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Julianna Lamb is the Co-Founder and CTO of Stytch, a user authentication platform providing solutions for user logins management as well as fraud and risk prevention.Listen to Julianna talk about how the power of word-of-mouth got her to study Computer Sciences at Stanford, why user authentication is a common but complex problem, what are the best practices when building a product for developers, how she learned how to pitch a business, and much more. Hosted by Perry Tiu.Episode Links:• Stytch: https://www.stytch.com• Julianna's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/juliannaelamb• Julianna's Twitter: https://x.com/juliannaelamb—Interested being on the show? contact@perrytiu.comSponsorship enquiries: sponsor@perrytiu.comFollow Podcast Ruined by a Software Engineer and leave a review• Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3RASg8x• Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3RBAXEw• Youtube: https://youtube.com/@perrytiuMore Podcast Ruined by a Software Engineer• Website: https://perrytiu.com/podcast• Merch: https://perrytiu.com/shop• RSS Feed: https://perrytiu.com/podcast/rss.xmlFollow Perry Tiu• Twitter: https://twitter.com/perry_tiu• LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/perrytiu• Instagram: https://instagram.com/doctorpoor

Reed McGinley-Stempel grew up in Las Vegas, but went to school on the East Coast. Frankly, he didn't know what he wanted to do and "stumbled" into management consulting. When I dug into how someone stumbles into this profession, he mentioned that early on he got some sage advice from his older brother about not rushing to law school because... being a lawyer isn't that fun. So, he followed some friends to Bain & Company.The more projects he was involved in, the more he got interested in technology. Candidly, one of his motivations for going in tech was the fact that his was moving out to San Francisco to support his wife through law school at Stanford. He considered continuing to do consulting with Bain, but decided tech was the best route and eventually, joined Plaid. Outside of his professional career, he is into the outdoors, loving hiking and taking his very active dog outside. He mentions that living in San Francisco makes the outdoors super accessible.Reed and his Co-founder both came from Plaid, and worked on the adaptive authentication team. There, they explored how to secure bank authentication to maintain security, but also do it in such a way that reduced friction and created an amazing experience. They found that the biggest problem to be solved was the combination of security issues with passwords, and the low conversion rate of sign up / sign in forms requiring passwords. They wanted to fix this.This is the creation story of Stytch.SponsorsSpeakeasyQA WolfSnapTradeLinks:http://stych.com/codestoryhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/reed-mcginley-stempel-17362245/Our Sponsors:* Check out Vanta and use my code CODESTORY for a great deal: https://www.vanta.comSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

On today's episode of The Cybersecurity Defenders Podcast we talk about cybercrime cottage industries with Reed McGinley-Stempel, the Co-Founder and CEO of StytchStytch is a platform designed to streamline authentication, authorization, and fraud prevention in a way that enhances security while minimizing user friction. Stytch serves both consumer and B2B applications, offering a variety of authentication solutions, including features like Google One-Tap and Biometrics for consumer-facing applications, as well as SSO, Role-Based Access Control, and SCIM integrations for enterprise SaaS. Reed founded Stytch after witnessing the challenges teams face when building secure and user-friendly authentication solutions, a problem he first encountered while working at Plaid. He is also a proud duke alumni and was the recipient of the prestigious Fullbright Scholarship

Most developers (ourselves included) want to run for the hills when they hear the words “engineering process.” But it turns out, the biggest danger to your team may not be having enough process.You don't have to take our word for it. This week's guest made a believer out of us and we're willing to bet she'll make a believer out of you too. Julianna Lamb, co-founder and CTO of Stytch, understands that engineering processes can be a sensitive subject for developers. But she argues that the right amount of process can actually boost your team's velocity and empower them to take ownership. Julianna shares insights on how to right-size processes for teams, implement effective project life cycles, and address friction points to ensure smooth workflows.Show Notes:Refactoring x Dev Interrupted SurveyLearn more about StytchJulianna's LinkedInJulianna's TwitterSupport the show: Subscribe to our Substack Leave us a review Subscribe on YouTube Follow us on Twitter or LinkedIn Offers: Learn about Continuous Merge with gitStream Get your DORA Metrics free forever

In this episode, news editor Jenna Barron interviews Julianna Lamb, co-founder and CTO of Stytch, about how to evolve your engineering processes.They discuss:How the dynamic of a team contributes to engineering efficiencyHow to play to the strengths of everyone on the teamThe benefits of engineers having ownership over the work they're doing

Charley Ma and Mahdi Raza are the Co-founders of Pathlight Ventures, and were early employees at five unicorns, Plaid, Ramp, Alloy, Robinhood, and Stytch. They share tactical advice for early stage startup employees, lessons getting Plaid and Ramp their first customers, and deciding to build Pathlight together. Timestamps(00:00) Intro(02:30) Growing up in basements(05:15) Charley's journey to first biz hire at Plaid(15:01) Advice on being a good startup employee(19:34) Mahdi's path to Robinhood(26:33) Deciding between joining an early or late stage startup(32:39) Why Charley joined Plaid despite VCs telling him not to(38:52) Benefits of case studies in hiring(39:58) Why every hyper growth company is a shit show(44:24) Startup comp: equity, QSBS, early exercise, vesting(49:59) Joining Ramp as the first Head of Growth(58:35) How Ramp got its first customers(01:02:06) Advice and common traps on early GTM strategies(01:05:04) Why $1M ARR does not mean you have PMF(01:06:51) Meeting when Robinhood bought, churned, then returned to Plaid(01:09:54) Deciding to build Pathlight together(01:23:06) Raising Fund 1 in 2021 and how bad timing almost killed it(01:29:55) Reasons founders work with Pathlight(01:32:04) Why most investors add no value and give bad advice(01:36:44) Founders Pathlight invests in + Artie case study(01:44:44) Competing with incumbent funds(01:53:57) Raising a $75m Fund 2 in 2023(02:02:22) Are Seed extensions good investments?(02:07:45) Discussing startup valuations(02:09:09) Mahdi's 10-minute market outlook (as of 8/8/24) Referencedhttps://www.pathlight.vc/https://plaid.com/https://robinhood.com/us/en/https://ramp.com/https://stytch.com/https://www.alloy.com/https://www.artie.com/ Follow CharleyTwitter: https://twitter.com/charleymaLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/charleyma Follow MahdiTwitter: https://twitter.com/mahdirazamrLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mahdirazany Follow TurnerTwitter: https://twitter.com/TurnerNovakLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/turnernovakNewsletter: https://www.thespl.it/  

In this episode of State of Identity, host Cameron D'Ambrosi welcomes back Reed McGinley-Stempel, co-founder and CEO of Stytch, for a deep dive into the evolving world of passwordless authentication. Discover what's driving adoption, how Stytch's customers navigate this transition, and expert predictions for the future of digital security. Find out how Stytch fosters innovation and the critical role of authentication in combating AI-driven security threats.  

