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My First Million‘Think and Grow Rich’ Is a Lie. (But The Advice Still Works)Get Sam's top 7 books for entrepreneurs (+ his reading strategy): https://clickhubspot.com/wkf
Episode 800: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about the backstory of Think and Grow Rich, lessons from prolific indie hackers, plus Sam’s new career to becoming a dating expert.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Think and Grow Rich
(12:57) The fraud of Jay Shetty
(15:29) What makes a guru legit?
(22:38) Peter Steinberger
(25:24) Pieter Levels
(34:34) Christina Cacioppo
(40:21) Sam, a dating expert
2026-02-2650 min
The Social RadarsChristina Cacioppo, Founder & CEO, VantaIn this episode of The Social Radars we talk to Christina Cacioppo of Vanta. Christina is a case study in agency. She actually did all the things founders know they ought to do but don't have the discipline to. She taught herself to code. She solved an unsexy but real problem. She focused on talking to customers instead of investors. She even put put off raising a Series A (despite inbound interest) till Vanta had $10M in ARR.
2026-01-201h 07
BillionsInside the playbook behind the podcast turned into a $400,000,000 venture fund - Harry StebbingsToday on BILLIONS, I’m sitting down with Harry Stebbings — the guy who turned a microphone in his bedroom into a $400 million venture fund.He started The Twenty Minute VC as a teenager, and it became the place where the smartest founders of unicorns, and the world’s best investors all lined up to talk.In this episode, Harry opens up about the deals he missed, the unicorns he caught early like Linktree and Tripledot, and how he turned content into capital.If you’ve ever won...
2026-01-051h 04
BillionsInside the playbook behind the podcast turned into a $400,000,000 venture fund - Harry StebbingsToday on BILLIONS, I’m sitting down with Harry Stebbings — the guy who turned a microphone in his bedroom into a $400 million venture fund.He started The Twenty Minute VC as a teenager, and it became the place where the smartest founders of unicorns, and the world’s best investors all lined up to talk.In this episode, Harry opens up about the deals he missed, the unicorns he caught early like Linktree and Tripledot, and how he turned content into capital.If you’ve ever won...
2026-01-041h 04
東哥說故事《人才》只要搜集使用者週末期間的行為數據，不僅同樣能夠有效推斷使用者的人格類型，而且短短幾天就能完成數據搜集與分析工作【東哥說故事】｜廣東話說書Send a textAI躍進撼動世界 白領工作者陷入焦慮 人才更該展現出真實的面貌 企業更該發掘「非典型」的人才 誰是不被 AI 淘汰的人才？ OpenAI執行長山姆‧奧特曼如何精準判斷創業者能否成功？ PayPal創辦人彼得‧提爾如何慧眼發掘馬斯克和祖克柏？ 本書暢談最新選才趨勢，運用有效的方式，發掘被低估的人才！ 人才招募是執行長和高階主管最頭痛的問題，尤其在全球化與科技發展下，世界變化快速、企業競爭更加激烈，當ChatGPT顛覆我們對未來工作的想像，「人才」的定義已經被徹底改寫！ 然而，傳統面試流程往往只是找到組織成員能接受、看起來夠體面，但是能力「還可以」的人；而真正有能力的人才卻被拒於門外。 當代經濟學大師科文和矽谷創投天使投資人葛羅斯，在學術圈和科技新創業擁有豐富的獵才經驗，他們認為現今社會一直在浪費人才。賞識人才、發掘人才、培育人才、讓人才適得其所，不只影響企業競爭力，更是促進社會正義的解方。 兩位作者以犀利又風趣的文筆，分享獨門的選才智慧，分別探討： ●「未來人才」的定義是什麼？面試官又該注意哪些事？ ●傳統面試及線上面試的比較與運用方法。 ●如何善用智力及人格理論，有效判斷應徵者關鍵資訊？ ●如何避免因性別、種族、身心障礙等選才偏見，因而錯失被低估的人才？ ●如何借助外部資源找到對的人，創造企業高峰？ 了解最新選才趨勢，企業才能找到對的人，求職者也才能盡情發揮長才各界佳評 程世嘉 iKala共同創辦人暨執行長──專文推薦 林之晨 台灣大哥大總經理 & AppWorks之初加速器董事長暨合夥人 洪士灝 國立臺灣大學資訊工程學系教授兼系主任 童至祥 宏泰企業機構總經理 劉安婷 TFT為台灣而教創辦人 山姆‧奧特曼Sam Altman，OpenAI執行長 馬克‧安德森Marc Andreessen，Netscape創辦人 麥爾坎‧葛拉威爾Malcolm Gladwell，暢銷書《異數》作者 艾瑞克‧施密特Eric Schmidt，前Google執行長 處在AI時代，不用一直擔心自己一夕之間被取代，本書提供一張可按圖索驥的地圖，按照這張未來的人才地圖前進，我們就不至於在快速的AI時代迷失方向。──程世嘉，iKala共同創辦人暨執行長 我認為最值得培養的能力，就是發掘璞玉、找出卓越人才的能力。我花了好多年鑽研此道，但這本書還是讓我大開眼界，獲益良多。──山姆‧奧特曼（Sam Altman），OpenAI執行長 領導者最重要的工作，就是找到有「創造力火花」以及能夠開拓、投資、打造未來的潛力人才。想要了解識才與用才的技巧與理論，本書提供新穎的見解與實用的建議。──艾瑞克‧史密特（Eric Schmidt），史密特未來公司（Schmidt Futures）共同創辦人、前Google執行長 兩位傑出且打破傳統框架的大師，將其豐沛的創造力應用到「選才」這個最讓人苦惱的商務問題，彼此相互激盪出火花，終於促成這部作品的誕生。我喜歡這本書！──麥爾坎‧葛拉威爾（Malcolm Gladwell），暢銷書《失控的轟炸》與《引爆趨勢》作者 不管是投資、創立公司，或是從事其他與創意相關的工作，「人才是最重要的資產」這點是不變的道理！在「產品」、「市場」和「人才」三項因素當中，我敢肯定最能預測成功的絕對是「人才」。然而人才或許比比皆是，卻並非平均分布，甚至還相當難找到。我們究竟該如何發掘、過濾、媒合前景看好的最佳人才？本書根據科學研究和作者自身經驗，與你分享箇中方法。要掌握未來，就要先掌握選才的竅門。──馬克‧安德森（Marc Andreessen），網景（Netscape）與安霍創投（Andreessen Horowitz）共同創辦人 科文和葛羅斯都是現役的發掘人才先驅，聯手寫下這本最完備的求才覓才指南。對於創新、創業精神或美國新創經濟根源有興趣者，絕不能錯過！ ──克莉絲汀娜‧卡喬柏（Christina Cacioppo），Vanta執行長兼共同創辦人 一本細心縝密的指南……想要重整面試過程的經理人千萬不容錯過。──《出版者週刊》（Publishers Weekly） 本書實用又有趣，想開拓有創造力未來的創業者必讀！──《科克斯書評》（Kirkus） 作者介紹作者簡介泰勒．科文Tyler Cowen 喬治梅森大學經濟學教授，全球百大思想家，《經濟學人》讚譽他為近十年來最具影響力的經濟學者。著有《發現你的經濟天才》（Discover Your Inner Economist，2007）、《達蜜經濟學》（Create Your Own Economy，2009）、《大停滯》（The Great Stagnation，2011）、《中午吃什麼？》（An Economist Gets Lunch，2012）、《再見，平庸世代》（Average Is Over，2013）以及多本學術書籍。他也是《彭博》（Bloomberg）和《紐約時報》（The New York Times）專欄作家，作品散見各大報紙和期刊。他經營的經濟學部落格《邊際革命》（marginalrevolution.com），平均每日瀏覽人次超過5萬人；TED演說有超過50萬觀看次數。他的Podcast節目《與泰勒對話》（Conversations with Tyler）經常邀請重要的思想家或企業家對談，廣受無數聽眾好評。丹尼爾‧葛羅斯Daniel Gross 矽谷創業者暨創投天使投資人。曾被《富比士》（Forbes）列為科技類傑出青年榜「30 Under 30」。18歲時，他以創業者身分加入被譽為「矽谷新創事業孵化器」Y Combinator計畫，是當時最年輕的創業者。23歲時創立新創科技公司Cue，開發團隊後來被Apple收購。2018年，創辦Pioneer獵才公司並擔任CEO至今，致力於在全球尋找有才華但欠缺機會的傑出人才。譯者簡介謝儀霏 師大翻譯所畢，譯有《統合心智》等書。 目錄各界佳評專文推薦 先找對人上車，再決定車子開去哪 程世嘉1 為什麼人才很重要2 如何面試與提問3 如何進行線上面試4 智力與人才5 人格特質與人才6 人格特質與面試7 被低估的身心障礙人才8 被低估的女性與少數族群人才9 星探模式帶來的選才啟示10 打造讓人才發光發熱的舞台Support the show
2025-12-2809 min
TBPNAlphabet Breaks $100B Barrier, OpenAI's Rumored $1T IPO | Grant LaFontaine, Chris McGuire, Max Junestrand, Christina Cacioppo, Lin Qiao, Ilan Twig, Taranjeet Singh(00:12) - Meta Misses Earnings
(06:13) - Alphabet Posts First $100B Quarter
(23:58) - OpenAI's Rumored $1T IPO
(26:42) - 𝕏 Timeline Reactions
(01:17:47) - Grant LaFontaine, co-founder and CEO of Whatnot, a live-stream shopping platform, discusses the company's evolution from a niche marketplace for collectibles like Funko Pops to a diverse platform encompassing categories such as fashion and electronics. He emphasizes the importance of starting with a focused niche to build community and liquidity, highlighting that their initial concentration on collectibles allowed them to provide exceptional value to a specific group before expanding. LaFontaine also underscores the significance of listening to users, moving qui...
