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GritThe Grittiest Conversations of 2025: AI, Business & BeyondIn this recap episode, we highlight the best moments from our 2025 interviews and reflect on the ideas that defined the year.Featuring:David Rubenstein (co-founder of Carlyle) Yamini Rangan (CEO of HubSpot) Ben Chestnut (co-founder of Mailchimp) Winston Weinberg (co-founder and CEO of Harvey)Garrett Lord (co-founder of Handshake) Aidan Gomez (co-founder and CEO of Cohere) Michelle Zatlyn (co-founder of Cloudflare) Evan Spiegel (co-founder and CEO of Snap) Connect with JoubinX: https://x.com/JoubinmirLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joubin-mirzadegan-66186854/...
2025-12-2941 min
GritBuilding Cloudflare for the Next 50 Years | Co-founder Cloudfare Michelle ZatlynFifteen years in, it can still feel like “we’re just getting started.”Michelle Zatlyn, co-founder of Cloudflare, returns to Grit with Joubin Mirzadegan to share how Cloudflare secures the internet for millions, with a vision built to last generations.She also shares why staying close to reality and to customers becomes harder as success compounds, and how Cloudflare is helping content creators regain control in an AI driven internet.Guest: Michelle Zatlyn, co-founder and President of CloudflareConnect with Michelle ZatlynXLinkedInCon...
2025-12-0158 min
硅基商谈EP06.Cloudflare: 如何从反垃圾邮件服务到互联网基建大王这期节目深入探讨了 Cloudflare 如何从一个反垃圾邮件的小项目成长为互联网的基础设施巨头，以及其背后的技术、商业和人情故事。🎙️ 节目核心要点总结 “赛博菩萨”的免费策略：Cloudflare 之所以在中国乃至全球被称为“赛博菩萨”，是因为它提供了极其慷慨的免费服务。无论是个人站长还是初创企业，都能免费享受到企业级的安全防护和加速服务。这种策略不仅积累了海量用户，更重要的是构建了庞大的数据护城河。 独特的“反向”商业模式：不同于通过向高端客户收费来补贴低端客户的传统模式，Cloudflare 是“向想要更快的富人收费，向想要安全的穷人免费”。这种模式利用了网络效应：免费用户越多，网络越智能，安全防护越强，从而吸引更多愿意付费的高端客户。 技术创新：Isolates 技术：Cloudflare 并没有像 AWS 那样堆砌服务器，而是开发了 Isolates 技术。这让它能在现有的服务器上运行数千个微型虚拟机，极大地降低了计算成本，使其能够以极低的价格（甚至免费）提供服务，从而对传统云巨头形成降维打击。 边缘计算网络：Cloudflare 的核心优势在于其遍布全球 300 多个城市的边缘节点网络。这意味着它的服务离用户更近，响应速度更快。这也让它从最初的安全公司，逐渐演变为与亚马逊 AWS、微软 Azure 竞争的云服务提供商。 创始人铁三角与企业文化：节目回顾了三位性格迥异的创始人（Matthew Prince、Michelle Zatlyn、Lee Holloway）如何互补协作。特别是患上额颞叶痴呆症的天才工程师 Lee Holloway 的悲剧故事，以及公司并未抛弃他反而保留其工号的温情细节，展现了硅谷少有的人文关怀。⏱️ 关键章节标题与时间戳00:47 Cloudflare的本质：互联网的“安保网络” 核心议题：Cloudflare是什么？它在互联网中扮演的角色。 关键论点：Cloudflare被比作互联网的“水电煤”，但更准确的说法是“覆盖全球的智能安保网络”。它通过让网站流量导向自己，提供加速和抵御黑客攻击的服务，充当网站与访客之间的中间层，其成功关键在于“网络效应”——流量越多，防御越智能。03:20 “赛博菩萨”的由来：慷慨的免费服务与使命感 核心议题：为什么Cloudflare在中国用户中被称为“赛博菩萨”？ 关键论点：这个昵称源于Cloudflare极其慷慨的免费服务，为无数个人站长和初创公司提供了企业级的安全防护和加速服务，被视为“生命线”。这不仅是高明的获客策略，也体现了公司“建立一个更好的互联网”的理想主义使命感，例如曾计划一夜间让全球HTTPS网站数量翻倍。05:01 创始铁三角：技术、商业与远见的碰撞 核心议题：Cloudflare的诞生故事及其三位核心创始人。 关键论点：故事始于2004年的“蜜罐计划”，旨在追踪垃圾邮件。两位核心人物性格迥异：Matthew Prince（商业营销天才）和Lee Holloway（技术天才）。2009年，第三位关键人物Michelle Zatlyn（商业直觉敏锐）加入，她提出了从“追踪威胁”到“阻止威胁”的关键问题，点燃了创业火花，促成了Cloudflare的成立，并凭借“云防火墙”概念赢得商业计划大赛冠军，形成了完美的“铁三角”。07:49 天才的陨落：Lee Holloway的悲剧 核心议题：Cloudflare联合创始人Lee Holloway为何在公司上市时缺席？ 关键论点：在Cloudflare上市的高光时刻，技术基石Lee Holloway缺席。真相令人惋惜：他并非“迷失自我”或“堕落”，而是患上了一种罕见且残酷的脑部疾病——额颞叶痴呆症（FTD）。这种病症早期表现为性格改变、情感淡漠和同情心丧失，导致他行为怪异，最终被误解并离开了公司。这个悲剧为这家科技巨头增添了浓厚的人文色彩。10:44 商业模式的蜕变：从“摆地摊”到“搞批发” 核心议题：Cloudflare如何克服增长瓶颈，实现商业模式转型？ 关键论点：公司曾面临“只会摆地摊，不会搞批发”的增长瓶颈，难以吸引大企业客户。通过引入新的营收总监并推出“资金池”（Pool of Funds）销售模式，Cloudflare解决了大企业内部采购流程繁琐的难题，极大降低了新服务的使用摩擦力。这一策略非常成功，使大客户收入占比高达73%，公司正从基础设施提供者转向“收租”模式。13:01 布局AI未来：边缘计算与Isolates技术 核心议题：Cloudflare如何将网络安全与加速业务拓展到人工智能领域？ 关键论点：Cloudflare的AI战略聚焦于“推理”环节，而非“训练”。AI推理需要极低的延迟，因此计算必须在离用户最近的“边缘”发生。Cloudflare在全球330多个城市部署的服务器节点构成了完美的边缘网络，目标是成为AI时代的“边缘电网”。其核心技术Isolates能在一个服务器上轻量、安全地运行大量客户代码，资源消耗远低于传统虚拟化，是实现高效边缘计算的关键。
2025-11-3017 min
This Week in NETCloudflare turns 15: The origin story with Michelle Zatlyn and Matthew PrinceIn this special 15th-anniversary episode of This Week in NET, we sit down with Cloudflare co-founders Michelle Zatlyn and Matthew Prince to revisit the early days — from a Harvard Business School project to launching at TechCrunch Disrupt in 2010.