In our 3rd episode of "API Security: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly", we're gonna get deep into protecting APIs in the age of AI with Julianna Lamb, Co-founder and CTO of Stytch, a developer-first identity and access management platform.Shaped by her years of experience as a backend engineer and product manager, Julianna is an avid advocate for the importance of a robust engineering culture and has extensive knowledge on team building and development. She is skilled in utilizing modern developer tools to boost engineering teams' speed and has been a speaker at conferences such as Slush, Render, and Collision.In this episode of Akto's podcast, discover strategies for monitoring, detecting anomalies, and securing APIs against evolving threats. This is a captivating mix of profound technical insights and compelling personal experiences, meticulously crafted for security aficionados and those who just want to learn.

My guest today is Itai Turbahn, co-founder and CEO of Dynamic. Dynamic is a Web3 login provider that offers embedded wallets, account management, and webhooks. In this episode, Itai and I talk about the present and future of wallets, authentication, multichain, passkeys, AA smart accounts, and more. It was nice getting to learn more about Itai's journey building Dynamic. I hope you enjoy the show. As always, this show is provided as entertainment and does not constitute legal, financial, or tax advice or any form of endorsement or suggestion. Crypto has risks and you alone are responsible for doing your research and making your own decisions. Links Hosted by @nnnnicholas Dynamic Dynamic Demo a16z fundraise auth0, Stytch, Flow

In this episode, Sandhya Hegde chats with Julianna Lamb, co-founder and CTO of Stytch. Stytch is a comprehensive tool for identity management. Its auth and fraud prevention capabilities improve both security and user experience. Last valued at $1.0B, the company now works with over 1000 customers. Join us as we discuss:  00:00 Preview: early product surprises for the Stytch team 01:53 Introduction to Stytch and identity management 05:15 The founding insight for Stytch 10:27 Validating the idea and Minimum Viable Product 12:27 Choosing a customer segment and MVP 14:33 Surprises and patterns in early customers 17:57 Lessons from Plaid and building a flexible solution 19:46 Approach to developer marketing 22:20 Approach to developer awareness and hiring 26:32 Starting a company in an unusual environment 30:53 Impact of AI on authentication and fraud prevention 34:25 Advice for developers starting a company Sandhya Hegde is a General Partner at Unusual Ventures, leading investments in modern SaaS companies with a focus on AI. Previously an early executive at Amplitude, Sandhya is a product-led growth (PLG) coach and mentor. She can be reached at sandhya@unusual.vc and  Twitter  LinkedIn  Julianna Lamb is the co-founder and CTO of Stytch.  Unusual Ventures is a seed-stage venture capital firm designed from the ground up to give a distinct advantage to founders building the next generation of software companies. Unusual has invested in category-defining companies like Webflow, Arctic Wolf Networks, Carta, Robinhood, and Harness. Learn more about us at https://www.unusual.vc/.

First Block, a Notion series - hosted by Notion's Co-Founder & COO Akshay Kothari - where founders and executives from some of the world's leading companies tell us what it was like to navigate the many firsts of their startup journey — and what they learned from that experience. In partnership with Index Ventures, this episode features Julianna Lamb, Co-Founder & CTO of Stytch. Stytch helps developers secure and scale their applications with authentication and fraud prevention. Akshay sits down with Julianna to discuss the founding story of Stytch, how her role as CTO has evolved over time, the early days of finding product-market-fit, building out their engineering team, and much more. For more episodes of the First Block series including custom Notion templates, video, and transcripts, please visit: https://ntn.so/pIvAbt For more startup resources and to learn more about the Notion for Startups program, please visit: https://ntn.so/AZhAX8

With new technology and attack methods such as AI voice phishing being used by hackers, the old methods of passwords and authentication may soon be going away. On this episode, Keith chats with Julianna Lamb, CTO and co-founder of Stytch, about new authentication methods that can improve security for end users and companies to help protect account information.

We are back again this week with another episode of The Room Podcast! This week we are joined by Julianna and Reed, the co-founders of Stych. TTopics in this episode include; the need for transparency and enabling conversations for potential M&A deals in the startup environment, the need for a more user-friendly and secure authentication method, and advice for other up-and-coming founders in the enterprise SaaS space.For The Room Podcast in your inbox every week, subscribe to our newsletter.Check out our guide to podcasting here! 5:00 - Where did Julianna and Reed grow up and how did that shape their view of the world?7:27 - Did Juliana ever think that becoming a founder would be something she pursued? 9:47 - How did Reed relate to being a founder when growing up and what was his path from undergrad to becoming a founder?12:32 - How did Julianna and Reed meet at Plaid?17:38 - What was the “aha moment” that sparked the start of Stych?22:05 - Who are the core buyers of Stych and what is the Go-To-Market strategy for Stych?24:39 - What advice would Julianna and Reed give to new founders in the enterprise SaaS space?27:39 - What advice do Julianna and Reed have for deciding if someone is a good partner?32:10 - Who was the first person who said yes to investing in Stytch?33:27 - What was a moment when things did not go as planned?35:25 - What are some learnings from being the buyer persona for another startup that is looking to sell to another startup?38:17 -  What was/is the most successful growth channel? And how have Julianna and Reed thought about outbound versusinbound marketing as a result? 40:25 - What's kind of next for Julianna and Reed personally?42:44 - Who is a woman in your life that has had a profound impact on you and your career? WX Productions

Today, we're happy to welcome you to the second episode diving deep on the story of a Super Angel on EUVC! Say hi to Charley Ma, the man responsible for building and scaling multiple enterprise software startups and leading their marketing, sales, and customer success teams from $0 to $200m dollars as the first revenue hire for companies such as Plaid, Ramp, and Alloy. But Charley's career as an operator is definitely matched by his career as an angel having been an early investor in breakout companies such as Stytch, Unit, Codat, Moov, Finch, and many more which have gone to raise from giants like A16Z, Bain, Benchmark, Coatue, First Round Capital, Founder's Fund, Index and Sequoia.In this episode you'll learn:Charley's journey from JP Morgan to Plaid and into angel investing despite "not having that much money" at the time - in fact he decided to invest his B-school savings on building his angel career instead of academic rap sheet!How Charley thinks about building relationships in angel investing and the importance of being opinionated and selective at the same time as maintaining a broad networkHow Charley employs his experience from his angel investing to make him a better operator and how that allows him to navigate the current market betterHow Charley thinks about portfolio construction, ownership and how he has gone from being purely founder centric to now being more thematically focusedThis episode is sponsored by Vauban. Vauban makes it easy to launch your angel syndicate or VC Fund, check them out at www.vauban.io/euvc