2025-10-303h 16
AcquiredAcquired Live at Radio City Music Hall (Presented by J.P. Morgan)It’s finally here! Today we are releasing Acquired’s first “concert film” — the full video recording of our Radio City live show from this summer with Jamie Dimon, Andrew Ross Sorkin, New York Times CEO Meredith Kopit Levien, Barry Diller, and cameos from around the Acquired Cinematic Universe including Christina Cacioppo, Ben Clymer, and Howard Schultz.To watch the full production on any device, please head over to Spotify where you’ll find it available for free in the Acquired feed right alongside all our other episodes: https://open.spotify.com/episode/77Kl3BsiEQLpli2Q2ozZuf?si=4f4609e34...
2025-10-0101 minThe Social RadarsFounder Mode: Christina Cacioppo, Founder & CEO, VantaIn today’s episode, Christina Cacioppo gives us her take on founder mode, which is becoming more important now that Vanta has 1000 employees around the world. She told us about a new variant of the idea: founder mode in fundraising. Christina delayed fundraising till after Vanta hit $100m ARR, which caused some investors to dismiss her, but she ended up net ahead.
2025-09-1613 min
The Information's TITVTech Giants, AI, and Big Money: Earnings, Funding, and Policy Shifts | July 24, 2025Host Akash Pasricha discusses Vanta’s new funding round and growth in security and compliance software with CEO, Christina Cacioppo. We also talk with Amber Venz Box, co-founder of LTK, who explains their creator commerce marketplace, revenue streams, and perspective on AI's impact, emphasizing human-generated content. The Information reporter Sri Muppidi breaks down OpenAI's record-breaking $40 billion funding round and its complex governance. And lastly, insights into the Trump administration's new AI action plan, focusing on deregulation and ideological bias in AI development from our reporter Sylvia Varnham O'Regan. Articles discussed on thi...
2025-07-2641 minTBPNApple Goes Full Throttle on F1, Meme Stocks Make a Comeback, Amazon's New Wearable AI Device | Christina Cacioppo, Deena Shakir, Davide Asnaghi, Ylan Richard(01:34) - Apple Goes Full Throttle on F1
(18:43) - Meme Stocks Are Back
(37:27) - Amazon's New Wearable AI Device
(56:53) - Timeline
(01:19:54) - Christina Cacioppo is the founder and CEO of Vanta, a trust management platform that automates security and compliance processes for businesses. She discusses Vanta's recent $150 million Series D funding round, which increased the company's valuation to $4.15 billion, and highlights the platform's expansion into AI-driven features like questionnaire automation and trust centers. Cacioppo also reflects on Vanta's growth from focusing on SOC 2 compliance for startups to becoming a comprehensive security and compliance solution for over 12,000 clients across 58 countries.