We talk about how culture takes shape, the technical vision of Lee Holloway, and pivotal moments that defined Cloudflare’s journey, as well as where the Internet is headed next.
At the end, don’t miss a special easter egg from the journalist who first covered Cloudflare’s launch.
Follow all Birthday Week 2025 announcements: cloudflare.com/birthday-week
2025-09-2349 min
OLD This Week in NETCloudflare turns 15: The origin story with Michelle Zatlyn and Matthew PrinceIn this special 15th-anniversary episode of This Week in NET, we sit down with Cloudflare co-founders Michelle Zatlyn and Matthew Prince to revisit the early days — from a Harvard Business School project to launching at TechCrunch Disrupt in 2010.
We talk about how culture takes shape, the technical vision of Lee Holloway, and pivotal moments that defined Cloudflare’s journey, as well as where the Internet is headed next.
At the end, don’t miss a special easter egg from the journalist who first covered Cloudflare’s launch.
Follow all Birthday Week 2025 announcements: cloudflare.com/birthday-week
2025-09-2349 minThis Week in NETCloudflare Birthday Week 2025: What to Expect?Birthday Week is Cloudflare’s biggest innovation week — and this year is extra special as we celebrate our 15th birthday. Each year, we pause to reflect on our journey, celebrate the progress we’ve made, and look ahead to what’s next, all while staying true to our mission of helping build a better Internet.
In this episode of This Week in NET, João Tomé is joined by Nikita Cano to preview what’s coming in Birthday Week 2025: democratizing development, building a smarter and more open web, securing the future by default, the future of development on Cloudflar...
2025-09-1912 minOLD This Week in NETCloudflare Birthday Week 2025: What to Expect?Birthday Week is Cloudflare’s biggest innovation week — and this year is extra special as we celebrate our 15th birthday. Each year, we pause to reflect on our journey, celebrate the progress we’ve made, and look ahead to what’s next, all while staying true to our mission of helping build a better Internet.
In this episode of This Week in NET, João Tomé is joined by Nikita Cano to preview what’s coming in Birthday Week 2025: democratizing development, building a smarter and more open web, securing the future by default, the future of development on Cloudflar...
2025-09-1912 min
She Leads with CarlyCourage, Conviction, and Building Cloudflare into a $60BN Company with Michelle Zatlyn (Co-Founder & President, Cloudflare)Michelle Zatlyn is the Co-founder and President of Cloudflare, a global internet infrastructure that keeps the world safe and secure online operating 20% of the global web with over 4,000 employees.Born and raised in Saskatchewan, Canada, Michelle began her career studying chemistry, aiming to become a doctor. But a pivotal turning point during a hospital internship set her on a new path - one that eventually led to Silicon Valley.In this episode, Michelle shares the formative experiences that shaped her, the unexpected pivots in her career, and dives into the tough decisions she’s had to...
2025-09-1957 min
Tank Talks By Ripple VenturesBlocking 190 Billion Cyberattacks Daily: Scaling Through Crises & Cold Winters with Michelle Zatlyn of CloudflareIn this episode of Tank Talks, we’re joined by Michelle Zatlyn, Co-founder, Co-chair, and President of Cloudflare, a company protecting and powering a major part of global internet traffic. Cloudflare helps businesses stay online, load faster, and block threats before they reach the door.Michelle explains how growing up in Saskatchewan shaped her views on leadership and teamwork, and how that experience still guides her as Cloudflare scales. She shares how a hallway conversation at Harvard became the starting point for the business, how they raised their first round of funding without a product, and why th...