Richard was delighted to talk to Chris O'Neill, the first Developer Advocate at Stytch for this week's Fireside with Voxgig podcast. Why? Well, recently Richard and the team at Voxgig had the very great pleasure of using Stytch – and it worked a dream. So to be able to share a practical discussion about DevRel after experiencing the DevRel and the product first hand was rewarding. But apart from the product, this discussion gives a three step playbook on how to succeed as a developer advocate. … and the developers you'll meet in Heaven! Meanwhile back on earth, this is another open and honest conversation with an experienced DevRel professional giving both the technical details of a product and the strategic actions that contribute to successful DevRel and developer advocacy. Dive in and thrive! Connect with Chris here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopher-o-neill-3a407048/ Find out more and listen to previous podcasts here: https://www.voxgig.com/podcast Subscribe to our newsletter for weekly updates and information about upcoming meetups: https://voxgig.substack.com/ Join the Dublin DevRel Meetup group here: www.devrelmeetup.com

Sachin Monga is the Head of Product at Substack, a platform that I personally use every day, and love. Before Substack, Sachin co-founded an app called Cocoon, which he ended up selling to Substack. Before that, he spent over seven years at Facebook as a PM working on video and camera products, building out the developer platform, and leading the ads growth team. In today's episode, we dive deep on all things Substack. Sachin shares what it's like transitioning from a large product team at Facebook to a small growth team. He discusses how to work with a hands-on founder and why you must be comfortable with rapid change in a PM role. He also shares unique features of Substack that make it an optimized experience for readers and writers, how he'd like to see it improved, and tips for anyone wanting to get started writing online.Listen now on Apple, Spotify, Google, Overcast, and YouTube.—Where to find Sachin Monga:• Twitter: https://twitter.com/sachinmonga• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sachinmonga/• Email: Sachin@substackinc.com—Where to find Lenny:• Newsletter: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com• Twitter: https://twitter.com/lennysan• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lennyrachitsky/—Thank you to our wonderful sponsors for making this episode possible:• Retool: https://retool.com/lenny• Stytch: https://stytch.com/lenny• Vanta: https://vanta.com/lenny—Referenced:• Substack: https://substack.com/• Matt Taibbi on Substack: https://taibbi.substack.com/• Bill Bishop on Substack: https://sinocism.com/• Jasper: https://www.jasper.ai/• DALL-E 2: https://openai.com/dall-e-2/• 1000 True Fans: https://www.amazon.com/1000-True-Fans-Kellys-Simple-ebook/dp/B01N9P9O4G• You Are Not Late: https://medium.com/message/you-are-not-late-b3d76f963142• The Timeless Way of Building: https://www.amazon.com/Timeless-Way-Building-Christopher-Alexander/dp/0195024028• Martyrmade podcast on Substack: https://martyrmade.substack.com/• Colin Meloy on Substack: https://colinmeloy.substack.com/• Ethan Strauss on Substack: https://houseofstrauss.substack.com/• Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on Substack: https://kareem.substack.com/• Dayne Rathbone: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daynerathbone/• For All Mankind on Apple TV+: https://tv.apple.com/us/show/for-all-mankind/umc.cmc.6wsi780sz5tdbqcf11k76mkp7—In this episode, we cover:(04:34) Sachin's background(07:11) The evolution and structure of teams at Substack(10:11) What it's like working at a smaller company with a hands-on founder(12:07) How to share in a founder's vision(14:02) Why the rate of change is the most challenging aspect of the job(16:37) Why prioritization at Facebook worked differently than it does at Substack(20:03) How Substack thinks about prioritizing for writers and readers(22:17) Substack's recommendation feature and how it came to be(27:13) How recommendations have led to an increase of millions of subscribers(31:34) Moving forward with network-driven discovery (32:17) The “build with” principle and the product lab at Substack(35:02) How Substack deals with negative press(36:45) The writer experience at Substack(39:13) The reader-focused experience on Substack(40:41) Advice for writers(44:45) Substack's vision for making creation easier(46:39) Common mistakes creators make, and how product improvements could help in some cases (49:57) Why you're not too late to join the game(52:52) Lightning round—Production and marketing by https://penname.co/. For inquiries about sponsoring the podcast, email podcast@lennyrachitsky.com. Get full access to Lenny's Newsletter at www.lennysnewsletter.com/subscribe

Barbra Gago is the founder and CEO of Pando, where she's democratizing career progression. Previously she worked as the Chief Marketing Officer and Global Head of Marketing at Miro, where she helped create an entirely new software category for the space, and also served as VP of Marketing at Greenhouse, where she led go-to-market strategy. In today's episode, we cover three main topics: category creation, branding and rebranding, and building opinionated software. Barbra discusses how she was able to rebrand Miro and launch a whole new category—and why her attempt to do that at Greenhouse failed. We cover the benefits of building your own category, and when it makes sense to do so and when it doesn't. She also shares the importance of getting to know your users, why a great brand is informed by its values, and why Pando is built in an opinionated way.—Where to find Barbra Gago:• Twitter: https://twitter.com/barbragago• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/barbragago• Pando: https://www.pando.com/—Where to find Lenny:• Newsletter: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com• Twitter: https://twitter.com/lennysan• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lennyrachitsky/—Thank you to our wonderful sponsors for making this episode possible:• Stytch: https://stytch.com/lenny• Assembly: https://www.assemblyai.com/• Vanta: https://vanta.com/lenny—Referenced:• G2: https://g2.com/• Software Advice: https://www.softwareadvice.com/• Marketo: https://www.marketo.com/• HubSpot: https://www.hubspot.com/• Gainsight: https://www.gainsight.com/• Greenhouse: https://www.greenhouse.io/• Miro: https://miro.com/• Gartner: https://www.gartner.com/• Forrester: https://www.forrester.com/research/product-management/• Oyster: https://www.oysterhr.com/• Deel: https://www.deel.com/• Atlassian: https://www.atlassian.com/• Radical Candor: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity: https://www.amazon.com/Radical-Candor-Revised-Kick-Ass-Humanity/dp/1250235375• The Art of War: https://www.amazon.com/Art-War-Sun-Tzu/dp/1590302257• Kafka on the Shore: https://www.amazon.com/Kafka-Shore-Haruki-Murakami/dp/0099458322• Cautionary Tales podcast: https://timharford.com/articles/cautionarytales/• The Sandman on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/81150303• Nancy Duarte on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nancyduarte/• Al Gore's TED Talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/al_gore_the_new_urgency_of_climate_change—In this episode, we cover:(04:04) Barbra's background(05:06) Barbra's startup(06:07) Category creation vs. winning in existing categories(07:49) What is an applicant tracking system, and why have they been problematic?(09:57) What is a product category?(13:06) Examples of product categories(14:05) Greenhouse as an example of failed category creation (16:46) How Miro successfully created a new category(18:37) Utilizing user feedback(21:15) The mechanics of category creation(21:22) How to advocate for your new category with directory sites(25:53) The middle ground between new and existing categories(29:37) When is it time to rebrand?(38:51) How to create a lasting, global brand(41:18) How values inform brands(43:13) Insights into developing company values(44:24) The elements of a brand(46:37) What is opinionated software?(47:57) The benefits of opinionated software, and why Barbra's software is opinionated(51:23) Lightning round—Production and marketing by https://penname.co/. For inquiries about sponsoring the podcast, email podcast@lennyrachitsky.com. Get full access to Lenny's Newsletter at www.lennysnewsletter.com/subscribe

