Partha Panda had a long career in business before he co-founded Cysiv, a cloud-based cybersecurity service to help companies manage threat direction and response. He founded and sold a tech company in the 90s, joined another startup, earned his MBA, and launched a venture capital fund.  

And he believes he knows the key to a successful business. A hint: it has to do with the customers. On this edition of UpTech Report, Partha walks us through the long journey he took to co-founding Cysiv, and the important lessons he learned along the way.