2025-08-0759 min
Inside the NetworkMichelle Zatlyn: Scaling Cloudflare to a $70B giant and building a better InternetIn this episode of Inside the Network, we sit down with Michelle Zatlyn, Co-founder and President of Cloudflare, one of the most iconic Internet infrastructure companies in the world. From its launch during the depths of the 2009 financial crisis to today’s $70 billion market cap and 5 million+ customers, Cloudflare has become a cornerstone of global Internet security and performance.Michelle’s journey is remarkable. Raised in a small farming town in Saskatchewan, Canada, she left behind plans to become a doctor and instead teamed up with Matthew Prince and Lee Holloway to tackle an auda...
2025-07-311h 01This Week in NET100 episodes with our guests - the best moments of this Week in NETWe continue our 100th episode celebration of This Week in NET with a special look back at memorable moments from past guests and a quick rundown of the latest Cloudflare blog stories.
From Internet pioneers like Geoff Huston, to Cloudflare co-founders Matthew Prince and Michelle Zatlyn, and leaders like Nicholas Thompson (The Atlantic) and Chris Anderson (TED), many Cloudflare experts, and John Graham-Cumming, that started this podcast with João Tomé in 2022. We revisit highlights from some of the most insightful conversations we’ve had over the past 3 years.
We also cover what’s new on the...
2025-07-2551 minOLD This Week in NET100 episodes with our guests - the best moments of this Week in NETWe continue our 100th episode celebration of This Week in NET with a special look back at memorable moments from past guests and a quick rundown of the latest Cloudflare blog stories.
From Internet pioneers like Geoff Huston, to Cloudflare co-founders Matthew Prince and Michelle Zatlyn, and leaders like Nicholas Thompson (The Atlantic) and Chris Anderson (TED), many Cloudflare experts, and John Graham-Cumming, that started this podcast with João Tomé in 2022. We revisit highlights from some of the most insightful conversations we’ve had over the past 3 years.
We also cover what’s new on the...
2025-07-2551 min
Most Innovative CompaniesWhat did Linda Yaccarino actually do at Elon Musk’s X?On today's episode, cohosts Yasmin Gagne and Josh Christensen discuss the latest news in the world of business and innovation. Topics include Open AI’s plan to build its own web browser, the latest inflation numbers, and the most recent tariffs President Trump is threatening to impose.
Next, Fast Company contributing writer Chris Stokel-Walker joins Yaz and Josh to talk about Linda Yaccarino’s decision to step down as CEO of X and what, if any, impact she had on the company.
Finally, Fast Company associate editor David Salazar interviews Michelle Zatl...
2025-07-181h 10
Feed CompletoA História da Cloudflare Origens: Do Projeto Anti-Spam à Fundação: A Cloudflare nasceu de um projeto paralelo chamado "Honeypot", criado para rastrear spammers. Em 2009, os fundadores Matthew Prince, Michelle Zatlyn e Lee Holloway transformaram a ideia em uma empresa com a missão de "ajudar a construir uma internet melhor". Crescimento: Freemium e Transparência Radical: A empresa cresceu rapidamente ao oferecer serviços de CDN e segurança (DDoS, WAF) gratuitamente, democratizando a tecnologia. A "transparência radical", como a divulgação de uma grande falha de segurança em 2012, paradoxalmente fortaleceu a confiança dos clientes. Inovação Contínua: "Birthday Weeks": A Cloudflare in...
2025-06-1323 min
This Week in NETMichelle Zatlyn: Cyber Trends from the Paris OlympicsIn this episode, Michelle Zatlyn, Cloudflare's co-founder, president and COO, discusses the impact of the Paris Olympics on Internet trends, traffic and cybersecurity threats. Reporting from her in-person Olympic experiences, Michelle and host João Tomé explore the global Internet footprint of the event, its effect on specific websites and the surge in cyber threats linked to celebrities and athletes like Simone Biles and others. Related links:Paris 2024 Olympics recap: Internet trends, cyber threats, and popular moments Summer 2024 weather report: Cloudflare with a chance of Intern-ets Follow us @CloudflareTV Read the blog posts at blog.cloudflare.comWatch our full video libra...
2024-12-1030 minThis Week in NETMichelle Zatlyn: Cyber Trends from the Paris OlympicsIn this episode, Michelle Zatlyn, Cloudflare's co-founder, president and COO, discusses the impact of the Paris Olympics on Internet trends, traffic and cybersecurity threats. Reporting from her in-person Olympic experiences, Michelle and host João Tomé explore the global Internet footprint of the event, its effect on specific websites and the surge in cyber threats linked to celebrities and athletes like Simone Biles and others. Related links:Paris 2024 Olympics recap: Internet trends, cyber threats, and popular moments Summer 2024 weather report: Cloudflare with a chance of Intern-ets Follow us @CloudflareTV Read the blog posts at blog.cloudflare.comWa...
2024-12-1030 minOLD This Week in NETParis 2024 Olympics recap: Internet trends, cyber threats, and in-person impressionsIn this week’s episode, we talk about the Paris 2024 Olympics Internet trends, and also about the experiences of our 60 interns this summer.
Host João Tomé is joined by Michelle Zatlyn, Cloudflare’s Co-founder, President and COO. Michelle was in Paris for the Summer Olympics and talks about the in-person experiences that she had. We also go over the event’s impact on the Internet in France and other countries at different moments, its effect on specific websites, and a spike in cyber threats and emails related to Simone Biles and others.