Nova Labs' Internet of Things network is one of crypto's greatest achievements. In its next chapter, it's pursuing an even more audacious goal: to provide the infrastructure for 5G, WiFi, VPN, CDN, and other networks. This piece is brought to you by Stytch. Want to boost conversion and drive growth? Stytch makes user authentication and onboarding seamless and secure. They offer customizable, out-of-the-box authentication with magic links, one tap social logins, biometrics, one-time passcodes, session management, and more. They're your all-in-one platform for authentication. With their API and SDKs, you can improve user conversion, retention, and security, while saving valuable engineering time. Current customers have seen a 60% increase in conversion after spending just one day on the integration. ‍Check out Stytch today. To find the original piece, published July 24, 2022, follow this link. Subscribe to this podcast, and to our newsletter at readthegeneralist.com. You can also follow @mariogabriele and @thegeneralistco on Twitter for updates.

We have raised a $12.25 million fund designed to help a small number of founders maximize the power of narrative. This piece is brought to you by Stytch. Want to boost conversion and drive growth? Stytch makes user authentication and onboarding seamless and secure. They offer customizable, out-of-the-box authentication with magic links, one tap social logins, biometrics, one-time passcodes, session management, and more. They're your all-in-one platform for authentication. Check out Stytch today. To find the original piece, published July 10, 2022, follow this link. Subscribe to this podcast, and to our newsletter at readthegeneralist.com. You can also follow @mariogabriele and @thegeneralistco on Twitter for updates.

Teresa Torres is an internationally acclaimed author, speaker, and coach. She teaches a structured and sustainable system for continuous discovery that helps product teams infuse their daily product decisions with customer input. She’s coached hundreds of teams at companies of all sizes, from early-stage start-ups to global enterprises, in a variety of industries. She has taught over 11,000 product people discovery skills through the Product Talk Academy, hundreds through her coaching practice, and is the author of Continuous Discovery Habits.—Thank you to our sponsors for making this episode possible:• Persona: https://withpersona.com/lenny• Dovetail: https://dovetailapp.com/lenny• Stytch: https://stytch.com/—In this episode, we cover:[3:37] How Teresa is in the top 5 people in the world who’s helped the most PMs.[5:25] What is the opportunity solution tree framework?[8:19] What’s an example of an opportunity solution tree, for Netflix?[14:17] Why do we usually approach opportunity finding wrong?[18:10] What should you do if your company is a feature factory?[21:00] What is continuous discovery, and why is it so important?[23:13] What do you do if your leaders tell you there’s no time for user research?[25:55] How can you automate weekly conversations customers?[29:04] How do you stay unbiased as a PM about a potential solution?[31:23] Should a PM have more say over other functions?[35:33] What are Teresa’s 2-3 best tips for how to interview customers?[39:57] What’s the most common mistake people make while interviewing customers?[40:25] How does discovery change as your company grows?[43:27] When should you do user research and when should you run an experiment?—Where to find Teresa:• Product Talk: https://www.producttalk.org/• Opportunity solution tree: https://www.producttalk.org/opportunity-solution-tree/• Continuous Discovery Habits: https://www.amazon.com/Continuous-Discovery-Habits-Discover-Products/dp/1736633309• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/teresatorres/• Twitter: https://twitter.com/ttorres Get full access to Lenny's Newsletter at www.lennysnewsletter.com/subscribe

Brandon Chu is VP of Product at Shopify, where he leads the app platform ecosystem, new initiatives group, and M&A investments. Brandon helped scale Shopify’s PM team from five to hundreds, and worked his way up from an IC Senior PM. Prior to Shopify, he was a Director of PM at FreshBooks and, before that, a founder. Brandon might be best known for his writing on the art and science of product management as part of a collection on Medium he calls “The Black Box of Product Management.”—Thank you to our sponsors for making this episode possible:• Stytch: https://stytch.com/• Persona: https://withpersona.com/lenny• PostHog: https://posthog.com/lenny—In this episode, we cover:1) Brandon’s path to VP of Product at Shopify.2) What has Brandon found to be the most important skill set for super-successful PMs?3) What is it like to build product at Shopify?4) How did Shopify adjust after the shock to e-commerce during Covid?5) How did Shopify build a one-click team offsite flight/hotel/activity booking platform?6) How did Brandon motivate himself to start, and keep, writing?7) As a PM, why is writing one of the highest-ROI uses of your time?8) What’s Brandon’s favorite piece of writing?9) What are the biggest surprises, pros, and cons about being a platform PM?—Where to find Brandon:• Twitter: https://twitter.com/brandonmchu• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brandonmchu/• Brandon’s writing: https://blackboxofpm.com/• Making Good Decisions as a Product Manager: https://blackboxofpm.com/making-good-decisions-as-a-product-manager-c66ddacc9e2b Get full access to Lenny's Newsletter at www.lennysnewsletter.com/subscribe

Elena Verna has led growth at some of today’s most successful B2B businesses, including Miro as CMO, Surveymonkey as SVP of Growth, and now at Amplitude as interim Head of Growth. She’s also worked closely with over a dozen companies on growth and product strategy, including companies like MongoDB, Clockwise, and Netlify (where she sits on the board of directors). Elena is undoubtedly one of the smartest people on growth strategy in the world.—Thank you to our sponsors for making this episode possible:• Persona: https://withpersona.com/lenny• Stytch: https://stytch.com/• PostHog: https://posthog.com/lenny—In this episode, we cover:1) How did Elena go from an analyst at Safeway to Head of Product at Amplitude?2) What’s changing in B2B growth?3) What exactly is “product-led growth,” and how can you apply it at every stage of growth?4) How is PLG already transforming itself?5) Why do you need to be both product-led and sales-led?6) Why does PLG often get crushed when you move upmarket, and how do you avoid this?7) What it looks like when your PLG motion is dying.8) Why product-led is the future of sales.9) Why is freemium the way to go, over trial?10) Why should you hire internally for your first growth hire?—Where to find Elena:• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elenaverna• Twitter: https://twitter.com/elenaverna Get full access to Lenny's Newsletter at www.lennysnewsletter.com/subscribe

