Paul and Michael talk about being a leader in the startup world. How to fund your business? They also enforce how important it is to take a sabbatical.

Article Discussion on Leadership, Innovation, and Startup Success

• How to Fund Your Business – Even If You’re Broke and Have Zero Experience ==>
• Why Startup Founders Need to Take a Sabbatical ==>
• B2B buying is strategic. Selling is tactical. ==>
• Small Biz Owners Almost Always Fail With Their Marketing Because of These 3 Things ==>
• VCs ready to help play job market matchmaker ==> What would this look like in security?

Startup & Security News You Need to Know

Global IPO market on pace for best year since 2007

• https://www.geekwire.com/2017/global-ipo-market-pace-best-year-since-2007-washington-companies-expected-go-public/
• Sharing this because everyone has an opinion; go build something awesome and make a difference

SAP acquired Gigya for $350M (reported)

• https://techcrunch.com/2017/09/24/sap-is-buying-identity-management-firm-gigya-for-350m/
• https://www.owler.com/iaApp/100017/gigya-company-profile
• “Gigya is a customer identity management platform that offers businesses with registration, social login, identity and access management solutions.”
• Over $100M in funding since 2006, last big round was 2014

Google acquired Bitium for UNDISCLOSED

• https://venturebeat.com/2017/09/26/google-acquires-bitium-to-boost-its-cloud-identity-management-capabilities/
• https://www.owler.com/iaApp/490660/bitium-company-profile
• “Bitium is a provider of cloud-based identity and access management solutions including single sign-on, password management and analytics for businesses.”
• Raised about $15M over 4 rounds in the last 4-5 years
• https://www.bitium.com

OnFido raised $30M Series C

• https://venturebeat.com/2017/09/27/microsoft-joins-30-million-investment-in-london-based-identity-verification-startup-onfido/
• https://www.owler.com/iaApp/202039/onfido-company-profile
• Onfido is a provider of background checking and identity verification solutions for businesses.
• over $60M in funding since 2013 – including an equity and unattributed round
• https://onfido.com

Vimeo acquired Livestream – UNDISCLOSED

• https://techcrunch.com/2017/09/26/vimeo-acquires-livestream-launches-its-own-live-video-product/
• https://www.owler.com/iaApp/103436/vimeo-company-profile
• https://www.owler.com/iaApp/100083/livestream-company-profile

CA Technologies acquired Runscope – Undisclosed

• https://www.owler.com/iaApp/156313/runscope-company-profile
• Runscope provides API testing, real-time traffic monitoring, logging and debugging solutions for application developers.
• Consider how this fits with the Veracode acquisition

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