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2024-08-2332 min
The Foundr Podcast with Nathan ChanThe Craziest StoriesI love a crazy story, and if you’re building a business, these stories will happen all the time. I’ve had a few myself, and it always makes me feel better when I hear from fellow founders who go through a wild experience and end up learning something. That’s why before we record every episode of the podcast, I always ask our guests to share crazy stories from their journeys. Today, you’re going to hear some of those stories. In this episode, you’ll learn from:
Guy Kawasa...
2024-06-2829 min
MoonshotCloudflare: Reflections on Leadership with Michelle ZatlynMichelle Zatlyn, Co-founder, President, and Chief Operating Officer at Cloudflare, chats with Peak XV CMO Gayatri Yadav about building Cloudflare, the global powerhouse that stops 209 billion cyber threats a day. In this conversation, Michelle reflects on the initial struggle to garner support for Cloudflare’s offerings and emphasizes the importance of perseverance, especially in the face of skepticism from potential investors, customers, and employees. She delves into why founders should listen to their own voice and not be deterred by doubters. Michelle also talks about Cloudflare’s approach to customer acquisition as well as the evolution of the c...
2024-06-0328 min
Village Global PodcastEncore: Cloudflare Co-Founder Michelle Zatlyn’s Advice on Hiring, Fundraising, Scaling, and moreMichelle Zatlyn (@zatlyn), co-founder, president, and COO of Cloudflare, joined Village Global co-founder and partner Ben Casnocha for a masterclass with our founders in late 2020. They discussed: - The origin story of Cloudflare, including how the co-founders met, and how Michelle realized that she too could start a company. - Her advice on fundraising after raising more than $300M for Cloudflare, including why you should keep the rest of the VC partnership in mind, and how to show rather than tell in your pitch. - How they found the best talent, including why...
2024-04-1750 minOLD This Week in NET2024 Security Week edition. AI, networks, applications, and moreIn this week's episode, we have a special edition all about Cloudflare’s first innovation week of the year, Security Week.
João Tomé and Cloudflare's CSO Grant Bourzikas discuss the week's key announcements. Topics include AI opportunities and risks, ensuring digital visibility and control, focusing on access control and security team monitoring, optimizing CISO spending, and network complexity reduction.
We showcase Cloudflare's new Firewall for AI, designed to safeguard AI applications for free, and our enhanced Defensive AI capabilities to counter emerging threats. Our introduction of Magic Cloud Networking, powered by our acquisition of Nefe...
2024-03-0844 minThis Week in NET2024 Security Week edition. AI, networks, applications, and moreIn this week's episode, we have a special edition all about Cloudflare’s first innovation week of the year, Security Week.
João Tomé and Cloudflare's CSO Grant Bourzikas discuss the week's key announcements. Topics include AI opportunities and risks, ensuring digital visibility and control, focusing on access control and security team monitoring, optimizing CISO spending, and network complexity reduction.
We showcase Cloudflare's new Firewall for AI, designed to safeguard AI applications for free, and our enhanced Defensive AI capabilities to counter emerging threats. Our introduction of Magic Cloud Networking, powered by our acquisition of Nefe...
2024-03-0844 min
The Winwire15: Michelle Zatlyn - From Picking Up Servers to Building Cloudflare's Billion-Dollar LegacyMichelle Zatlyn is the Co-Founder, President, and COO of Cloudflare. We cover some lesser known early stories of Cloudflare (including picking up unused servers) and the uncommon practices & principles that built a billion-dollar cybersecurity legacy. Michelle also challenges conventional narratives around work-life choice in tech, offering a candid take on building a generational company while fostering a big life outside the office.
2024-02-011h 07
DisruptorsDavos Discourse: AI Takes Centre StageThe World Economic Forum (WEF) is known for its annual gathering of global leaders, policymakers, CEOs, and academics — convening to address the most pressing issues facing people and the planet.
“Rebuilding Trust” was the theme this year, though the topic of the week was artificial intelligence — dominating the dialogue on the world stage and the advertisement space in the streets.
The pursuit of productivity was on everyone’s mind and each AI session was jam packed. But how much of it is hype versus reality?
To help make sense of it all, we hear from these pioneers and visionaries on the ground...
2024-01-3030 min
The Foundr Podcast with Nathan Chan464: Silicon Valley Outsider Michelle Zatlyn on Building a Tech DisruptorMichelle Zatlyn and her co-founders were outsiders when they moved to Silicon Valley to launch their web security startup. It was 2009, in the middle of a recession, but the team knew their visceral early-user feedback validated the need to be bold. In 2010, Cloudflare launched its first freemium product and hasn’t looked back. Today, Cloudflare has four million customers worldwide, surpassed a $1 billion revenue run rate, and employs 3,200 team members. Zatlyn currently serves as the publicly traded company’s president and CEO. She is one of the few women founders leading a public tech business. Lis...
2023-06-1758 min
Crossing the Enterprise ChasmHarnessing Down Market Constraints for Up Market SuccessIn this episode, WorkOS CEO Michael Grinich and Cloudflare Co-Founder, President and COO Michelle Zatlyn discuss how the early constraint in building easy-to-integrate and financially viable product for small businesses became an asset when selling to enterprise, and how important the sharing of future roadmap with customers is to staying relevant and warding off the competition.