This is Eric Golden and my guest today is Reed McGinley-Stempel. Reed is the co-founder and CEO of Stytch, which is on a mission to eliminate friction and improve security on the internet. Stytch started with passwordless authentication and Reed does a great job explaining why this is so important to businesses. We discuss the power of using Ethereum to sign on to any website and, towards the end of the conversation, Reed shares their newest product, Vessel - a wallet solution that eliminates the need to memorize 12 word seed phrases. Please enjoy my conversation with Reed McGinley-Stempel.   For the full show notes, transcript, and links to the best content to learn more, check out the episode page here.   -----   This episode is brought to you by Coinbase Prime. Coinbase Prime combines advanced trading, battle-tested custody, financing, and prime services in a single solution. Clients have used our comprehensive investing platform to execute some of the largest trades in the industry because we are the only publicly-traded company with experience trading and custodying crypto assets at scale. Get started with Coinbase Prime today at coinbase.com/prime.   -----   Web3 Breakdowns is a property of Colossus, LLC. For more episodes of Web3 Breakdowns, visit joincolossus.com/episodes.   Stay up to date on all our podcasts by signing up to Colossus Weekly, our quick dive every Sunday highlighting the top business and investing concepts from our podcasts and the best of what we read that week. Sign up here.   Follow us on Twitter: @Web3Breakdowns | @ericgoldenx | @patrick_oshag    Show Notes [00:02:18] - [First question] - The history of people using passwords online [00:05:34] - How the password structure we use today came to be  [00:08:22] - How attack vectors open up and what hackers do to get your information [00:11:49] - His time at Plaid and how it led to him co-founding Stytch [00:15:20] - What it means to be passwordless for the company and the N users  [00:18:17] - How they decided where to put their focus when starting Stytch [00:21:24] - What companies did before Stytch to handle different levels of security [00:22:19] - What the authentication of logging in with Google, Apple or email is  [00:25:11] - Their ethos on building for developers and being an API first company [00:28:30] - The pros and cons of being an API company and a SDK company  [00:31:45] - His first exposure to the Web3 space and how Stytch plays a role in it [00:36:31] - His thoughts on Web2 and if they will adopt the security measures of Web3 [00:40:14] - How Stytch will make it easier to attend something based on token gated access [00:42:52] - What a passport of the internet is and what Stytch is doing with it [00:47:17] - Their onboarding process for users from the Web2 space [00:54:00] - What he's most excited to see built over the next six months and the next six years

In this week's podcast episode, we talked about Web3's fundamental improvements to data portability and user authentication enable new experiences.Joining us is Reed-McGinley Stempel, CEO and co-founder of Stytch, an authentication platform for developers.

Reed McGinley-Stempel is the cofounder and CEO of Stytch which improves security and user experience with passwordless authentication. The company has raised over $100 million from top tier investors such as Index Ventures, Benchmark, Coatue, Thrive Capital, and Contrary to name a few. 

This week we talk to Julianna Lamb, co-founder and CTO at Stytch about agile in start-ups, hybrid working, how to keep a product backlog under control, grow a business in the early 2020's, and more.  Julianna is the Co-Founder and CTO of Stytch, a platform for user infrastructure and passwordless authentication. She was previously a software engineer at Strava and Plaid and an early product hire at Very Good Security.  Originally from Idaho, Julianna studied computer science and history at Stanford. A former professional figure skater, she started racing triathlons in college and is now an Ironman triathlete. Contact Data: Website: https://stytch.com/ Twitter: juliannaelamb LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/juliannaelamb   Re-Read Saturday News  Today we complete our re-read of Agile Conversations by Douglas Squirrel and Jeffrey Fredrick touching on the Conclusion, Further Resources, and our concluding notes.  Next week we will begin re-reading Jim Benson's Why Limit WiP (buy a copy using our Amazon Affiliate link  https://amzn.to/3u6Feml get reading) as we run a poll to select the next of books for the series.  Agile Conversations: https://amzn.to/3vEjr55  Previous Installments: Week 1: Logistics and Introduction - https://bit.ly/3EZspxT  Week 2: Escaping The Software Factory - https://bit.ly/3HIlivg  Week 3: Improving Your Conversations - https://bit.ly/3ty0nYe  Week 4: The Trust Conversation - https://bit.ly/3ApUrSk  Week 5 The Fear Conversation (Part 1) - https://bit.ly/3gahSpt  Week 6 The Fear Conversation (Part 2) - https://bit.ly/34lLON4  Week 7 The Why Conversation (Part 1) - https://bit.ly/3Jg6KE2  Week 8 The Why Conversation (Part 2)  – https://bit.ly/34YAsPc Week 9 The Commitment Conversation -  https://bit.ly/3pmaooj  Week 10 The Accountability Conversation - https://bit.ly/3KCJXD1  Week 11 Conclusion and More - https://bit.ly/3wlGSn8  Next SPaMCAST  Next week, are sequencing and prioritization different sides to the same coin or are they different coins entirely. Is a keystone topic when wrestling with work entry. We will also have a visit from Jeremy Berriault and the QA Corner. 

Organizational design often collides with getting work done; generating friction that causes all manner of problems. No one goes out of their way to make things difficult, however poor operating metaphors and one size fits all solutions are never optimal. There is a way for agile and team leaders to coexist, but can you take that path? Also this week, Jon M Quigley and his Alpha and Omega of Product Development column make time for the cast. In this installment, we talk about time (including a few time-related puns). Re-Read Saturday News  The accountability conversation is the fifth and last conversation addressed in our re-read of  Agile Conversations by Douglas Squirrel and Jeffrey Fredrick. In Chapter 7 the authors define accountability as “being obligated to render an account of what you have done and why.” Next week we will cover the conclusions and some final thoughts. Then we will have a quick interlude re-reading Jim Benson's Why Limit WiP while we run a poll to select the next books.      https://amzn.to/3vEjr55    Week 1: Logistics and Introduction - https://bit.ly/3EZspxT  Week 2: Escaping The Software Factory - https://bit.ly/3HIlivg  Week 3: Improving Your Conversations - https://bit.ly/3ty0nYe  Week 4: The Trust Conversation - https://bit.ly/3ApUrSk  Week 5 The Fear Conversation (Part 1) - https://bit.ly/3gahSpt  Week 6 The Fear Conversation (Part 2) - https://bit.ly/34lLON4  Week 7 The Why Conversation (Part 1) - https://bit.ly/3Jg6KE2  Week 8 The Why Conversation (Part 2)  – https://bit.ly/34YAsPc Week 9 The Commitment Conversation -  https://bit.ly/3pmaooj  Week 10 The Accountability Conversation - https://bit.ly/3KCJXD1    Next SPaMCAST  Next week, Julianna Lamb, co-founder and CTO at STYTCH.  We talked agile, start-ups, security, and more.

About Reed-McGinley-Stempel:Reed is the Co-Founder and CEO of Stytch, a platform for passwordless authentication that makes it simple for apps and websites to retire the password.Before founding Stytch, Reed joined Plaid as one of their first 100 employees. He remained with them until they grew to a $5B+ valuation.With a selection of new products about to hit the market, Stytch is prepped to spearhead the transition to a passwordless future.About Stytch:Stytch improves security and user experience with passwordless authentication. Stytch is building the developer platform for authentication to enable teams to easily build experiences that delight their users. 

