Dr Jessica Barker is Co-CEO Cygenta and her team is a finalist in the Security Serious Unsung Heroes Awards 2019
When my husband, FC, and I started Cygenta {link: https://www.cygenta.co.uk}, we had some decisions to make. Did we want a lifestyle business or one with commercial ambitions? Were we interested in VC funding that would enable us to grow – and hire – really quickly or did we want to expand slow and steady?
We’re both ambitious people and we quickly found our skills were in demand by clients, so a lifestyle business was not the right avenue for us. We also wanted complete control over how we worked and who we worked with, so we decided not to pursue VC funding. We wanted to build a small, self-funded, family business and we soon realised we couldn’t do this alone. After a few months we made our first hire and in the last year we have grown from a team of three to a team of six. We were absolutely delighted to be nominated for the Security Serious Unsung Heroes Awards under the category Security Avengers (best team). We’re so proud of the team we are building at Cygenta and to have this recognised with the award nomination is amazing.
What makes a good team? We’re building the Cygenta team in the way that works for us as a company, which of course will differ from many other places. What works for us may not work elsewhere, but we’re lucky that we can build the company in our own vision ..
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