2023-05-3024 min
DisruptorsCyber Wars: A Good Offense Is the Best DefenseCyber threats have been around as long as the Internet, but attacks have ramped up in the last few years, with the pandemic dramatically shifting more of our work—and our lives—online. Organizations also moved more of their operations to the cloud, creating a new potential liability. Recent high-profile security breaches have crippled some of Canada’s largest companies such as Empire Foods, Indigo, and Maple Leaf Foods, with costly impacts to the tune of tens of millions of dollars. Organized crime and some nation states are getting better and better at breaching existing security. It’s up to C...
2023-03-2131 min
Founder ForwardBlueOcean & Cloudflare: Defying Expectations, Radical Prioritization and “Scaling” CultureIn this episode, BlueOcean Co-Founder Liza Nebel speaks with host Kate Barrett about her journey from the advertising world to starting a brand intelligence company, building a strong foundation to drive rapid growth, and the importance of aligning a team around shared goals. Throughout the conversation, Cloudflare Co-Founder Michelle Zatlyn and NEA’s Scott Sandell reflect on their decade-long journey working together, sharing insights and advice about what it takes to build one of the world's most impactful technology companies. Tune in to find out what inspired Liza and Michelle to become founders, the important lessons they have learned al...
2023-03-0135 min
Greymatter2022 in Review | The Year's Top Insights and Advice for EntrepreneursA compilation of excerpts from 22 of our most popular podcasts of 2022. Greylock's head of editorial Heather Mack walks listeners through through interviews with industry leaders including OpenAI's Sam Altman, Cloudflare's Michelle Zatlyn, Nike's John Donahoe, and more. We're also featuring the top sought-after advice from Greylock's own team of investors such as Reid Hoffman, and tactical guidance from Greylock's talent and marketing specialists.
You can read a transcript of this episode (which includes links to all full episodes from which the compilation is made) here: https://greylock.com/greymatter/2022-year-in-review/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...
2022-12-2053 min
Grit#117 Co-founder & COO Cloudflare, Michelle Zatlyn: A Better Internet“Think about the pandemic without the internet,” says Cloudflare co-founder and COO Michelle Zatlyn. The world’s sudden shift to doing almost everything online only worked because network engineers, IT administrators, and internet infrastructure companies like Cloudflare had done the work. Michelle says that, both personally and professionally, she’s fine being under the radar because she doesn’t need to be publicly reminded of the importance of her job: “It's like all the roads, the tunnels, the bridges ... when it works, it's magic. Really, you don't even know we exist.”In this episode, Michelle and Joubin discuss the pr...
2022-12-191h 16
Unlimited PartnersBen Dahl, Co Founder of Unspam and Managing Director of Signal Peak | Cloudflare and the People Who Made the Internet a Better PlaceThis week's Unlimited Partner is Ben Dahl , an early-stage investor based in Salt Lake City. He is a Managing Director at Signal Peak Ventures, a $500M fund which specializes in relatively underserved geographies around the United States. He was also the Co-Founder at Unspam, which was the predecessor company that led to Cloudflare. He held a board seat there for over 8 years, and now at SPV is participating in a $1.25B fund launched by Cloudflare to support companies who are building on their workers platform.
Topics Include:
Growing up in Utah and being told to pursue...
2022-11-031h 31
GreymatterCloudflare's Michelle Zatlyn | Cyber StewardsThe vastness of the internet, as an entity, can be difficult to put into perspective. Cloudflare, however, has a clear sense of its scope, as it handles roughly 20-percent of internet traffic. To frame it with another stat: More than 70 billion cyber attacks are stopped by Cloudflare each day. In this episode of Iconversations, Greylock’s Holly Rose Faith talks with Cloudflare Co-Founder, President, and COO Michelle Zatlyn about what it’s like to run a company that a massive constituent of users touch – often without knowing it.
You can watch this interview on our YouTube channel here:
https://youtu.be/WW3...
2022-04-1955 min
Traction PodcastThe Playbook for High-Performing Boards with Michelle Zatlyn, Shawn Abbott, and Mahendra RamsinghaniOn this episode of the Traction podcast, host Lloyed Lobo of Boast.AI welcomes Michelle Zatlyn, Co-Founder & COO at Cloudflare, Shawn Abbott, Partner at Inovia Capital, and Mahendra Ramsinghani, Founder at Secure Octane & Author at Startup Boards. Together, they give us a masterclass on building high-performing boards and productive relationships. Topics covered include: 12:22 - What do investors expect from founders when it comes to their board? 23:52 - Why momentum is the source of all authority you have as a founder 32:49 - Working through imposter syndrome 42:44 - R...
2022-02-281h 00
The Decibel Podcast: Founders Helping FoundersMichelle Zatlyn, Co-founder of Cloudflare: Pursuing the Greatest Mistake of Your LifeMichelle Zatlyn is the Co-founder, President, and COO of Cloudflare, an internet infrastructure company that is making the internet a faster and safer place. On today’s episode, Jon Sakoda speaks with Michelle Zatlyn on her path to Co-founder and why you have to love what you do in order to succeed. Don’t Be Afraid To Deviate From The Plan [2:30-14:15] - Michelle grew up thinking she wanted to be a doctor but an unexpected award for a research project made her rethink her future. Years later, she turned down a coveted job at LinkedIn to keep growi...