Authentication can be frustrating for users and developers alike. Julianna Lamb joins us to talk about how Stytch is working to change that. Links https://twitter.com/juliannaelamb https://stytch.com https://stytch.com/products/webauthn https://stytch.com/pricing https://twitter.com/stytchauth https://podrocket.logrocket.com/clerk Review us Reviews are what help us grow and tailor our content to what you want to hear. Give us a review here (https://ratethispodcast.com/podrocket). Contact us https://podrocket.logrocket.com/contact-us @PodRocketpod (https://twitter.com/podrocketpod) What does LogRocket do? LogRocket combines frontend monitoring, product analytics, and session replay to help software teams deliver the ideal product experience. Try LogRocket for free today. (https://logrocket.com/signup/?pdr) Special Guest: Julianna Lamb.

How close are we to being fully passwordless? On this week's State of Identity podcast, host, Cameron D'Ambrosi, asks Co-founder and CEO of Stytch, Reed McGinely-Stempel, how people will verify and authenticate their identities without having a password. We explore alternative access points and what businesses will need to watch out for when initiating the shift to a more frictionless and secure future.

This episode features guest Reed McGinley-Stemple, Co-Founder and CEO of Stytch. Stytch enables Apps & websites to embed passwordless authentication for its customers. Listen as Reed explains the advantages for companies to change from password based to passwordless authentication for its customers including how passwordless integration can increase customer lifetime value (CLV). Don't believe it? In this episode, Reed details how one of their recent customers experienced a 62% increase in conversion by changing to a passwordless solution. Discover how passwordless authorization works and how you can integrate their technology into your business. Finally, find out how our customers use our technology to generate Email magic links to increase their conversion to purchase by creating a logged in experience for their customers. Episode Action Items: If you are interested in improving your end use experience, you can connect with Reed McGinley-Stemple and all the products available at Stytch by visiting https://stytch.com (https://stytch.com) ABOUT THE HOST: Andy Splichal, who was recently named to the Best of Los Angeles Awards' Fascinating 100 List, is the founder and managing partner of True Online Presence, author of the Make Each Click Count book series and Founder of Make Each Click Count University found at https://www.makeeachclickcountuniversity.com (https://www.makeeachclickcountuniversity.com). He is a certified online marketing strategist with twenty plus years of experience and counting helping companies increase their online presence and profitable revenues. To find more information on Andy Splichal visit https://www.trueonlinepresence.com (https://www.trueonlinepresence.com), read the full story on his blog at blog.trueonlinepresence.com or shop his books on Amazon or at https://www.makeeachclickcount.com (https://www.makeeachclickcount.com). New episodes of the Make Each Click Count Podcast, are released each Friday and can be found on Apple Podcast, Spotify, Google Podcast, Apple Podcast and on Make Each Click Count at https://podcast.makeeachclickcount.com (https://podcast.makeeachclickcount.com).

In this month's Investing in Identity series, we break down the latest industry trends including: Movers & Shakers: API-first passwordless startup Stytch, raises $90MM at a $1B valuation and Merit snags $50MM Series B to expand digital credentials platform M&A Activity:Digital fraud prevention startup Sift acquires Keyless, a passwordless multi-factor authentication service provider and fintech firm Plaid has scooped up Cognito, identity verification and compliance company Musings of the Month:Twilio and Boku Mobile Identity share a common goal and come together to offer Secure Onboarding. What's next with identity verification and intelligence?

Reed McGinley-Stempel grew up in Las Vegas, but went to school on the East Coast. Frankly, he didn't know what he wanted to do and "stumbled" into management consulting. When I dug into how someone stumbles into this profession, he mentioned that early on he got some sage advice from his older brother about not rushing to law school because... being a lawyer isn't that fun. So, he followed some friends to Bain & Company.The more projects he was involved in, the more he got interested in technology. Candidly, one of his motivations for going in tech was the fact that his was moving out to San Francisco to support his wife through law school at Stanford. He considered continuing to do consulting with Bain, but decided tech was the best route and eventually, joined Plaid. Outside of his professional career, he is into the outdoors, loving hiking and taking his very active dog outside. He mentions that living in San Francisco makes the outdoors super accessible.Reed and his Co-founder both came from Plaid, and worked on the adaptive authentication team. There, they explored how to secure bank authentication to maintain security, but also do it in such a way that reduced friction and created an amazing experience. They found that the biggest problem to be solved was the combination of security issues with passwords, and the low conversion rate of sign up / sign in forms requiring passwords. They wanted to fix this.This is the creation story of Stytch.SponsorsImmediateOrbitPostmarkStytchVerb DataWebapp.ioLinksWebsite: http://stych.com/codestoryLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/reed-mcginley-stempel-17362245/Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Hello listeners... it's time to embark upon yet another season of the Code Story podcast.As we dive into another journey together, in fact our 6th journey together, you an expect to hear more (even more!) amazing stories about MVP's, trade offs, determining feature importance, building teams - and scaling, or fighting scale, as you grow.Our guest list this Season is truly epic, with appearances from Stephen Blum of Pubnub, Matt Pierce of Immediate, Reed McGinley-Stempel of Stytch, Mike Bouffard of Greenhouse... to mention just a few.Season 6 starts on January 18th, so subscribe today to ensure you don't miss an episode.And a big shout out and thank you to our Season 6 sponsorsSponsorsImmediateOrbitPostmarkStytchVerb DataWebapp.ioSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

LifeBlood: We talked about online security, how the industry has evolved and what it could look like in the future, and her experience founding and growing a tech company with Julianna Lamb, CoFounder and CTO of Stytch, an organization helping companies go passwordless and improve online security.  Listen to learn some tips on protecting your online security!  For the Difference Making Tip, scan ahead to 16:42! You can learn more about Julianna at Stytch.com, Twitter and LinkedIn. Thanks, as always for listening!  If you got some value and enjoyed the show, please leave us a review wherever you listen and subscribe as well.  You can learn more about us at MoneyAlignmentAcademy.com, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, Pinterest, YouTube and Facebook or you'd like to be a guest on the show, contact George at Contact@GeorgeGrombacher.com.

The way we authenticate online is fundamentally broken. Technology has evolved significantly since the advent of the internet, yet we still rely primarily on passwords for authentication. Passwords pose significant security and user experience issues, negatively impacting both consumers and businesses. In addition, passwords are also responsible for the vast majority of data breaches each year. According to Verizon's 2021 Data Breach Investigations Report, 81% of all breaches involve weak or stolen passwords. In addition to being insecure, passwords also introduce significant consumer frustration. According to a recent Google study, ~75% of users report feeling overwhelmed trying to keep track of their passwords. So it's no surprise that users often re-use the same password across sites to make this process easier, but it introduces its own risks. Julianna Lamb, co-founder, and CTO of Stytch, joins me on Tech Talks Daily to explore this topic in more detail. Stytch is the first company that's built a platform for passwordless authentication so that any application or website can embed passwordless sign-up and login flows. I learn more about the story behind Stych. We also discuss how thousands of companies have used Stytch's software to eliminate password-based authentication's security and user experience shortcomings.

