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In this episode of The Eric Ries Show, I sit down with Marten Mickos, a serial tech CEO who has been at the forefront of some of the most transformative moments in open-source technology. From leading MySQL through its groundbreaking journey to guiding HackerOne as a pioneering bug bounty platform, Marten's career is a masterclass in building innovative, trust-driven organizations.Our wide-ranging conversation explores Marten's remarkable journey through tech leadership, touching on his experiences building game-changing companies and, more recently, his work coaching emerging CEOs. We dive deep into the world of open source, company culture, and the nuanced art of leadership.In our conversation today, we talk about the following topics: • How MySQL revolutionized open-source databases and became Facebook's database• The strategic decision to make MySQL open source and leverage Linux distributions• The art of building a beloved open-source project while creating a profitable business model• How a lawsuit solidified MySQL's position in the open-source database market• The role of transparency and direct feedback in building organizational trust• Why Marten was drawn to HackerOne's disruptive approach to cybersecurity• Marten's transition to coaching new CEOs • Marten's unique "contrast framework" for making complex decisions• And much more!—Brought to you by:• Wilson Sonsini – Wilson Sonsini is the innovation economy's law firm. Learn more.• Gusto – Gusto is an easy payroll and benefits software built for small businesses. Get 3 months free.—Where to find Marten Mickos: • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/martenmickos/• Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/martenmickos.bsky.social—Where to find Eric:• Newsletter:https://ericries.carrd.co/ • Podcast:https://ericriesshow.com/ • YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/@theericriesshow —In This Episode We Cover:(00:00) Intro(03:15) The first time Eric used MySQL(07:10) The origins of MySQL and how Marten got involved (13:22) Why MySQL pivoted to open source to leverage the power of Linux distros(17:03) Open source vs. closed (18:56) Building profitable open-source companies (24:52) The fearless company culture at MySQL and the Progress lawsuit(29:30) The value of not cutting any corners (33:35) How a dolphin became part of the MySQL logo (35:55) What it was like to build a company of true believers(38:47) Marten's management approach emphasizes kindness and direct feedback (42:12) Marten's hiring philosophy(45:14) Why MySQL sold to Sun Microsystems and tried to avoid Oracle (50:24) How Oracle has made MySQL even better(52:22) Why Marten decided to lead at HackerOne(55:41) An overview of HackerOne(59:31) How HackerOne got started and landed the Department of Defense contract(1:03:19) The trust-building power of transparency(1:08:30) Marten's successor and the state of HackerOne now(1:09:23) Marten's work coaching CEOs(1:14:20) Common issues CEOs struggle with (1:16:45) Marten's contrast framework (1:26:12) The book of Finnish poetry that inspired Marten's love of polarities—You can find the transcript and references at https://www.ericriesshow.com/—Production and marketing byhttps://penname.co/.Eric may be an investor in the companies discussed.
Today, we hear from HackerOne CEO Marten Mickos, who is on a mission to create a safer internet. From his humble beginnings in Finland to his meteoric rise in the U.S., Marten offers advice for aspiring leaders and how to embrace pain and suffering in order to grow. We also learn about technical physics and the importance of security and privacy in the new digital civilization.
Pricing can kill your product, or make it soar. To start with, create pricing tiers and make pricing easy and convenient for your customers. Beyond that, the decisions are difficult, such as usage-based vs. predictable pricing. In this presentation we discuss the key principles of pricing and app or online service, showing the pros and cons of your choices.