2022-01-2036 min
Startup Canada PodcastMaking Your World Bigger with Michelle ZatlynMichelle Zatlyn is Co-Founder, President and COO of Cloudflare, the Internet security, performance, and reliability company on a mission to help build a better Internet. Cloudflare is a publicly-traded company on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: NET). Prior to co-founding Cloudflare, Michelle held positions at Google and Toshiba and launched two successful startups.
Michelle sits on the World Economic Forum Young Global Leaders Foundation Board. She has been named to Fortune’s 40 Under 40 list and was part of Marie Claire’s 7th Annual New Guard. She holds a B.S. degree, with distinction, from McGill University, and a...
2021-11-1654 min
ConfluenceCanada’s Tech Community: Leading the WayOn this week’s episode of Confluence, we continue our conversation with leading Canadians who are at the forefront of global tech. Michelle Zatlyn, co-founder of Cloudflare, is back to talk about whether or not there is a special Canadian sauce that puts Canadian entrepreneurs in a unique position to foster innovation. We also spoke to Atlee Clark, Director of Operations at Ottawa-based Shopify and former Executive Director of the C100 in the Bay Area. These women have set standards in their fields for innovation and business leadership and we set out to find out how. I...
2021-08-1243 minConfluenceCanada in the Valley: Owning the PodiumOn this week’s episode of Confluence, we’re coming back home and talking about Canada’s role in defining the future of tech. There seems to be a special Canadian sauce that gives us an edge. To help us figure out where Canada belongs in this conversation, we’re talking to three powerhouses in the tech landscape (who also all happen to be Canadian!). First, you’ll hear from C100s Laura Buhler and Chris Albinson, two Canadian expats working in the Bay Area to galvanize the global Canadian tech diaspora . We also sat down with Michelle Zatlyn, founder of...
2021-08-0535 min
TechTO TogetherStart-Up Leaders | Michelle ZatlynThis episode originally aired on: August 24, 2020.Michelle Zatlyn, Co-Founder and COO of Cloudflare, shares real stories about what it was like to get started, the challenges of finding product market fit, and how they scaled the business to its extraordinary size.
2021-06-3049 min
Pattern BreakersMatthew Prince and Michelle Zatlyn of Cloudflare: How to build a better Company as well as a better InternetIt takes a lot of effort to build a breakthrough product. It's perhaps even rarer to design a company that endures. In this interview, Mike Maples Jr of Floodgate interviews Matthew Prince and Michelle Zatlyn of Cloudflare to highlight what we can learn about how to get a startup's foundation right, along with recruiting, hiring, and company design.
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2021-06-2844 min
The Room PodcastS3E5: In the Room with Michelle Zatlyn of CloudflareIn this week’s episode, Madison and Claudia sit down with Michelle Zatlyn, Co-Founder, President and COO of Cloudflare. Public since 2019, Cloudflare is a web performance and security company keeping millions of businesses and, by association, consumers safe online through their cybersecurity infrastructure, stopping over 70 billion attacks a day. Michelle is one of few female founders to take a company public, and now Cloudflare is valued at over $24 billion as the world increasingly realizes the importance of keeping our internet safe.
We discuss with Michelle themes including diversity of thought in co-founding teams, the power of...
2021-06-0141 min
Something Ventured -- Silicon Valley Podcast160 Ali Tamaseb – "Super Founders: What Data Reveals About Billion Dollar Startups"Ali Tamaseb pulls the curtain back on the myths about billion-dollar startups – and he does it with data. That's not surprising for a guy who is a partner at DCVC, the multi-billion dollar venture firm focused on deep tech. Ali is a scientist turned engineer who works on a broad spectrum of areas ranging from computational health/bio to cybersecurity. More specifically, Ali identifies early-stage highly technical and defensible startups in diagnostics tools, neuro-technology, precision medicine, synthetic bio and bio-logic, disruptive healthcare models, financial technologies, alternative data, next-generation computing, cryptography and blockchain. "Super Founders" analyzes 65 fac...
2021-05-1938 min
Canada’s EntrepreneurMichelle Zatlyn wants you to check your assumptions & never let a crisis go to waste - Toronto - Canada's PodcastMichelle Zatlyn is co-founder, President and COO of Cloudflare, the Internet security, performance, and reliability company on a mission to help build a better Internet. Cloudflare is a publicly-traded company on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: NET). Prior to co-founding Cloudflare, Michelle held positions at Google and Toshiba and launched two successful startups. Michelle sits on the World Economic Forum Young Global Leaders Foundation Board. Michelle has been named to Fortune’s 40 Under 40 list and was part of Marie Claire’s 7th Annual New Guard. She holds a B.S. degree, with distinction, from McGill University, and an MBA...
2021-05-1119 min
B2BaCEO (with Ashu Garg)How to Go From Idea to IPO (George Kurtz & Michelle Zatlyn)In this session from our FC BUILD conference, Ashu interviews two billion-dollar founders. When it comes to scaling management, engineering culture, and anticipating future markets, Cloudflare COO Michelle Zatlyn and CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz are the ones to ask. Each shares a bit about their respective company’s journeys — plus, George explains how a company is like a race car!
