Founder
For some founders, selling their company to an internationally recognized corporation like SC Johnson is a cause for unbridled celebration. For Monica Nassif, it was more complicated. Loading audio narration… “It’s really bittersweet,” Nassif, founder of Mrs. Meyer’s Clean Day, told Business Insider. “I had to sell my mother.”Nassif’s 93-year-old…
After more than 25 years building Palo Alto Networks into a $125 billion security giant, billionaire Nir Zuk is making a contrarian bet again.His new startup, Cylake, is rejecting the cloud-based model he once championed, instead building an AI-powered, hardware-based security system for governments, defense contractors, and other highly regulated…
Artificial intelligence has supercharged the cybersecurity arms race. Attackers are rushing to harness the tech to break into systems, leaving defenders no choice but to adopt it as well to fend them off.Alon Noy, who previously led an Israeli intelligence unit that tested the nation’s cyber defenses, saw that paradigm…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Sophia Kianni, a 24-year-old startup founder based in New York City. It’s been edited for length and clarity.When my startup was raising $35 million in Series A funding, it was naturally a very intense period for our company. We were heads…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Aaron Sneed, a 40-year-old defense-tech solo founder based in Florida. The following has been edited for length and clarity.When I started my business, as a solopreneur, I realized I didn’t have the money to pay lawyers, HR reps, and a bunch…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Hassan Ismail, the 24-year-old cofounder of Yellowcake, who lives in Toronto. It’s been edited for length and clarity.In 2021, there was a government bid in Canada for some military hardware. My cofounder and I officially founded West Tek Defense Corporation in…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with William Tunstall-Pedoe, 56, an angel investor and founder based in the UK. This piece has been edited for length and clarity.In 2012, I sold my first startup, Evi, to Amazon. It later became Alexa.That gave me the capital to invest in…
Elon Musk is going scorched-earth with Vinod Khosla after the billionaire VC founder accused the Tesla CEO of promoting racism and made an open call to Musk’s employees to quit.On Monday evening, Khosla said on X that Musk frames racism as a “great and desirable paradigm,” responding to a September…
