Aaron Newman

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Written By Kseniia Krasilich

CloudCheckr, Founder

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Career Highlights

  • Led four companies from concept to acquisition - CloudCheckr, DbSecure, Techrigy, Appsec

  • Managed teams of up to 150 people 

FaILURES

  • At Appsec, we missed several chances to sell this company for many times what it was worth. Our investors forced us not to sell and, in the end, we missed the boat and were forced to sell for about the same amount of money we raised. On the outside, it may have looked like a success but it was more of a learning experience in timing and greed

  • CloudCheckr had close to a dozen M&A deals that didn’t pan. Each time the M&A process fell through, we had a chance to grow more and our valuation increased. This consistent failure ultimately led to our success as the final M&A deal that succeed was our highest offer

Current Focus

  • Currently an investor

  • Exploring - undiscovered islands in Tanzania, going to space, have gone to the bottom of the ocean, ruins in remote parts of the world

 

Hobbies

Mountain climbing, Underwater robotics (ROVs and AUVs), Mediterranean and East Africa marine archeology, Space, Diving

 

Talk to me about

  • How to sell your software startup - sell yourself or hire a banker

  • How to pivot

  • 0 to 1

  • Finding and nurturing ideas

  • Managing and growing teams

  • My journey on the Titan Submersible, going to a newly discovered island in Tanzania and being up soon for going to space on Blue Origin and Virgin

I want to talk to you about

  • Building a business in software, cloud, security, fin ops, social media, or databases

  • Helping others look for investors or advice

 
Kseniia Krasilich https://www.kseniiakrasilich.com/
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