2021-05-0447 min
Stanford eCornerMichelle Zatlyn (Cloudflare) - Scaling with ResilienceMichelle Zatlyn is the co-founder, president, and Chief Operating Officer of Cloudflare, an internet security, performance, and reliability company that is on a mission to help build a better internet. In this conversation with Stanford lecturer Ravi Belani, Zatlyn discusses the intense challenges involved in scaling a high-growth business, and offers insights about how to find optimism and build a great team amid those challenges.
2021-04-2149 min
Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders (ETL)Michelle Zatlyn (Cloudflare) - Scaling with ResilienceMichelle Zatlyn is the co-founder, president, and Chief Operating Officer of Cloudflare, an internet security, performance, and reliability company that is on a mission to help build a better internet. In this conversation with Stanford lecturer Ravi Belani, Zatlyn discusses the intense challenges involved in scaling a high-growth business, and offers insights about how to find optimism and build a great team amid those challenges.
2021-04-2149 min
Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Video SeriesMichelle Zatlyn (Cloudflare) - Scaling with ResilienceMichelle Zatlyn is the co-founder, president, and Chief Operating Officer of Cloudflare, an internet security, performance, and reliability company that is on a mission to help build a better internet. In this conversation with Stanford lecturer Ravi Belani, Zatlyn discusses the intense challenges involved in scaling a high-growth business, and offers insights about how to find optimism and build a great team amid those challenges.
2021-04-2149 min
Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders (ETL)ETL Returns April 14!We're (almost) back in session! The Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders series returns on April 14, with a brand new lineup that includes Ulu Ventures managing director Miriam Rivera; Cloudflare co-founder, president and COO Michelle Zatlyn; and the Miami Heat’s Andre Iguodala.
2021-04-0700 minVillage Global PodcastCloudflare Co-Founder Michelle Zatlyn’s Advice on Hiring, Fundraising, Scaling, and moreMichelle Zatlyn (@zatlyn), co-founder, president, and COO of Cloudflare, joined Village Global co-founder and partner Ben Casnocha for a masterclass with our founders in late 2020.They discussed:- The origin story of Cloudflare, including how the co-founders met, and how Michelle realized that she too could start a company.- Her advice on fundraising after raising more than $300M for Cloudflare, including why you should keep the rest of the VC partnership in mind, and how to show rather than tell in your pitch.- How they found the best talent, including...
2021-01-2450 min
Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'ShaughnessyMichelle Zatlyn – Protecting the Internet – [Founder’s Field Guide, EP.11]My guest today is Michelle Zatlyn. Michelle is the co-founder and COO of Cloudflare, a now $25 billion dollar business which she helped take public last year. Cloudflare helps businesses make their websites faster and more secure, and over 25 million websites are running Cloudflare today. In our conversation, we discuss the catalyst for starting CloudFlare, explore the layers of the internet and the future of distributed storage and computing power, and discuss how and why Cloudflare operates its network across 200 cities globally. We close with the importance of finding and working with great co-founders and partners as you build a bu...
2020-12-101h 00
Decoding DigitalDecoding Digital Security: Michelle Zatlyn on Protecting the WebMany of us worry about how secure our online lives really are. After all, the news is filled with stories of data breaches and denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. As co-founder of cloud security company Cloudflare, Michelle Zatlyn has some advice: Be cautious, but engage with technology to become a better digital citizen. Hear her discuss how to safeguard the digital world.
2020-10-1345 min
Start Canada PodcastHair Salons, Technology, and Female LeadershipThis week on Start Podcast, host Margaux Miller speaks with Alicia Soulier, Founder and CEO of SalonScale Technology Inc. - a SaaS company that grew over 700% in their first year (2018) using bluetooth technology to allow hair salons to calculate hair color costs in real time. The SalonScale app tells you the exact cost of hair color being poured for every bowl mixed – filling a well-researched product market fit that Alicia identified first-hand as a salon owner. SalonScale's founder provides tips for moving quickly from idea to action, picking your business partners, and personal development as a leader. Al...
2020-07-0600 min
FIX IT!Fixing Entrepreneurship in a Recession with Michelle ZatlynCloudflare co-founder and COO Michelle Zatlyn outlines the problem of starting an enterprise in an economic downturn and provides some fixes to help would-be entrepreneurs get started.
Learn more about Michelle at her Aspen Institute bio and in this Forbes profile, and find her on Twitter @zatlyn
Read about the Cloudflare story here, and follow them on Twitter @cloudflare
2020-07-0118 min
The Official SaaStr Podcast: SaaS | Founders | InvestorsSaaStr 334: Cloudflare COO Michelle Zatlyn on The Top 10 Lessons Learned Starting Something Big During Tough TimesHear from Michelle Zatlyn, co-founder and COO of Cloudflare. Michelle started the company during an economic downturn in 2009. Now, Cloudflare runs one of the world's largest networks that helps make the Internet more secure, fast, and reliable, with a market cap of more than $6B. Despite the challenges of uncertainty, money not flowing, and a generally dark mood, she was able to do it and learned a lot along the way. In this talk, Michelle will share how she made her business idea come to life and some lessons learned that can help other entrepreneurs—from solving a real, me...
