one, he has bootstrapped first, then raised substantial money. Jason shares his learnings across all his ventures, and mentors Ashok in this session. Ductio’s Technology Solutions And,

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Bootstrap First to Exit, Bootstrap Again, Then Raise VC Money ALL from St. Louis: Stephanie Leffler, CEO of OneSpace (Part 5)

Sramana Mitra: How long have you sold the service? Stephanie Leffler: We started in January 2011 – about five years. Sramana Mitra: Tell me a little bit more about how this services business ramped up. Amazon was sending you people. You were managing their larger Mechanical Turk project using your platform. Did all leads come from

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315th Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Starting NOW, Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Today’s 315th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable for entrepreneurs is starting NOW, on Thursday, July 28, at 8:00 a.m. PDT/11:00 a.m. EDT/8:30 p.m. India IST. Click here to join.