During this episode, Ted and Will talked about a gazillion things related to startups, investments, leadership, the cybersecurity market, and so much more. Here are some of the highlights:

• why venture capital is not about money; it's about helping founders succeed
• why to succeed you don't need to have a solution that 100% of CISOs need, you just need 30-60%
• why it's far more important to focus, because depth is better than breadth
• the power of unspoken assumptions, and how to free yourself from their grasp
• why you need to find people who like you for you, and the value of authenticity
• why the questions "why" and "how" are the most powerful tools in your arsenal
• why curiosity is the common trait to most people who succeed
• why to do these three things: (a) be comfortable with who you are (b) don't feel the need to pretend to know everything and (c) be authentic
• why "value add" is just jargon, when what it should answer is this question "what change are you creating? what problems are you solving? how many people are you helping?"
• the power of the mindset that you are compensated by how much you help others
• the 10 security projects companies will invest in this year

Guest
Will Lin, Partner & Co-Founder at ForgePoint Capital (@williamlin on Twitter)

Host
Ted Harrington

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