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2025-07-232h 42
Uncapped with Jack AltmanUncapped #17 | Christina Cacioppo from VantaChristina Cacioppo is cofounder and CEO of Vanta, which is on a mission to secure the internet and protect consumer data. The trust management platform was valued at $2.5 billion in 2024 after a Series C investment led by Sequoia. Vanta went from $10M in annual recurring revenue in 2021 to $100M in 2024, while also giving us one of the best tech billboards of all time, “Compliance that doesn’t SOC 2 much.” Before founding Vanta in 2018, Christina was an investor at Union Square Ventures and helped bring Dropbox Paper to market as a product manager.
We covered:
Operating in a comp...
2025-07-1642 min
Artisanal PodcastChristina Cacioppo | Vanta, No-Drama Leadership, & The Future of Compliance AutomationWhat happens when a founder quietly builds one of the most trusted companies in enterprise software?In this episode of The Artisanal Podcast, Andy Price (Founder, Artisanal Ventures & Artisanal Talent) sits down with Christina Cacioppo — the dynamic CEO & co-founder of Vanta — to talk about building with calm intensity, scaling with discipline, & creating a category before it had a name.Christina shares her unique path from venture capital to product management to company-building, and explains how focus, trust, and a no-drama culture helped turn Vanta into the leader in security & compliance automation.A mu...
2025-06-2449 min
This Week in Fintech's Podcast🎧Vanta CEO Christina Cacioppo Live at Newcomer's Breaking The Bank Summit: Turning Compliance Into a Competitive Advantage and Learnings From $0 to $100M ARRIn today's episode, Ryan Zauk is joined by Christina Cacioppo, Co-Founder & CEO of Vanta.Ryan and Christina recorded this episode live at Newcomer's Breaking the Bank Summit in San Francisco. The Summit was an invite-only, one-day summit for fintech founders, builders, and investors to explore the future of finance and technology. Breaking the Bank was a phenomenal event, with speakers including Jackie Reses, Zach Perret, Eric Glyman, Matt Harris, Josh Reeves, William Hockey, Annie Lamont, and many more.And if you're looking for more fintech events, check out Stablecon in NYC coming May 29th...
2025-05-2238 min
Secret LeadersLessons From A Female Billionaire Business Founder ｜Christina Cacioppo, VantaWhat does it take to go from thinking "I’m not the type to start a company" to building a $2.5B startup that serves over 10,000 businesses? Christina Cacioppo, founder & CEO of Vanta, shares her raw and remarkable journey in this episode of Secret LeadersIn this candid interview, we dive into Christina’s path from Stanford to Silicon Valley royalty—funding startups like Twitter and Etsy, then jumping into the deep end to teach herself to code. Learn how she went from solo builder to unicorn founder, the scrappy early days of Vanta, why she wa...
2025-04-161h 03
BarrchivesHow Vanta Helps Build Secure and Compliant AI Products, with Christina Cacioppo and Iccha SethiVanta helped create the automated security and compliance category—and now, they’re redefining it with AI.In this episode, Christina Cacioppo (CEO & Co-Founder) and Iccha Sethi (VP of Engineering) join Barr Yaron to go deep on how AI is transforming the way Vanta builds products, evaluates models, and helps companies earn and demonstrate trust.They cover:- Why compliance is the perfect playground for AI- How Vanta balances reliability, explainability, and scale- Wh...
2025-04-0842 min
Masters of ScaleSolving start-up puzzles, with Vanta CEO Christina CacioppoCompliance and security might not be the flashiest parts of running a business, but that’s exactly where the CEO and founder of Vanta saw a $2.5 billion opportunity. Christina Cacioppo joins host Jeff Berman to share lessons from hyperscaling her trust management platform.Read a transcript of this episode: https://mastersofscale.comSubscribe to the Masters of Scale weekly newsletter: https://mastersofscale.com/subscribeSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
2025-03-1332 minMy First MillionI failed 22 times... then I built a $2.5B Company | Christina Cacioppo from VantaEpisode 646: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talks to Vanta founder Christina Cacioppo ( https://x.com/christinacaci ) about quitting her job and betting on herself. —Show Notes: (0:00) Stumblehustling into USV (4:36) Betting on the left side of your email address(8:30) The art of fear(11:47) Making bad art(13:30) The marshmallow test(17:26) Startup advice to beware of(18:16) The idea for Vanta(21:00) The only question that matters(22:30) Managing your mind(27:47) How to pick an idea to chase(29:03) The r...