This week we discuss the rise of Web3 and make a few AWS re:invent predications. Plus, what if Billy Joel and Huey Lewis formed a band… Rundown It's a Web3 World Now — How the Hype Compares to Web 2.0 (https://thenewstack.io/its-a-web3-world-now-how-the-hype-compares-to-web-2-0/) Crypto group tries to claw back fees after failed Constitution bid (https://www.axios.com/crypto-constitution-bid-high-cost-6ab84b3b-79c0-40d0-be6b-232172a3ed7a.html) $10B is the new $1B, and we need a new framework for startup valuations (https://techcrunch.com/2021/11/23/10b-is-the-new-1b-and-we-need-a-new-framework-for-startup-valuations/) AWS Re:Invent Predictions 5 Things To Know About New AWS Channel Chief Ruba Borno (https://www.crn.com/slide-shows/cloud/5-things-to-know-about-new-aws-channel-chief-ruba-borno) Andy Jassy was reportedly surprised when Jeff Bezos asked him to take on the job of Amazon CEO: 'I wasn't clamoring for it' (https://www.businessinsider.com/jeff-bezos-choosing-andy-jassy-surprised-amazon-ceo-2021-11) “Who Is He?”: Andy Jassy, Amazon's New CEO, Enters the Ring (https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/11/andy-jassy-amazons-new-ceo-enters-the-ring) Relevant to your interests Amazon's Dark Secret: It Has Failed to Protect Your Data (https://www.wired.com/story/amazon-failed-to-protect-your-data-investigation/) Apple's Plan to Scan Handset Images Stopped Before It Started (https://m-cacm.acm.org/news/256904-apples-plan-to-scan-handset-images-stopped-before-it-started/fulltext) Andy Jassy's Big Idea for AWS Expansion Marred by Glitches, High Prices (https://www.theinformation.com/articles/andy-jassys-big-idea-for-aws-expansion-marred-by-glitches-high-prices) The NFT Bay Debuts to Save You a Right-Click on Someone's Precious Digital Art (https://www.tomshardware.com/news/nft-bay-debuts) Follow Matthew Ball for MetaVerse Info (https://twitter.com/ballmatthew/status/1462787490272759811) IBM tells POWER8 owners: the end is nigh for upgrades (https://www.theregister.com/2021/11/22/ibm_power8_eol/) VMware withdraws major vSphere release due to bugs (https://www.theregister.com/2021/11/22/vsphere_7_update_3_withdrawn/) Webhooks provider Svix snags $2.6M to simplify software management (https://venturebeat.com/2021/11/21/no-code-webhooks-provider-svix-snags-2-6m-to-simplify-software-management/) Drama in the Rust community — mod team resignation (https://github.com/rust-lang/team/pull/671) The bitcoin fanatics fuel GPU shortages for gamers (https://www.theregister.com/2021/11/19/gpu_makers_not_keen_on_crypto/) AWS commits to update its own Linux every other year (https://www.theregister.com/2021/11/23/amazon_linux_2022/) Announcing $150M to build the end-to-end platform for the modern Web (https://vercel.com/blog/vercel-funding-series-d-and-valuation) Oracle and Google join Microsoft and Amazon in bidding for Defense Department's Joint Warfighter Cloud Capability (https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/oracle-and-google-join-microsoft-and-amazon-in-bidding-for-defense-departments-joint-warfighter-cloud-capability/) Passwordless authentication platform Stytch raises $90M (https://venturebeat.com/2021/11/18/passwordless-authentication-platform-stytch-raises-90m/) Passwordless authentication platform Stytch raises $90M (https://venturebeat.com/2021/11/18/passwordless-authentication-platform-stytch-raises-90m/) We got an exclusive look at the 13-slide pitch deck Stytch, a passwordless startup, used to raise $90 million from Coatue (https://www.businessinsider.com/stytch-startup-used-this-pitch-deck-to-raise-90m-from-coatue-2021-11#-13) Nonsense Dollar Tree will raise prices from $1 to $1.25 (https://twitter.com/axios/status/1463225256131375110) Sponsors strongDM — Manage and audit remote access to infrastructure. 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Julianna Lamb is the Co-Founder and CTO of Stytch. Julianna shared her pivot from finance to engineering along with how she and her co-worker at Plaid became co founders building an API first password-less authentication platform.

Anirudh Singh sits down with Meka Asonye, Partner at First Round Capital. In this episode they discuss: - Meka's early career, including spending time with the Cleveland Indians - Heading Stripe's Startup/SMB business - How Meka became an angel investor and later decided to join First Round Capital - Being fluent in Pig Latin And much more! Meka Asonye is a Partner at First Round Capital based in San Francisco. Before moving into venture, Meka was an active angel investor backing companies such as Coda, Common Room, Rimeto (acq. by Slack), Snackpass and Stytch. Previously, he served as the VP of Sales & Services at Mixpanel, where he ran the more than 100-person global revenue team and owned the customer lifecycle from first website visit to renewal. Before Mixpanel, Meka spent four years at Stripe as it scaled from 250 to 2000 people and matured its sales org. When he first joined in 2016, Meka served as one of the payments company's early account executives, leading their first attempts to go upmarket and land enterprise logos. For the next three years, he headed up Stripe's Startup/SMB business, which involved launching outbound sales, optimizing self-serve, building a customer success function, opening new offices, and finding creative ways to holistically support startup customers. Prior to joining Stripe, Meka served as Case Team Leader at Bain in San Francisco, partnering with the C-Suites of Fortune 50 companies across different verticals. Meka started his career working in Player Development & Baseball Operations for the Cleveland Indians, where managed operations of the Minor League system and advised the General Manager on Major League roster and payroll allocation through advanced statistical analysis. Meka earned a Bachelor of Arts degree cum laude in Economics and Finance from Princeton and his MBA from Harvard Business School. He's an instrument rated private pilot and diehard Chicago Bears fan. For more FinTech insights, follow us below: Medium: medium.com/wharton-fintech LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/wharton-fintech-club/ WFT Twitter: twitter.com/whartonfintech Anirudh's Twitter: twitter.com/avsingh_24

Going from 0 to 1 -- taking your company from idea to real live working product with customers -- is hard. In this special edition of Not Boring Founders, Packy and Thrive Capital's Gaurav Ahuja sit down with Stytch co-founders Reed McGinley-Stempel and Julianna Lamb to discuss how they've done it. In the past 18 months, they left their jobs at Plaid and Very Good Security, raised money from Benchmark, Thrive, and other top funds, hired an all-star team, built a passwordless authentication API and SDK, and sold to their first wave of customers. We cover: How to make the leap from secure job to startup The importance of clarity of thought How to raise money from VCs How to hire top engineers Why you should go slow to go fast If you're a developer, you should check out Stytch. It's user infrastructure for modern applications. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/notboring/message

