Gili Raanan

in Israel that didn't feel really appreciated for his talents and didn't feel that he's part of something bigger. And I think only when I was 13, for my bar mitzvah, I got a Commodore 64 computer. That opened up a whole new world for me. I started to get to know people with the same mindset.

in Israel that didn't feel really appreciated for his talents and didn't feel that he's part of something bigger. And I think only when I was 13, for my bar mitzvah, I got a Commodore 64 computer. That opened up a whole new world for me. I started to get to know people with the same mindset.

Speaking about the 80s, I hopped on a bus and went to computer geeks gatherings in Tel Aviv when I was 14 or 15. And I think that only when I joined the Israeli NSA when I was 18, I really found out that I'm part of something bigger. I felt that I belong to that group of people. So it took time to develop that self-confidence.

Speaking about the 80s, I hopped on a bus and went to computer geeks gatherings in Tel Aviv when I was 14 or 15. And I think that only when I joined the Israeli NSA when I was 18, I really found out that I'm part of something bigger. I felt that I belong to that group of people. So it took time to develop that self-confidence.

Beforehand, there was always a gap between the way I felt about myself and the type of feedback I got from the people around me.

Beforehand, there was always a gap between the way I felt about myself and the type of feedback I got from the people around me.

My endless hunger. I'm never happy. I'm never satisfied with whatever I achieve. I always look at the next step. I finish climbing on one peak of the mountain. I immediately look beyond that mountain and look for the next peak to climb. It's very daunting because I tell myself it would be nicer if I could just take a rest and enjoy the view from the peak of the mountain I just climbed.

My endless hunger. I'm never happy. I'm never satisfied with whatever I achieve. I always look at the next step. I finish climbing on one peak of the mountain. I immediately look beyond that mountain and look for the next peak to climb. It's very daunting because I tell myself it would be nicer if I could just take a rest and enjoy the view from the peak of the mountain I just climbed.

And I find very little satisfaction in that.

And I find very little satisfaction in that.

Making impact on people that I really care about. The founders I partner with are people that I really care about. My partners at CyberStarts, Leo, Emily, Hila, Adam, are people that I care about. Trying to leverage the past 35 years of being in the different sides of cybersecurity, going through so many different experiences to really make impact on their life.

Making impact on people that I really care about. The founders I partner with are people that I really care about. My partners at CyberStarts, Leo, Emily, Hila, Adam, are people that I care about. Trying to leverage the past 35 years of being in the different sides of cybersecurity, going through so many different experiences to really make impact on their life.

WIS in many ways is the front window type of use case for the cyber starts recipe for building an important company. And for me, the WIS story really holds many of the key ingredients for building an important cybersecurity company. I'll talk about a few elements. I hope that I'll do that in the right order.

WIS in many ways is the front window type of use case for the cyber starts recipe for building an important company. And for me, the WIS story really holds many of the key ingredients for building an important cybersecurity company. I'll talk about a few elements. I hope that I'll do that in the right order.

But most importantly, I think it's picking a really important pain point and getting the perfect product market fit. If you look at Wiz, the four founders, Asaf, Ami, Roy, Non, I think that the Wiz journey started eight years ago. Before founding Wiz in 2012, there was just a bunch of young guys, 27, 28 years old, straight out of the army.

But most importantly, I think it's picking a really important pain point and getting the perfect product market fit. If you look at Wiz, the four founders, Asaf, Ami, Roy, Non, I think that the Wiz journey started eight years ago. Before founding Wiz in 2012, there was just a bunch of young guys, 27, 28 years old, straight out of the army.

Asaf had spent maybe a year with McKinsey, but really inexperienced team. And they started Adelon. a cloud security company, and that journey was quite short.

Asaf had spent maybe a year with McKinsey, but really inexperienced team. And they started Adelon. a cloud security company, and that journey was quite short.

In three years, they sold the business to Microsoft, joined Microsoft in 2015, and spent five years at Microsoft building the Microsoft cloud security business, brought it to a decent size of a billion dollars in revenue, and then they left Microsoft in 2020. And at that point in time, they were the most experienced team, in my view, worldwide in running a cloud security business.

In three years, they sold the business to Microsoft, joined Microsoft in 2015, and spent five years at Microsoft building the Microsoft cloud security business, brought it to a decent size of a billion dollars in revenue, and then they left Microsoft in 2020. And at that point in time, they were the most experienced team, in my view, worldwide in running a cloud security business.