Founder & CEO

Mike Viscuso & Patrick Morley
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Founder & CEO

Former Founder, Mike Viscuso, and Former CEO, Patrick Morley, of cybersecurity firm Carbon Black, which sold to VMware in 2019 for $2.1B, help modern business leaders by discussing the most important entrepreneural topics today.

  1. SEP 27

    Flash Episode: "Founder Mode"

    In today's flash episode, Mike and Patrick discuss the dichotomy of founder mode vs. manager mode in the context of their Carbon Black experience. They explore how founders' visions drive companies forward, contrasting with managers' operational focus.

    45 min

  2. SEP 10

    Episode 24: The Financial Model

    In today’s episode, Mike and Patrick tackle the ever-important financial model and discuss how executive alignment, hiring decisions, planning, and forecasting all play into a company’s growth strategy. During their chat, the duo also talks about setting realistic expectations across the business and the importance of having flexibility within the operating plan.

    45 min

  3. SEP 3

    Episode 23: Turning Growth Strategies into Operational Plans

    In today's episode, Mike and Patrick explore the relationship between growth strategies and operational planning and stress the importance of alignment - particularly when it comes to navigating financial constraints and making tradeoffs.

    44 min

  4. JUN 6

    Episode 22: Building An Operating Plan

    On the heels of Episode 21, "What Is Good Growth?" Patrick and Mike discuss how to build an operating plan to support growth goals. The duo reflects on their time at Carbon Black, where they spent two (or was it four?) annual offsites working with the executive team on agreeing to the operating plan.

    44 min

  5. MAY 7

    Episode 21: What is Good Growth?

    In today's episode, Mike and Patrick kick off the podcast's growth block by answering a critical question: "What is good growth?" In doing so, the guys discuss T2D3, having ugly babies, and how context is absolutely critical in measuring and communicating growth - especially to investors.

    44 min

  6. APR 19

    Episode 20: Product Market Fit

    In today's "Founder & CEO" episode, Mike and Patrick discuss one of the most nebulous topics early-stage companies often encounter: Product Market Fit (PMF.) The guys discuss what PMF is, what it might look like, and what to do once a company has it.

    59 min

  7. MAR 13

    Episode 19: Hiring the Founding Team

    In the latest episode of the Founder and CEO podcast, Mike and Patrick discuss the importance of a founding team, including: how many founders are ideal, what type of person you should look for in a founding team member, and the key difference between the founders and the rest of the team in those critical, early stages.

    51 min

  8. FEB 23

    Episode 18: Building Out Early Go-To-Market

    In today's episode, Mike and Patrick discuss what it's like to build out the early go-to-market team and answer some key questions for listeners, including: "How involved will I still be in sales as a founder?" "Should I work with an advisor or hire someone full-time to help?" and "When soliciting help, should I augment my skillsets or hire what I know best?" This is a great episode for any founder who wants to better understand the early days of building sales and marketing.

    49 min
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4.8
out of 5
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Former Founder, Mike Viscuso, and Former CEO, Patrick Morley, of cybersecurity firm Carbon Black, which sold to VMware in 2019 for $2.1B, help modern business leaders by discussing the most important entrepreneural topics today.

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  • Creator
    Mike Viscuso & Patrick Morley
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2024
  • Episodes
    26
  • Copyright
    © Founder & CEO
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