Listen "Building Companies to be Legendary | Aleksandr Yampolskiy, Co-Founder/CEO of SecurityScorecard"
Episode Synopsis
Dr. Aleksandr Yampolskiy, cofounder and CEO of SecurityScorecard, went from being a 14-year old immigrant to America to building SecurityScorecard — the security ratings platform now used by over 3,000 companies. In this conversation with SquareX founder Vivek Ramachandran, Aleksandr breaks down the real challenges of category creation, his playbooks on entrepreneurship and the importance of understanding the customer. 0:00 Introduction to Aleksandr1:22 Aleksandr’s origin story: from Prince of Persia to cybersecurity6:57 Transitioning from academia to being entrepreneurship9:30 The market gap discovery that led to SecurityScorecard16:56 The playbook for creating categories21:08 “Always think you’re building a legendary company”26:37 SecurityScorecard’s SCDR (Supply Chain Detection and Response)28:32 Leadership style: zoom in, zoom out, and transparency31:05 Browser security as the next big necessity35:54 Highlights from Aleksandr’s book “The Perfect Scorecard” and closing 🔔 Follow Aleksandr and Vivek on:https://www.linkedin.com/in/ayampolskiyhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/vivekramachandran/🔥 Powered by SquareXDeployed as a lightweight extension, SquareX turns any browser, on any device, into a secure enterprise browser. Find out more about SquareX at https://hubs.la/Q03rPcbf0
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