Musings and retrospectives for SafeStack’s 3rd Birthday
One of the most nerve wracking parts of founding a company in those early years is the constant stream of armchair critics keen to tell you that 85% of companies fail and only a small number make it.
Today ISANZ announced their finalists for New Zealand Security Company of the Year. SafeStack is not on that list.
I’ve been doing security for a long time now, probably more years than I would be happy counting. Despite the number of advances we have seen during that time in terms of technology and process approaches; there remains one factor that has stayed unchanged.
Sadly we don’t all work for Silicon Valley or San Francisco unicorns.
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It is a rare day that you invite a tax inspector into your home to celebrate your success.
Welcome to the question I get day to day from the people I meet in my professional life.
If there is one thing I have learned in the last 18 months, it’s people are tricky. Finding them, hiring them, helping them grow… it doesn’t matter what you are trying to do, working with people is hard.
It may not come as a surprise to you but there is a high correlation between those people who embark on the entrepreneur path and those of us with well developed egos.