2024-11-0650 min
Between Two FoundersBetween Two Founders (Episode 002) - Christina CacioppoEpisode 002 of Between Two Founders – Jeff Seibert, CEO & Founder of Digits, sits down with Christina Cacioppo, CEO & Co-Founder of the trust management platform startup, Vanta.In this episode, Digits founder, Jeff Seibert and Christina discuss Vanta’s monster, $150 Million Series C round, never hiring when hungry, and knocking on doors in SoMa to find PMF.Between Two Founders is an enlightening series of fireside chats, hosted by Jeff Seibert of Digits, featuring seasoned founders from VC-backed startups offering rare insights from their journeys, and first-hand experience.
2024-09-061h 14
INDIE AUDIOBuilding Vanta — A Conversation with Christina Cacioppo, Co-Founder & CEO of VantaI had the opportunity to know Christina Cacioppo early in her time at Union Square Ventures. Always whip-smart and ever curious, we found ourselves drawn to similar founders and edges of emerging markets. When her time at USV ended, we lost touch. She moved from NYC to San Francisco, took a job at Dropbox, and carried on with her post-VC life. Fast forward a few more years, and she’s leading one of the fastest-growing SaaS businesses as the co-founder and CEO of Vanta. A few weeks back, we got to reconnect for a long overdue catch up...
2024-07-0350 min
Onward, a Fundrise ProductionBuilding a $1B startup without ego, with Christina CacioppoIn the modern tech landscape, there are few topics more critical — or, unfortunately, more frequently overlooked and misunderstood by laypeople — than data security. Luckily Vanta has developed a revolutionary solution for how other companies can address the problem of data security compliance, with enormous subsequent benefits for how those businesses can operate safely — and access new market share as a result. In this latest episode of Onward, Fundrise CEO Ben Miller is joined by Christina Cacioppo, Vanta’s CEO and founder, to discuss some of the strategic and leadership insights that have helped guide Vanta’s success and unique growth trajectory...
2023-12-0747 min
Notion PodcastFirst Block: Interview with Christina Cacioppo, Co-Founder & CEO of VantaFirst Block, a Notion series - hosted by Notion's Co-Founder & COO Akshay Kothari - where founders and executives from some of the world’s leading companies tell us what it was like to navigate the many firsts of their startup journey — and what they learned from that experience.
In this episode, we have Christina Cacioppo, Co-Founder and CEO of Vanta, discussing her transition from VC to operator and how she has built Vanta into the leading trust management platform.
For an audio-only podcast, transcripts, and custom Notion Vanta templates, please visit: https://ntn.so/TQf6LA
2023-11-1642 min
The Room PodcastS9E6: Optimizing Security and Compliance Using Vanta’s Trust Management for SaaS Businesses with Vanta CEO Christina CacioppoWe continue this season of The Room Podcast with another incredible guest, Christina Cacioppo, co-founder and CEO of Vanta. Vanta is an automated security monitoring platform that helps companies get SOC 2, HIPAA, or ISO certified quickly and easily. We and Christina share experiences working for Dropbox as she details what she learned from her time there and how that impacted her decision to start Vanta.In this episode, we learn more about topics such as transitioning from product manager to founder and the path of finding a problem to solve, product and marketing differentiation in the competitive...
2023-10-1738 min
The Thread PodcastBuilding a Unicorn in security with Christina Cacioppo, CEO and Co Founder of VantaChristina Cacioppo, Co founder and CEO of Vanta, joins the show to talk aboutHow Christina's experience as a PM at Dropbox gave her the insight to starting Vanta.Current state of the security and compliance industry and why it's primed to explode.The impact that AI will have on security.Should founders raise strategic capital? And at what stage does it make sense to do so?Your startup is special, but not THAT special, and the hiring plan to support it.
