As a part of my job, I look at many (
most?) emerging security companies in various sub-spaces of a broad security market. Recently, I was talking to my friend about some of the newly-hot intellectual property (IP) theft protection vendors (heh, you know who you are). And he mentioned something interesting: "Yes, some might be 'hot', but most operate without 'adult
supervision'?" That's a neat metaphor, right here!
What he likely meant is that they are not connected to the real problems people ... :
- ... suffer from right now
- ... are willing to pay for solving
- ... will trust those vendors to solve
So, check your latest security startup for matching the above criteria. If you miss one, congrats - you operate without adult supervision! :-)
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