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Ilana

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Leap Academy with Ilana Golan
Gil Shwed: Building Check Point into a $20B Empire and Defining the Future of Cybersecurity | E81

Tell us a story of a company that wanted to adopt this, but also I'm sure you had companies that didn't want to adopt this or didn't want to adopt the internet altogether. Share some stories because I'm sure at the beginning, it sounds glamorous. Like, oh my God, you're on this hockey stick. You raise capital. Everything is amazing. Share some stories, Gil.

Leap Academy with Ilana Golan
Gil Shwed: Building Check Point into a $20B Empire and Defining the Future of Cybersecurity | E81

Tell us a story of a company that wanted to adopt this, but also I'm sure you had companies that didn't want to adopt this or didn't want to adopt the internet altogether. Share some stories because I'm sure at the beginning, it sounds glamorous. Like, oh my God, you're on this hockey stick. You raise capital. Everything is amazing. Share some stories, Gil.

Leap Academy with Ilana Golan
Gil Shwed: Building Check Point into a $20B Empire and Defining the Future of Cybersecurity | E81

What a story. And I want to talk about those 100 days, first of all, because a lot of people, this is where they would give up. Like they would basically say, well, you know, a week or two have passed. I didn't make it. Does this even make sense? Is it going to create anything?

Leap Academy with Ilana Golan
Gil Shwed: Building Check Point into a $20B Empire and Defining the Future of Cybersecurity | E81

What a story. And I want to talk about those 100 days, first of all, because a lot of people, this is where they would give up. Like they would basically say, well, you know, a week or two have passed. I didn't make it. Does this even make sense? Is it going to create anything?

Leap Academy with Ilana Golan
Gil Shwed: Building Check Point into a $20B Empire and Defining the Future of Cybersecurity | E81

And you had no problem continuing, I think, that level of conviction, I guess, of what you're building and that this is going to be a real thing. But what kept you motivated and not just pulled the towel?

Leap Academy with Ilana Golan
Gil Shwed: Building Check Point into a $20B Empire and Defining the Future of Cybersecurity | E81

And you had no problem continuing, I think, that level of conviction, I guess, of what you're building and that this is going to be a real thing. But what kept you motivated and not just pulled the towel?

Leap Academy with Ilana Golan
Gil Shwed: Building Check Point into a $20B Empire and Defining the Future of Cybersecurity | E81

Right.

Leap Academy with Ilana Golan
Gil Shwed: Building Check Point into a $20B Empire and Defining the Future of Cybersecurity | E81

Right.

Leap Academy with Ilana Golan
Gil Shwed: Building Check Point into a $20B Empire and Defining the Future of Cybersecurity | E81

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Leap Academy with Ilana Golan
Gil Shwed: Building Check Point into a $20B Empire and Defining the Future of Cybersecurity | E81

Hey, I'm pausing here for a second. I hope you're enjoying this amazing conversation as much as I do. Don't forget to subscribe and download. Now, if you're looking to leap your own career, Figure out what's next for you. Fast track your own growth. Create a portfolio career. Check out my free 30-minute training at leapacademy.com slash training. That's leapacademy.com slash training.

Leap Academy with Ilana Golan
Gil Shwed: Building Check Point into a $20B Empire and Defining the Future of Cybersecurity | E81

Now back to the show. There's the book chutzpah or the word chutzpah. You know, I mean, there's something about knowing how to create our own luck, I think, that is playing a really important role here. And I love these examples. Now, I think, and correct me if I'm wrong, Gil, but only after about three years, you decided to go public with Checkpoint. You're super young. Why did you decide it?

Leap Academy with Ilana Golan
Gil Shwed: Building Check Point into a $20B Empire and Defining the Future of Cybersecurity | E81

Now back to the show. There's the book chutzpah or the word chutzpah. You know, I mean, there's something about knowing how to create our own luck, I think, that is playing a really important role here. And I love these examples. Now, I think, and correct me if I'm wrong, Gil, but only after about three years, you decided to go public with Checkpoint. You're super young. Why did you decide it?

Leap Academy with Ilana Golan
Gil Shwed: Building Check Point into a $20B Empire and Defining the Future of Cybersecurity | E81

How did you know how to do it? Talk to us a little bit, because that's a big deal in every perspective.

Leap Academy with Ilana Golan
Gil Shwed: Building Check Point into a $20B Empire and Defining the Future of Cybersecurity | E81

How did you know how to do it? Talk to us a little bit, because that's a big deal in every perspective.

Leap Academy with Ilana Golan
Gil Shwed: Building Check Point into a $20B Empire and Defining the Future of Cybersecurity | E81

First of all, I would love to hear how your leadership morphed, right? Because you're starting from such a small company to 7,000, whatever, employee company. That's a huge transition. And there's a lot of phases that go through this growth. What is that for you? How did you...

Leap Academy with Ilana Golan
Gil Shwed: Building Check Point into a $20B Empire and Defining the Future of Cybersecurity | E81

First of all, I would love to hear how your leadership morphed, right? Because you're starting from such a small company to 7,000, whatever, employee company. That's a huge transition. And there's a lot of phases that go through this growth. What is that for you? How did you...

Leap Academy with Ilana Golan
Gil Shwed: Building Check Point into a $20B Empire and Defining the Future of Cybersecurity | E81

learn how to morph yourself or what are some of the mistakes that you feel like you've made and you needed to learn how to do better in terms of leadership?

Leap Academy with Ilana Golan
Gil Shwed: Building Check Point into a $20B Empire and Defining the Future of Cybersecurity | E81

learn how to morph yourself or what are some of the mistakes that you feel like you've made and you needed to learn how to do better in terms of leadership?

Leap Academy with Ilana Golan
Gil Shwed: Building Check Point into a $20B Empire and Defining the Future of Cybersecurity | E81

Like if we stay in with 2002 for a second before we move forward, I mean, you're a public company, you need to report everything. Unlike a private company where you can hit the losses, right? Like now it's all public. There's a lot of stress. How do you handle the stress?

Leap Academy with Ilana Golan
Gil Shwed: Building Check Point into a $20B Empire and Defining the Future of Cybersecurity | E81

Like if we stay in with 2002 for a second before we move forward, I mean, you're a public company, you need to report everything. Unlike a private company where you can hit the losses, right? Like now it's all public. There's a lot of stress. How do you handle the stress?