2023-08-2515 min
The Next Stage podcast by Web SummitThe party's over: Navigating the end of the unicorn era2021 saw tech startups reach unicorn status in droves, but the easy money fueling billion-dollar valuations has dried up. In this episode of The Next Stage, Vanta CEO Christina Cacioppo and investor Jai Das explore the end of the unicorn era and what it will take for startups to succeed in the new normal.Christina Cacioppo, co-founder and CEO of Vanta, and Jai Das, co-founder, president and partner with Sapphire Ventures, were in conversation with Frederic Lardinois, editor of TC, on Centre Stage at Collision 2023."The best technology conference on the planet".F...
2023-08-0118 min
In DepthHow Vanta’s founder bet big on startup security and found product-market fit — Christina CacioppoTodd Jackson is back on the mic to guest host another product-focused episode this week with Christina Cacioppo, the co-founder and CEO of Vanta. Vanta is the leading automated security and compliance platform, with thousands of businesses relying on the product to get compliant (and to stay that way). After toying with some initial ideas, like a voice assistant for biologists, Christina started building Vanta to solve a problem that didn’t really exist at the time. The company started out in 2018 by trying to get SOC-2 security compliance for star...
2023-03-2347 min
Newcomer PodNewcomer, the PodcastI’m pleased to announce that I’m introducing a new podcast and starting a YouTube channel. I’m calling it “Newcomer” — like this newsletter. What can I say? It’s a good name.The show kicks off tomorrow with an interview with LinkedIn co-founder and Greylock partner Reid Hoffman. Hoffman just stepped off OpenAI’s board of directors. We talk about that decision, AI sentience, the PayPal mafia, cloud compute spending, Joe Biden’s presidency, and much more. I think you’ll enjoy the episode.For the new show, I’ve got interviews line...
2023-03-0601 min
Dead CatNewcomer, the PodcastI’m pleased to announce that I’m introducing a new podcast and starting a YouTube channel. I’m calling it “Newcomer” — like this newsletter. What can I say? It’s a good name.The show kicks off tomorrow with an interview with LinkedIn co-founder and Greylock partner Reid Hoffman. Hoffman just stepped off OpenAI’s board of directors. We talk about that decision, AI sentience, the PayPal mafia, cloud compute spending, Joe Biden’s presidency, and much more. I think you’ll enjoy the episode.For the new show, I’ve got interviews line...
2023-03-0601 min
DealMakers: Entrepreneur | Startups | Venture CapitalChristina Cacioppo On Building A $1.6 Billion Business By Simplifying Cybersecurity ComplianceChristina Cacioppo has gone from academia to a VC firm to becoming an operator. Leveraging that breadth of experience, she has not only raised $200M for her own venture, but is also helping other software startups launch and accelerate themselves. The startup, Vanta, has attracted funding from top-tier investors like CrowdStrike, Y Combinator, Craft Ventures, and Diogo Monica.
2023-02-0533 min
Startup Field Guide by UnusualHow Vanta found product-market fit: Christina Cacioppo on startup complianceSOC2 certification is a daunting process for startup founders but increasingly necessary to land customers. Our guest today was among the first to understand how startup founders thought about security and compliance and set out to create the automated compliance category.Listen in as Christina Cacioppo, CEO and co-found er of Vanta talks about her journey to creating the leading automated security and compliance platform that is valued at $1.6B today.Join us as we discuss:How Christina approached finding product-market fit for VantaWhat productivity looks like for the sales team at Vanta with $10-20...
2022-11-2143 min
Startup Field Guide by Unusual Ventures: The Product Market Fit PodcastHow Vanta found product-market fit: Christina Cacioppo on startup complianceSOC2 certification is a daunting process for startup founders but increasingly necessary to land customers. Our guest today was among the first to understand how startup founders thought about security and compliance and set out to create the automated compliance category.
Listen in as Christina Cacioppo, CEO and co-found er of Vanta talks about her journey to creating the leading automated security and compliance platform that is valued at $1.6B today.
Join us as we discuss:
How Christina approached finding product-market fit for Vanta
What productivity looks like for the sales team at Vanta...
