Ron Gula, Gula Tech Adventures – Paul’s Security Weekly #555

Ron is a Serial Cyber Security Entrepreneur. He founded Tenable Network Security and Network Security Wizards, and has 15+ years experience as CEO in cyber security industry. He joins Paul and the crew this week for an interview! Full Show Notes Subscr… Continue reading Ron Gula, Gula Tech Adventures – Paul’s Security Weekly #555

Book review: “Own Your Future : How to Think Like an Entrepreneur and Thrive in an Unpredictable Economy” by Paul B. Brown et al. The ALBR process

I came accross this book by Paul B. Brown, Charles F. Kiefer and Leonard A. Schlesinger almost by chance. The title was enticing so I decided to give it a go. You can read it really fast and the structure is very approachable. Having an Information Sec… Continue reading Book review: “Own Your Future : How to Think Like an Entrepreneur and Thrive in an Unpredictable Economy” by Paul B. Brown et al. The ALBR process

Tara Wheeler – Startup Security Weekly #51

Tarah Wheeler, entrepreneur and hacker extraordinaire, joins us to discuss her startup journey, some of the issues facing the security industry, and more! Full Show NotesVisit http://securityweekly.com/category/ssw/ for all the latest episodes!

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Ask Hackaday: Selling Yourself as a Hacker

While there are plenty of hackers that hack just for the love of it, it’s no secret that many of us are looking to hit it big someday. Tales of the businesses like HP and Apple that started in someone’s garage inevitably lead to musings like, “Hey, I’ve got a garage!” and grand plans to turn that special idea into the Next Big Thing™. Many will try, most will fail for one reason or another, but hope springs eternal, and each new widget seems to start the entrepreneurial cycle again.

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Startup Security Weekly #18 – Michael Tanji, Managing Director at Wapack Labs

Michael is the Managing Director of Wapack Labs and the Co-Founder and CSO of Kyrus. Paul and Michael (Santarcangelo, that is) pick his brain about startups, the startup lifestyle, and his experience in the security field. Tune in to Startup Security W… Continue reading Startup Security Weekly #18 – Michael Tanji, Managing Director at Wapack Labs

Startup Security Weekly #18 – News

What five habits should you abandon as your startup grows? What mistakes should you avoid during product development? Find out about all that and more in this week’s startup news! Full Show Notes Take the Security Weekly Survey Visit http://securityweekly.com/category/ssw/ for all the latest episodes! http://traffic.libsyn.com/sswaudio/Startup_Security_Weekly__18_-_News_converted.mp3 Continue reading Startup Security Weekly #18 – News

From Project To Kit: Bringing It All Together

This is the fourth article in a series examining the process of turning an electronic project into a marketable kit.We’ve looked at learning about the environment in which your kit will compete, how to turn a one-off project into a costed and repeatable unit, and how to write instructions for your kits that will make your customers come back for more. In this article we will draw all the threads together as we think about packing kits for sale before bringing them to market.

If you had made it this far in your journey from project to kit, you would …read more

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From Project To Kit: Getting The Hardware Right

In the previous article in this series on making a personal electronic project into a saleable kit, we looked at the broader picture of the kit market for a new entrant, the importance of gauging whether or not your proposed kit has a viable niche and ensuring that it has a good combination of buildability, instructions, and quality. In this article we will look at specifying and pricing the hardware side of a kit, illustrating in detail with an example project. The project we’ve chosen is a simple NE555 LED flasher which we haven’t built and have no intention of …read more

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What It’s Like to Quit Your Job and Start a Company – Then Fail

Some of our more dedicated readers may remember me as that promising and talented new writer who disappeared after only a couple of months last fall. Or, alternatively, that moronic new writer who had no idea what he was talking about. But, I’m just going to go ahead and assume it was the former in order to protect my ego. In either case, if you remember me at all, you may have wondered why I left. Was it cholera? Was I drafted into a top-secret CIA program? Did I join a circus as a fledgling trapeze artist?

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