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Todays show:
We are kicking off our coverage of the TWiST500 with three fantastic founders: Kyle Hanslovan of Huntress (11:44), Olivia Joslin and Toshit Panigrahi of TollBit (36:40), and Tamar Bar-Ilan of Cyera (56:44).
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Timestamps:
(0:00) Introducing three founder interviews from our TWiST500!
(1:23) Huntress CEO, Kyle Hanslovan joins Alex.
(2:04) Celebrating a milestone in ARR and discussing growth strategies
(4:19) Impact of cybersecurity incidents on Huntress
(10:30) Oracle - Try OCI and save up to 50% on your cloud bill at
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(11:44) Huntress's services for SMBs and endpoint detection and response
(20:09) Intercom - TWIST listeners can get 90% off Intercom’s platform at https://www.intercom.com/twist
(21:46) Selling to SMBs: Challenges, strategies, and early lessons
(29:05) Addressing internal IT departments and IPO considerations
(35:12) Lemon.io - Get 15% off your first 4 weeks of developer time at https://www.Lemon.io/twist
(36:40) TollBit’s Olivia Joslin and Toshit Panigrahi join Alex.
(37:38) Tollbit's early development and fundraising journey
(41:03) Media readiness and increasing publisher onboarding
(50:31) Flexible pricing models and expanding data types for AI partners
(56:44) Tamar Bar-Ilan of Cyera joins Alex.
(57:23) Cyera and its data security mission
(1:04:07) Overview of Cyera’s data platform and recent funding
(1:08:53) Company growth, AI adoption, and demand drivers
(1:17:52) Encryption's role in data security and future IPO plans
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Check out Huntress: https://www.huntress.com/
Check out TollBit: https://tollbit.com/
Check out Cyera: https://www.cyera.io/
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Follow Olivia from TollBit:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/olivia-joslin-13a9a4a2/
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Follow Toshit from TollBit:
X: https://x.com/tollbitofficial
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/toshit-panigrahi-a6496076/
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Follow Kyle from Huntress:
X: https://x.com/KyleHanslovan
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kylehanslovan/
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Follow Tamar from Cyera:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tamar-bar-ilan-67bb481a7
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Follow Alex:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexwilhelm
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(35:12) Lemon.io - Get 15% off your first 4 weeks of developer time at https://www.Lemon.io/twist
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