HackerOne CEO, Marten Mickos joins Doc Searls and Simon Phipps to discuss the importance of the open-source community involvement in the information security sector. Like Red Hat, Micoks believes HackerOne can be pivotal in forging more relationships between enterprise IT and the open-source community. Full episode at https://twit.tv/shows/floss-weekly/episodes/639 Host: Simon Phipps Guest: Mårten Mickos You can find more about TWiT and subscribe to our podcasts at https://podcasts.twit.tv/
HackerOne CEO, Marten Mickos joins Doc Searls and Simon Phipps to discuss the importance of the open-source community involvement in the information security sector. Like Red Hat, Micoks believes HackerOne can be pivotal in forging more relationships between enterprise IT and the open-source community. Full episode at twit.tv/floss639 Host: Simon Phipps Guest: Mårten Mickos You can find more about TWiT and subscribe to our podcasts at https://podcasts.twit.tv/
HackerOne CEO, Marten Mickos joins Doc Searls and Simon Phipps to discuss the importance of the open-source community involvement in the information security sector. Like Red Hat, Micoks believes HackerOne can be pivotal in forging more relationships between enterprise IT and the open-source community. Full episode at twit.tv/floss639 Host: Simon Phipps Guest: Mårten Mickos You can find more about TWiT and subscribe to our podcasts at https://podcasts.twit.tv/
HackerOne CEO, Marten Mickos joins Doc Searls and Simon Phipps to discuss the importance of the open-source community involvement in the information security sector. Like Red Hat, Micoks believes HackerOne can be pivotal in forging more relationships between enterprise IT and the open-source community. Full episode at twit.tv/floss639 Host: Simon Phipps Guest: Mårten Mickos You can find more about TWiT and subscribe to our podcasts at https://podcasts.twit.tv/
HackerOne CEO, Marten Mickos joins Doc Searls and Simon Phipps to discuss the importance of the open-source community involvement in the information security sector. Like Red Hat, Micoks believes HackerOne can be pivotal in forging more relationships between enterprise IT and the open-source community. Full episode at twit.tv/floss639 Host: Simon Phipps Guest: Mårten Mickos You can find more about TWiT and subscribe to our podcasts at https://podcasts.twit.tv/
Mårten Mickos, CEO of HackerOne, is a fan of the future of open source who also has vast experience in its past—especially in businesses of all sizes: from MySQL in its early days, through Sun Microsystems, Eucalyptus, HP, Nokia and other companies. All of which he shares with Doc Searls and Simon Phipps through an hour filled with insights, interesting history and quotable hunks of wisdom. Hosts: Doc Searls and Simon Phipps Guest: Mårten Mickos Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/floss-weekly Think your open source project should be on FLOSS Weekly? Email floss@twit.tv. Thanks to Lullabot's Jeff Robbins, web designer and musician, for our theme music. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: hover.com/twit Melissa.com/twit
Mårten Mickos, CEO of HackerOne, is a fan of the future of open source who also has vast experience in its past—especially in businesses of all sizes: from MySQL in its early days, through Sun Microsystems, Eucalyptus, HP, Nokia and other companies. All of which he shares with Doc Searls and Simon Phipps through an hour filled with insights, interesting history and quotable hunks of wisdom. Hosts: Doc Searls and Simon Phipps Guest: Mårten Mickos Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/floss-weekly Think your open source project should be on FLOSS Weekly? Email floss@twit.tv. Thanks to Lullabot's Jeff Robbins, web designer and musician, for our theme music. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: hover.com/twit Melissa.com/twit
Mårten Mickos, CEO of HackerOne, is a fan of the future of open source who also has vast experience in its past—especially in businesses of all sizes: from MySQL in its early days, through Sun Microsystems, Eucalyptus, HP, Nokia and other companies. All of which he shares with Doc Searls and Simon Phipps through an hour filled with insights, interesting history and quotable hunks of wisdom. Hosts: Doc Searls and Simon Phipps Guest: Mårten Mickos Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/floss-weekly Think your open source project should be on FLOSS Weekly? Email floss@twit.tv. Thanks to Lullabot's Jeff Robbins, web designer and musician, for our theme music. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: hover.com/twit Melissa.com/twit
Mårten Mickos, CEO of HackerOne, is a fan of the future of open source who also has vast experience in its past—especially in businesses of all sizes: from MySQL in its early days, through Sun Microsystems, Eucalyptus, HP, Nokia and other companies. All of which he shares with Doc Searls and Simon Phipps through an hour filled with insights, interesting history and quotable hunks of wisdom. Hosts: Doc Searls and Simon Phipps Guest: Mårten Mickos Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/floss-weekly Think your open source project should be on FLOSS Weekly? Email floss@twit.tv. Thanks to Lullabot's Jeff Robbins, web designer and musician, for our theme music. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: hover.com/twit Melissa.com/twit
Mårten Mickos, CEO of HackerOne, is a fan of the future of open source who also has vast experience in its past—especially in businesses of all sizes: from MySQL in its early days, through Sun Microsystems, Eucalyptus, HP, Nokia and other companies. All of which he shares with Doc Searls and Simon Phipps through an hour filled with insights, interesting history and quotable hunks of wisdom. Hosts: Doc Searls and Simon Phipps Guest: Mårten Mickos Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/floss-weekly Think your open source project should be on FLOSS Weekly? Email floss@twit.tv. Thanks to Lullabot's Jeff Robbins, web designer and musician, for our theme music. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: hover.com/twit Melissa.com/twit