This week, in our first segment, we welcome Ed Rossi, Vice President of Product Management, Asset Inventory & Discovery at Qualys, to talk about Reinventing Asset Inventory for Security! Then, in the Enterprise News, SafeBreach adds support for new advanced attacks to the Microsoft Defender for Endpoint evaluation lab, Stellar Cyber XDR Kill Chain allows security analyst teams to disrupt cyberattacks, Bugcrowd Awarded U.S. Patents for Crowd-Enabled Vulnerability Detection, Microsoft puts PCs in the cloud with Windows 365, some funding and acquisition updates from Sysdig, AttackIQ, Stytch, SentinelOne, & more! Finally, we wrap up the show with two micro interviews from RSAC2021 featuring Mark Ralls from Acunetix by Invicti, and Wayne Haber from GitLab!   Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/esw235 Segment Resources: CSAM free trial: https://www.qualys.com/forms/cybersecurity-asset-management/ CSAM video overview: https://vimeo.com/551723071 Webpage: https://www.qualys.com/apps/cybersecurity-asset-management/ Visit https://securityweekly.com/qualys to learn more about them! Visit https://securityweekly.com/acunetix to learn more about them! Visit https://securityweekly.com/gitlab to learn more about them!   Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/esw for all the latest episodes! Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/securityweekly Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/secweekly

In the Enterprise News, SafeBreach adds support for new advanced attacks to the Microsoft Defender for Endpoint evaluation lab, Stellar Cyber XDR Kill Chain allows security analyst teams to disrupt cyberattacks, Bugcrowd Awarded U.S. Patents for Crowd-Enabled Vulnerability Detection, Microsoft puts PCs in the cloud with Windows 365, some funding and acquisition updates from Sysdig, AttackIQ, Stytch, SentinelOne, & more!   Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/esw for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/esw235

This week, in our first segment, we welcome Ed Rossi, Vice President of Product Management, Asset Inventory & Discovery at Qualys, to talk about Reinventing Asset Inventory for Security! Then, in the Enterprise News, SafeBreach adds support for new advanced attacks to the Microsoft Defender for Endpoint evaluation lab, Stellar Cyber XDR Kill Chain allows security analyst teams to disrupt cyberattacks, Bugcrowd Awarded U.S. Patents for Crowd-Enabled Vulnerability Detection, Microsoft puts PCs in the cloud with Windows 365, some funding and acquisition updates from Sysdig, AttackIQ, Stytch, SentinelOne, & more! Finally, we wrap up the show with two micro interviews from RSAC2021 featuring Mark Ralls from Acunetix by Invicti, and Wayne Haber from GitLab!   Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/esw235 Segment Resources: CSAM free trial: https://www.qualys.com/forms/cybersecurity-asset-management/ CSAM video overview: https://vimeo.com/551723071 Webpage: https://www.qualys.com/apps/cybersecurity-asset-management/ Visit https://securityweekly.com/qualys to learn more about them! Visit https://securityweekly.com/acunetix to learn more about them! Visit https://securityweekly.com/gitlab to learn more about them!   Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/esw for all the latest episodes! Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/securityweekly Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/secweekly

In the Enterprise News, SafeBreach adds support for new advanced attacks to the Microsoft Defender for Endpoint evaluation lab, Stellar Cyber XDR Kill Chain allows security analyst teams to disrupt cyberattacks, Bugcrowd Awarded U.S. Patents for Crowd-Enabled Vulnerability Detection, Microsoft puts PCs in the cloud with Windows 365, some funding and acquisition updates from Sysdig, AttackIQ, Stytch, SentinelOne, & more!   Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/esw for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/esw235

Invite-only social audio app, Clubhouse, has launched its direct messaging feature- Backchannel- for all users, which allows them to slide into a one-on-one chat mode or a group text format.Microsoft has unveiled Windows 365 that takes the OS to the cloud to offer a personalized PC experience for users and organizations, a new approach to cloud computing amid hybrid working.Simpplr has raised a $32M Series C from Tola Capital. Simpplr will use the new funds to develop its platform, expand its development team, and scale up to serve worldwide commercial clients.Crayhill Capital Management invests $300 million in Unybrands as growth capital. Unybrands is an eCommerce platform that helps Amazon fulfill and direct-to-consumer businesses scale.Deskimo, a Y Combinator's S21 batch startup providing on-demand access to work desks in professional workspaces, has launched in Singapore and Hong Kong after its inception in February this year, reports state.Cybereason, an end-point detection and response platform has raised $275 million in a crossover Series F funding round led by Liberty Strategic Capital, with participation from Irving Investors, certain funds advised by Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC and Softbank Vision Fund 2*, it said in a press release.Bevy, an enterprise-grade virtual conference and community events platform, has acquired Eventtus, an engagement platform managing events for an undisclosed amount to offer a comprehensive end-to-end management solution and a seamless experience for event attendees.Flymachine, an organizer of digital live events, has raised $21 million in a round co-led by  Greycroft Partners and SignalFire, with participation from Primary Venture Partners, Contour Venture Partners, Red Sea Ventures, and Silicon Valley Bank.Untitled Ventures has announced its second fund of USD 118.3 million. It will collaborate with InnMind to deliver high-quality deep tech startup deal-flow to the fund's pipeline.Railsbank, a provider of APIs for fintech services, has raised $70 million in equity funding led by Anthos Capital. Other participants include Central Capital, Cohen and Company, and Chris Adelsbach's new fund Outrun Ventures.Cardless, a platform developer for companies launching credit cards, has raised $40 million in a Series B funding round led by Activant Capital. Other participants include Accomplice, Pear VC, and the owners and management of NBA teams Phoenix Suns and Boston Celtics. The funding increases the company's total raised since its debut in 2019 to $50 million.The Moot Group (TMG), an eCommerce technology startup, has raised €5 million (approx. USD 6.9 million) in a seed funding round led by Fuel Ventures. The new funds will be used for the company's next growth stage. Great Question raises $2.5 million in a seed funding round. Great Question is an online platform that provides product managers, designers, researchers, and research operations with UX research services. Great Question was part of Y Combinator's winter program of 2021.  BHyve, a future of work platform, has raised $300,000 in a JITO Angel Network, LetsVenture, and other angel investors. BHyve is a platform for disseminating tacit employee knowledge and allowing peer learning networks in the future of work.Mobile.dev, a startup providing pre-production workflows to help mobile teams automatically detect problems, has raised $3 million in seed round funding from Cowboy Ventures.Acelerate, a software company helping restaurants operate efficiently, has announced the raise of $14.4 million in Series A funding led by Sequoia Capital. Taking the announcement to its LinkedIn handle, the company expressed delight at the investment after a year of bootstrapping.Stytch has raised $30 million in Series A funding led by Thrive Capital with participation from Coatue and existing investors, Benchmark and Index, the company wrote in an official blog. Multiplier, a Professional Employment Organization (PEO) platform, raises a $4 million investment round. It provides complete solutions that enable businesses to hire individuals globally. Proper, a property accounting services provider for the real estate industry, has announced the raise of $9M in Series A from QED Investors, with participation from our partners at MetaProp, Expa, and Bling Capital.