Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 5, 2022

There are enough stories of data breaches and cyber attacks to chill even the savviest security engineer to the core. Cyber security and compliance, it turns out, is in demand. You can’t grow your business if your customers don’t trust you with their sensitive data. And that’s where people like Adam Markowitz come in.

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Valerian Tech

JUNE 13, 2023

Introduction Regulatory compliance is a critical aspect of the healthcare industry; however, navigating the intricate landscape of regulatory requirements can be extremely challenging. This blog will explore the challenges faced by healthcare companies in achieving regulatory compliance.

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Valerian Tech

JUNE 5, 2023

With the rising frequency and sophistication of cyber threats, safeguarding sensitive customer data and protecting against potential breaches is of paramount importance. Protecting this data from cyber threats is crucial for maintaining customer trust and complying with stringent data protection regulations.

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SaaStr

APRIL 4, 2019

Because the business world is changing and your customers may demand that you run on certain locations and there are more and more regulations, compliance, GDPR, data residency that everyone in at a certain scale has to be compliant with. How is data being managed? What about compliance? Where is your storage?

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Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 22, 2021

That question has been on Will Larson ‘s mind for a long time. For those who don’t know him, Will has over 10 years of experience in the likes of Yahoo, Digg, Uber, and Stripe, and he’s currently the CTO of Calm , the mindfulness app that helps millions of people to lower their stress levels and sleep better.

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User Pilot

MARCH 7, 2024

After regenerating the image 18 times -and getting pretty much the same result every time – I gave up… According to AI, the ‘tech CEO’ is young, white, and male. Check out this viral post by Andrew Gazdecki to learn more about what a ‘tech CEO’ is like US Census data from 2022 revealed that only 17% of tech CEOs are female.

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Valerian Tech

JULY 18, 2023

Edge Computing: Edge computing brings data processing and storage closer to the edge of the network, reducing latency and enabling real-time processing. Cloud-native development enables rapid iteration, automatic scaling, and faster time-to-market.

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Upscope

JANUARY 5, 2020

Talking to customers and analysing data to understand what's really working for them. At the time of writing, our home page is still trying to explain co-browsing as a concept but increasingly the customers are more sophisticated and understand the options out there. Security information, HIPAA and GDPR compliance.

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Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Will Larson , CTO of Calm. Des Traynor , Co-founder and CTO of Intercom. We chat with Maggie about all things sales – from laying down a solid foundation to hiring the right people and, finally, scaling the team into hyper-growth. Liam Geraghty: Will Larson is the CTO of Calm , the mindfulness app.

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Mucker Capital

APRIL 6, 2023

Obviously if you target enterprise customers, you usually have a very large ACV (Annual Contract Value) and the product usually is complex. We talk about using the product complexity, your target customer size, your contract value, and whether there's individual use case–those four things--to help you decide if PLG is a fit.

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SaaStr

JULY 23, 2021

Brian Peterson, CTO @ Dialpad. Kazuki Ota, CEO @Treasure Data. Billi Jo Wright, Chief Risk & Compliance Officer, Payrix. Dave Walters, CTO, Hired. Christa Diaz, Senior Director, Customer Success, Hired. Amy Pisano, CRO, Hired. Jenn Knight, Co-Founder, CTO, AgentSync. Aaron Levie, CEO @Box.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 15, 2020

I mean, wouldn’t it be something, if you could show up with a script of exactly what the customer needed and wanted based on the data in the technology to help them do better, go farther, move faster, right? And you see it on those data and eCommerce, our jaws dropped, right? From contract signature to launch.

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SaaStr

JANUARY 17, 2020

What other elements of the contract should startups really spend a lot of time focusing on? What do CIOs really want to see in the form of security and compliance? How can startups clearly and articulately present their plans for security, compliance and change management? Where do founders make mistakes in negotiation?

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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Christine Spang, Co-Founder and CTO @ Nylas. Billi Jo Wright, Chief Risk & Compliance Officer @ Payrix. Dave Walters, CTO @ Hired. Christa Diaz, Senior Director, Customer Success @ Hired. Jenn Knight, Co-Founder, CTO @ AgentSync. Brian Peterson, CTO @ Dialpad. Kazuki Ota, CEO @ Treasure Data.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 22, 2020

Justin Bedecarre: And another really important point that we really believe in is that you have to use data to drive decisions, right? You have to use data on how people are using the space. Justin, you actually made a really good point on data. How do I store data? Jen Nguyen: Yeah. How do I communicate?

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SaaStr

JANUARY 10, 2020

297: Bob Moore is the Founder & CEO @ Crossbeam, the startup that helps companies find overlapping prospects and customers while keeping the rest of their data private and secure. How does Bob think about when is the right time to hire a Head of Partnerships? 298: Startup success is not exclusive to Silicon Valley.

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Stax

APRIL 16, 2025

Stax CTO, Mark Sundt , recently sat down with John Gaffney from PYMNTS for an eye-opening conversation about the exciting future of AI and how it’s poised to revolutionize the business world. During the interview, Mark talks about real-world examples of how AI has been successfully applied at Stax.

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Scytale

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Between building a product, attracting customers, and hiring the right team, it’s a lot. But one thing you definitely don’t want to overlook is compliance. Here’s why nailing compliance early on can be a game-changer when it comes to securing those crucial investor dollars. Financials? Operational efficiency?

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Scytale

OCTOBER 21, 2024

As data-driven initiatives become the center of our world, security remains a top concern. Being SOC 2 certified shows potential clients that you are C for Serious when it comes to data security. SOC 2 stands for “Service Organization Control 2,” and it’s a standard that evaluates how well a company manages customer data.

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Scytale

APRIL 14, 2025

Regarding effective risk management , pretty much all compliance frameworks include regular security awareness training (SAT) programs as a basic requirement. Although this may suffice from a compliance checklist perspective, it’s the bare minimum in terms of efficacy and due diligence.

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SaaStr

MARCH 31, 2024

At SaaStr Annual we had a great session with HubSpot Founder & CTO, Dharmesh Shah, and their Chief People Officer, Katie Burke, on building happier employees. Dharmesh Shah : As part of that exercise, I did some data collection, and we created this deck called the HubSpot Culture Code, which has exactly 128 slides.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 7, 2021

Christine Spang, Co-Founder and CTO @ Nylas. Billi Jo Wright, Chief Risk & Compliance Officer @ Payrix. Dave Walters, CTO @ Hired. Christa Diaz, Senior Director, Customer Success @ Hired. Amy Pisano, CRO @ Hired. Jenn Knight, Co-Founder, CTO @ AgentSync. Brian Peterson, CTO @ Dialpad.

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SaaStr

JULY 19, 2019

250: Peter Yared is the Founder & CEO @ InCountry, the startup that allows you to operate globally with data residency as a service meaning they store your mission-critical data in it’s country of origin, without compliance. Previously, Peter was also the CTO/CIO of CBS Interactive where he brought CBS into the cloud.

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