2020-05-1421 min
The Official SaaStr Podcast: SaaS | Founders | InvestorsSaaStr 334: Cloudflare COO Michelle Zatlyn on The Top 10 Lessons Learned Starting Something Big During Tough TimesHear from Michelle Zatlyn, co-founder and COO of Cloudflare. Michelle started the company during an economic downturn in 2009. Now, Cloudflare runs one of the world's largest networks that helps make the Internet more secure, fast, and reliable, with a market cap of more than $6B. Despite the challenges of uncertainty, money not flowing, and a generally dark mood, she was able to do it and learned a lot along the way. In this talk, Michelle will share how she made her business idea come to life and some lessons learned that can help other entrepreneurs—from solving a real, me...
2020-05-1421 min
Building A UnicornBuilding a Better Internet with Cloudflare's Michelle Zatlyn
Cloudflare is on a mission to help build a better internet. The online service helps 26 Million websites prevent denial of service attacks, and speed up their pages, to give users a better experience. Michelle Zatlyn is the Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of Cloudflare and in this episode shares her learnings from building a global business that has a market cap of $6.5 Billion.Find us on social: linktr.ee/buildingaunicornVisit our presenting sponsor: lawpath.com.au.
2020-03-261h 05
The JourneyWhy You Need a Mission with Michelle Zatlyn, Co-founder and COO of CloudfareHave you ever worked for a company where something was just… out of sync? The goals of the sales department didn’t quite match the goals over in marketing. The hiring and firing process seemed to change a little every time. The values that the managers encouraged in their teams didn’t really align with the ones they held themselves. No matter the department, the team, or the process, everything seemed to operate apart from each other instead of in unison. It wasn’t a sales problem. It wasn’t a product problem. It wasn’t a YOU prob...
2020-02-1212 min
Mission DailyHelping to Build a Better Internet with Michelle Zatlyn, COO of Cloudflare“Cloudflare's mission is to help build a better Internet. People ask though, what does that mean? Our customers are Internet property. Anything connected online can use Cloudflare and we help make sure we protect our customers from cybersecurity attacks.” — Michelle Zatlyn Michelle Zatlyn, COO of Cloudflare, founded Cloudflare in 2009 and has since grown the company from start-up to multi-billion-dollar public company in just 10 years. “The Cloudflare story is almost like a fairy tale in many ways. It's what Silicon Valley is made out of. The Cloudflare origin story goes back to being students." Michelle...
2020-01-0749 min
Notable PerspectivesMichelle Zatlyn, Co-founder & COO of Cloudflare, on Trying an Idea to Building an Enduring SaaS CompanyMichelle Zatlyn is Co-founder and COO of Cloudflare, a leading Internet security, performance, and reliability company that was named to CNBC’s Disruptor 50 List, selected by the Wall Street Journal as the Most Innovative Internet Technology Company for two successive years, and named a Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum. Before co-founding Cloudflare, Michelle held positions at Google and Toshiba and launched two successful startups. She holds a BS degree, with distinction, from McGill University, and an MBA from Harvard Business School, where she was awarded the Dubliner Prize for Entrepreneurship. In this episode, we learn why Michelle turned down...
2019-12-0240 min
Harvard UniversityThe Birth of a Silicon Valley Blockbuster - Michelle Zatlyn and Matthew PrinceHow Cloudflare’s Michelle Zatlyn and Matthew Prince built a tech giant
Transcript: https://www.alumni.hbs.edu/stories/Pages/story-bulletin.aspx?num=7060
2019-07-1216 minSkydeck | Harvard Business SchoolThe Birth of a Silicon Valley Blockbuster - Michelle Zatlyn and Matthew PrinceHow Cloudflare’s Michelle Zatlyn and Matthew Prince built a tech giant
Transcript: https://www.alumni.hbs.edu/stories/Pages/story-bulletin.aspx?num=7060
2019-07-1216 min
Woman Owned: The Growth Podcast for Women Entrepreneurs[FFL 258] Ruling Silicon Valley HER Way with Michelle ZatlynMichelle Zatlyn is a co-founder and the Chief Operating Officer of CloudFlare, a web performance and security company that helps make the Internet fast, safe, and reliable for users around the world. She has been recognized locally and globally for her entrepreneurial efforts and success, including Fortune Magazine's Most Influential Young People in Business and Elle Magazine's Women Who Rule Silicon Valley.
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[Array] PodcastMichelle Zatlyn founder of Cloudflare on becoming a unicorn in span of 8 yearsIt’s amazing how Cloudflare a company that was a mere dream 8 years has become core part of the internet infrastructure today making websites more secure and scalable. Cloudflare sees all kinds of traffic and attacks from Neo Nazis, largest phasing attacks, political campaigns before you know about it. Tighten your seat belts to get on a roller coaster with Cloudflares's co-founder, Michelle Zatlyn, and her journey to becoming a fast unicorn from her early days of starting Cloudflare at Harvard Business School with her cofounder Matthew Prince and Lee Holloway. Follow Michelle Zatlyn on twitter @zatlyn and your ho...
2017-08-2955 min
Women to Watch Media® with Sue RoccoMichelle ZatlynMichelle Zatlyn, co-Founder of CloudFlare, knew at an early age that her interests were varied from art, to medicine, to athletics. This curiosity served her well as she ended up developing one of the most successful tech companies in the world! Find out why she believes that giving young girls an opportunity to visualize what […]Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/women-to-watch-r/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
2016-11-2258 min