2022-11-2143 minThe Next Stage podcast by Web SummitHow to recession-proof your startupTimes are tougher for startups. Raising money in 2022 is a different beast than early to mid 2021. During the pandemic, people were more eager to make deals and make investments. Now, startups need to prove that their growth is sustainable and be willing to do this through new metrics like ‘burn multiple’, says Christina Cacioppo, CEO of Vanta, a startup that raised initial seed funding in 2021 and surged forward in 2022 despite a more difficult VC landscape.Christina provides valuable insights into how to attract funding, meet metrics, hire staff and more in this fascinating chat with Andre...
2022-09-2725 min
Unlimited PartnersDavid Rosenthal, Acquired / Kindergarten Ventures | Why They Invested in Vanta, an Automated Compliance CompanyToday is a special episode of UP with our first returning guest David Rosenthal from the Acquired Podcast (Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal)! David also started a venture fund called Kindergarten Ventures with his friend (from kindergarten) Nat Manning (Kettle).
Thomas and David discuss their investment in Vanta, an automated compliance company which "helps companies scale security practices and automate compliance for the industry’s most sought after standards - SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI DSS, GDPR, and CCPA."
Topics Include:
-David and Thomas' investing thought processes
-Software eating the world
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2022-09-201h 55
Y Combinator Startup Podcast#158 - Same, Same but Different with Vanta and ZapierChristina Cacioppo is the founder of Vanta and Wade Foster is the founder of Zapier. Vanta automates security and compliance for startups, while Zapier automates work by connecting with over 5,000 apps.
Same, Same but Different brings together two YC founders who will discuss a similar decision they made on their journey to building a growth-stage company. But like every journey, the path getting there and the results are unique to that startup.
Christina and Wade flipped the equation of a typical startup founder: instead of raising money to enable a certain amount of growth, they e...
2022-07-0759 min
Y Combinator Startup Podcast#158 - Same, Same but Different with Vanta and ZapierHow Vanta’s Christina Cacioppo and Zapier’s Wade Foster took on a disciplined approach to fundraising ande flipped the equation of a typical startup founder.Christina Cacioppo is the founder of Vanta, and Wade Foster is the founder of Zapier. Vanta automates security and compliance for startups, and Zapier automates work by connecting with over 5,000 apps.Same, Same but Different brings together two YC founders who will discuss a similar decision they made on their journey to building a growth-stage company. But like every journey, the path getting there and the results are un...
2022-07-0759 min
Inspired in 1515 Minutes on...Security Monitoring with Christina Cacioppo of VantaIn a world where both data breaches and regulatory requirements are on the rise, a new wave of companies are helping businesses stay compliant and monitor risks. Christina Cacioppo is the Founder and CEO of Vanta, an industry leader in SOC 2, HIPAA, GDPR compliance, and more. We cover why B2B companies are pursuing certifications as early as the seed stage, where the "alphabet soup" of new regulations is trending, and how to safeguard company data in a remote environment.
2022-01-2112 min
Crossing the Enterprise ChasmBreeze Through SOC 2 Compliance with Vanta CEO Christina CacioppoIn this podcast, WorkOS CEO Michael Grinich and Vanta CEO Christina Cacioppo cover how businesses can unlock new markets and accelerate deals with SOC 2 compliance. They also talk about bug bounties, security practices, and enterprise sales.
2021-10-2022 min
Culture of ComplianceSecurity as a Founding PrincipleAs startups, entrepreneurs may find it difficult to set aside business development to focus on security. In this episode, Sabrina Serafin interviews Christina Cacioppo, Founder and CEO of Vanta, a SaaS solution that recently raised $50 Million in Series A funding. With her experience in early-stage venture capital and technology startups, Christina discusses the importance of establishing a security and compliance mindset and how it can fuel business growth.