Mårten Mickos, CEO of HackerOne, is a fan of the future of open source who also has vast experience in its past—especially in businesses of all sizes: from MySQL in its early days, through Sun Microsystems, Eucalyptus, HP, Nokia and other companies. All of which he shares with Doc Searls and Simon Phipps through an hour filled with insights, interesting history and quotable hunks of wisdom. Hosts: Doc Searls and Simon Phipps Guest: Mårten Mickos Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/floss-weekly Think your open source project should be on FLOSS Weekly? Email floss@twit.tv. Thanks to Lullabot's Jeff Robbins, web designer and musician, for our theme music. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: hover.com/twit Melissa.com/twit
Mårten Mickos, CEO of HackerOne, is a fan of the future of open source who also has vast experience in its past—especially in businesses of all sizes: from MySQL in its early days, through Sun Microsystems, Eucalyptus, HP, Nokia and other companies. All of which he shares with Doc Searls and Simon Phipps through an hour filled with insights, interesting history and quotable hunks of wisdom. Hosts: Doc Searls and Simon Phipps Guest: Mårten Mickos Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/floss-weekly Think your open source project should be on FLOSS Weekly? Email floss@twit.tv. Thanks to Lullabot's Jeff Robbins, web designer and musician, for our theme music. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: hover.com/twit Melissa.com/twit
Mårten Mickos, CEO of HackerOne, is a fan of the future of open source who also has vast experience in its past—especially in businesses of all sizes: from MySQL in its early days, through Sun Microsystems, Eucalyptus, HP, Nokia and other companies. All of which he shares with Doc Searls and Simon Phipps through an hour filled with insights, interesting history and quotable hunks of wisdom. Hosts: Doc Searls and Simon Phipps Guest: Mårten Mickos Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/floss-weekly Think your open source project should be on FLOSS Weekly? Email floss@twit.tv. Thanks to Lullabot's Jeff Robbins, web designer and musician, for our theme music. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: hover.com/twit Melissa.com/twit
Una pareja finlandesa narra vía Twitter sus aventuras en el "paraíso pandémico". Marten Mickos cambió Silicon Valley por esta pequeña isla. Su esposa Senja Larsen documenta la experiencia en videos que entusiasman a sus seguidores.
Aus seinem „Pandemie-Paradies“ twittert ein finnisches Paar seine Abenteuer im Ostsee-Eis. Statt im Silicon Valley arbeitet Marten Mickos dort nun auf einer kleinen Insel. Seine Frau Senja Larsen postet Videos. Follower weltweit sind begeistert.
Recorded Future - Inside Threat Intelligence for Cyber Security
On today’s program, a conversation with a pair of CEOs from leading companies in the cyber security industry. Joining us are Marten Mickos, CEO of bug bounty platform provider HackerOne, and Christopher Ahlberg, CEO at Recorded Future. They share their insights on what it takes to be a successful CEO in a rapidly changing cybersecurity field, the importance (or not) of having deep technical skills, differentiating yourself in a crowded marketplace, and the ongoing challenges of the unknown unknowns.
On today's program, a conversation with a pair of CEOs from leading companies in the cyber security industry. Joining us are Marten Mickos, CEO of bug bounty platform provider HackerOne, and Christopher Ahlberg, CEO at Recorded Future. They share their insights on what it takes to be a successful CEO in a rapidly changing cybersecurity field, the importance (or not) of having deep technical skills, differentiating yourself in a crowded marketplace, and the ongoing challenges of the unknown unknowns.
Marten Mickos, CEO of HackerOne, explains their innovative approach of packaging customer value derived from a variety of activities into an annually recurring subscription offering that delivers outstanding value to customers while simplifying the buying process and the customer journey.
Marten Mickos, CEO of HackerOne, discusses his thoughts on leadership, automation, governance, the role security plays in enabling a culture of innovation, strategies for addressing talent gaps, and security trends.
This special edition of Fast Forward was recorded on stage at the Techonomy Conference in New York City. My guest is Marten Mickos the CEO HackerOne, a company that connects thousands of white hat hackers with the corporations that will pay them bug bounties. For elite hackers, this can means thousands--even millions of dollars. We talk about the evolving nature of security and I manage to get him to name his favorite hacker movie of all time. I hope you enjoy this conversation with Marten as much as I did.
It has been a little over a year since the Army began making some fairly monumental changes to its IT networks, including by cancelling the $6 billion dollar Warfighter Information Network Tactical (WIN-T). Two of the senior Army leaders who’ve been working on what's next join us to talk about what's happened in the months since the Army determined that the network it has is not the network it needs. Later, we discuss organizational and training changes in Army cyber and electronic warfare with Maj. Gen. John. Morrison, the commanding general of the Army Cyber Center of Excellence at Fort Gordon, Ga. Also, a brief discussion with Marten Mickos, the CEO of HackerOne, on DoD's latest round of contract awards to expand its "Hack the Pentagon" initiative.
