44 min
Haydn Brooks - Cybersecurity Start-up, accelerators & raising venture capital Zero Hour Podcast
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- Technology
Welcome to the latest episode of the ZeroHour Podcast and as I am starting a new podcast, your host today is one of the SC Magazines top 50 women in cybersecurity, its Karla Reffold. In today’s epsiode we are joined by Haydn Brooks. Haydn started in a big4 environment working in cyber risk mainly focusing on supply chain and third party security. The pain he saw and the difficulty clients were having drove him to co-found Risk Ledger. Now as CEO he developed the product through Cylon, the cybersecurity London accelerator and has now raised their initial venture capital investment to expand the product globally into the market. This exciting platform enables its customers to check security over their entire supply chains with minimal staff. In 2019, he was recognised as a Forbes 30 under 30 member.
Key Minutes:
02:00 - Growing up in West London
02:40 - Education in biomedical science
03:55 - Risk Ledger
04:35 - Learning from KPMG and Deloitte
06:45 - The start-up and Venture Capital scene
07:55 - Using accelerators to progress
12:45 - Speak to your future customers
14:45 - Finding your co-founder
15:55 - Building trust with people
17:15 - Finding your hacking, hustler and hipster trio
20:15 - Raising your first round of investment
24:45 - What does the product solve?
29:15 - Future of supply chain security
34:05 - How do you reach c-suite level executives?
36:10 - Learning how to build a company
43:05 - Ten quick fire questions
Key Takeaways:
- 2/3 of data breaches happen through supply chains or third parties
- Look for the right people with the right values
- Practice your pitch more than you actually do your pitch
- Learn as much as you can about running a business to provide confidence to investors
- Don’t get a Titanic ringtone for a doorbell
You can find Haydn at:
LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/haydn-brooks
Company Website: https://riskledger.com/company/about/
Follow us:
Twitter: @zero_hourpod
Instagram: @zerohourexperience
Website: www.beechermadden.com
This podcast is sponsored by:
BeecherMadden - www.beechermadden.com
Cyber Security Professionals - www.cybersecurity-professionals.com
Welcome to the latest episode of the ZeroHour Podcast and as I am starting a new podcast, your host today is one of the SC Magazines top 50 women in cybersecurity, its Karla Reffold. In today’s epsiode we are joined by Haydn Brooks. Haydn started in a big4 environment working in cyber risk mainly focusing on supply chain and third party security. The pain he saw and the difficulty clients were having drove him to co-found Risk Ledger. Now as CEO he developed the product through Cylon, the cybersecurity London accelerator and has now raised their initial venture capital investment to expand the product globally into the market. This exciting platform enables its customers to check security over their entire supply chains with minimal staff. In 2019, he was recognised as a Forbes 30 under 30 member.
Key Minutes:
02:00 - Growing up in West London
02:40 - Education in biomedical science
03:55 - Risk Ledger
04:35 - Learning from KPMG and Deloitte
06:45 - The start-up and Venture Capital scene
07:55 - Using accelerators to progress
12:45 - Speak to your future customers
14:45 - Finding your co-founder
15:55 - Building trust with people
17:15 - Finding your hacking, hustler and hipster trio
20:15 - Raising your first round of investment
24:45 - What does the product solve?
29:15 - Future of supply chain security
34:05 - How do you reach c-suite level executives?
36:10 - Learning how to build a company
43:05 - Ten quick fire questions
Key Takeaways:
- 2/3 of data breaches happen through supply chains or third parties
- Look for the right people with the right values
- Practice your pitch more than you actually do your pitch
- Learn as much as you can about running a business to provide confidence to investors
- Don’t get a Titanic ringtone for a doorbell
You can find Haydn at:
LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/haydn-brooks
Company Website: https://riskledger.com/company/about/
Follow us:
Twitter: @zero_hourpod
Instagram: @zerohourexperience
Website: www.beechermadden.com
This podcast is sponsored by:
BeecherMadden - www.beechermadden.com
Cyber Security Professionals - www.cybersecurity-professionals.com
44 min