2021-09-1409 min
Dead CatEpisode 2: Christina CacioppoCEO and founder of security startup Vanta, Christina Cacioppo, joins to talk about how she was able to raise a huge Series A ($50m at $500m valuation). We also talk about her jump from being a VC to a founder, why Zoom-based fundraising is here to stay and whether female founders get a fair shake from the tech press. Get full access to Newcomer at www.newcomer.co/subscribe
2021-08-3031 minNewcomer PodEpisode 2: Christina CacioppoCEO and founder of security startup Vanta, Christina Cacioppo, joins to talk about how she was able to raise a huge Series A ($50m at $500m valuation). We also talk about her jump from being a VC to a founder, why Zoom-based fundraising is here to stay and whether female founders get a fair shake from the tech press. Get full access to Newcomer at www.newcomer.co/subscribe
2021-08-3031 min
Funded | How They Raised MillionsFrom YC darling to fundraising powerhouse (Vanta / Christina Cacioppo - Ep10)For the three years between her graduation from Y-Combinator to her splashy $50MM Series A raise from Sequoia, Christina Cacioppo and her company Vanta kept a low profile. Back in 2018, they had been working in a space few people were talking about around Silicon Valley. SOC2 compliance for startups hardly got people excited. Then, almost out of nowhere, came the announcement that Vanta had raised $50MM from Sequoia Capital. Christina shares how she got to this point and how much impact YC had on the process.
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2021-07-271h 06
Security Archives - Software Engineering DailyVanta: Maintaining Security Standards with Christina Cacioppo
SOC 2 is a security audit to prove that SaaS companies have secured their company and customer data. It’s often considered the minimum audit necessary to sell software. HIPAA is a federal law regulating how sensitive medical information about patients must be handled. ISO 27001 is the global benchmark for demonstrating your information security management system. What do these things have in common?
They are all security standards that companies need to maintain and renew to be trustworthy to customers. They also take intense preparation with months of work, and hundreds of screenshots to prove compliance wi...
2021-07-0654 min
Software Engineering DailyVanta: Maintaining Security Standards with Christina CacioppoSOC 2 is a security audit to prove that SaaS companies have secured their company and customer data. It’s often considered the minimum audit necessary to sell software. HIPAA is a federal law regulating how sensitive medical information about patients must be handled. ISO 27001 is the global benchmark for demonstrating your information security management system. What do these things have in common?They are all security standards that companies need to maintain and renew to be trustworthy to customers. They also take intense preparation with months of work, and hundreds of screenshots to prove compliance with auditors. Th...
2021-07-0658 min
Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'ShaughnessyChristina Cacioppo - Building the New Standard in Security – [Founder’s Field Guide, EP. 38]My guest today is Christina Cacioppo, founder of Vanta, a security and compliance software business founded in 2017. In our conversation, Christina brings to life the idea of “finding a problem that exists and fixing it.” We dive into the experiences that led her to launch Vanta, the strategy she took to build, price, and distribute the product, and we touch on her lessons from running a growing organization. I always admire the drive that founders have when they set off to build something -- Christina fits that mold, and you will hear about how she embarked on a self-taught jour...
2021-06-171h 06
Software at ScaleSoftware at Scale 19 - VantaChristina Cacioppo and Robbie Ostrow work at Vanta, an automated security and compliance company with a mission to secure the internet. Vanta sets up monitoring via a set of continuous tests to ensure basic security best practices, like mandatory MFA for employees. Each test bubbles up to one or more compliance standards like SOC-2 so that companies can rapidly move their audits and unlock deals.Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google PodcastsThis episode is special because of two reasons: I currently work at Vanta, and it’s the first combined interview with both the CEO and the fi...
2021-05-0459 min
Village Global PodcastThe State and Future of Software Development with Christina Cacioppo and Amjad MasadOn this episode Erik is joined by Christina Cacioppo (@christinacaci) of Vanta, and Amjad Masad (@amasad) of Repl.it.They discuss the reasons why developers tools are for the most part “primitive” and the cause of the mess of different technologies and utilities that a developer needs to know how to use in order to create an app. They talk about the concept of “end user computing” and the progress that’s been made in allowing non-developers to do more and more sophisticated things that were previously restricted to developers.Amjad explains how the way developer tools work...
2019-02-2456 min
The New DisruptorsT Minus Zero with Gary ChouGary Chou launched Orbital Boot Camp to accelerate people's product ideas into reality in a 12-week intensive session. He knows from startups from his work at Union Square Ventures and The Product Sessions, but his particular interest is making sure that people with traditionally fewer opportunities are included.
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