In episode 18 of The Secure Developer, Guy meets with Marten Mickos, CEO of HackerOne, a platform for vulnerability coordination and a bug bounty program that helps developers test and build more secure systems. The post Ep. #18, Collaborative Security with HackerOne's Marten Mickos appeared first on Heavybit.
In our 185th episode of The Cyberlaw Podcast—a companion to episode 184—Stewart Baker and Marten Mickos, the CEO of HackerOne discuss bug bounties. The views expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not reflect the opinions of the firm.
The Pentagon has just wrapped up its third bug bounty. This one on behalf of the Air Force. The competition turned out to be DoD's largest yet: 272 white hat hackers found 207 verified vulnerabilities in Air Force systems, including some very serious ones. Marten Mickos is the CEO of HackerOne, the firm that coordinated Hack the Air Force. He talked with Federal News Radio's Jared Serbu about the results on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
On this weeks show, we discuss three cyber topics: President Trumps long-awaited decision on the future of U.S. Cyber Command, the results of Hack the Air Force, DoD's latest bug bounty, and a federal lawsuit which claims a DoD-operated website is putting servicemember and veterans personal data at risk.
Dream job for a hacker? Get paid to hack into companies. Listen to Michael’s chat with Marten Mickos, CEO of HackerOne. They talk about white hat hackers and Marten’s similarities to Robert Redford.
Marten Mickos is the newly announced CEO of bug bounty platform HackerOne. Marten, a native of Finland, is a proven CEO; he led the iconic open source database company MySQL, and later worked for Sun Microsystems after their acquisition of that company. He then led cloud software company Eucalyptus Systems, which was acquired by HP. He has also served on the board of Nokia & has been spearheading the online School of Herring, which focuses on leadership. In this podcast, he discusses leadership lessons, the evolution of open source and the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Europe. The full transcript is below. Sign up to be notified via email when new episodes of Chat with Champions are published using the form on the right. Subscribe in your favorite podcast ... Play Now The post The big fish and little fish of leadership appeared first on Mayfield.
Marten Mickos shares the benefits and challenges involved in building businesses in the open source and cloud computing spaces. As CEO of MySQL AB for seven years, Mickos grew that company from a garage start-up to the second largest open source company in the world. He is now CEO of Eucalyptus Systems whose underlying technology was developed at UC Santa Barbara. Since its origin as an academic research project in 2007, Eucalyptus has become the dominant open source cloud solution, boasting over 25,000 clouds formed. Series: "Innovator Stories: Creating Something from Nothing" [Business] [Show ID: 24129]
Marten Mickos shares the benefits and challenges involved in building businesses in the open source and cloud computing spaces. As CEO of MySQL AB for seven years, Mickos grew that company from a garage start-up to the second largest open source company in the world. He is now CEO of Eucalyptus Systems whose underlying technology was developed at UC Santa Barbara. Since its origin as an academic research project in 2007, Eucalyptus has become the dominant open source cloud solution, boasting over 25,000 clouds formed. Series: "Innovator Stories: Creating Something from Nothing" [Business] [Show ID: 24129]
Marten Mickos shares the benefits and challenges involved in building businesses in the open source and cloud computing spaces. He identifies a vision for the future of his industry and shares his entrepreneurial lessons gained. (November 2, 2011)
In this lecture, Mårten Mickos shares the benefits and challenges involved in building businesses in the open source and cloud computing spaces. As the CEO of Eucalyptus Systems, Mickos identifies a vision for the future of his industry and shares entrepreneurial lessons gained from leading MySQL AB from its startup origins to becoming one of the largest open source companies in the world.
In this lecture, Mårten Mickos shares the benefits and challenges involved in building businesses in the open source and cloud computing spaces. As the CEO of Eucalyptus Systems, Mickos identifies a vision for the future of his industry and shares entrepreneurial lessons gained from leading MySQL AB from its startup origins to becoming one of the largest open source companies in the world.
In this lecture, Mårten Mickos shares the benefits and challenges involved in building businesses in the open source and cloud computing spaces. As the CEO of Eucalyptus Systems, Mickos identifies a vision for the future of his industry and shares entrepreneurial lessons gained from leading MySQL AB from its startup origins to becoming one of the largest open source companies in the world.
Join us as our guest Marten Mickos, SVP Database Group, MySQL, discusses MySQL's integration with Sun and Software Freedom Day.
Join us as our guest Marten Mickos, SVP Database Group, MySQL, discusses MySQL's integration with Sun and Software Freedom Day.