It’s October 24th, 2019, which officially marks my 36-month anniversary at Verodin, now part of FireEye. Over the past few years I’ve shared some of my perspectives and predictions for Verodin’s ongoing journey.
Here’s to The Crazy Ones
On May 26th, 2017, I published a blog titled, Here’s to The Crazy Ones. Having been down the path of building successful cybersecurity startups about a half dozen times, I took off the gloves and shared some perspectives within that blog on what I think it takes and why I predicted that Verodin would indeed be one of the successful ones.
Simply put, it takes everything you’ve got and likely more than you thought you had. And there is cost for that success that can be payable across your health, family, friends, and sometimes sanity. But if you are willing to pay that price and if you’re lucky enough to be the type that’s comfortable being uncomfortable, able to move fast and adapt even faster, and are even luckier to find yourself surrounded by a team that operates with that same culture, you just might have that wonderful and terrible combination that it takes to be a success.
Of course, having the right offering that people actually want to buy and provides value, an incredible leadership team, and market timing that’s on point are critical factors too. But make no mistake, without a hard charging, no job too small, change the world attitude, those factors won’t matter.
24 Months at Verodin
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