Jason Syversen - Cyberwarrior

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After a career at DARPA, defending America from cyber threats, Jason Syversen founded Siege Technologies which had a great exit. He now focuses on angel investing and philanthropy. Inspiring chat.

 

Sponsored by Purdue University entrepreneurship, and Peter Fasse, patent attorney at Fish and Richardson.

 

Highlights:

Sal Daher Introduces Jason Syversen What Problem Siege Technologies is Solving "... How do you measure and predict probability of success and collateral damage for a cyberattack? That is actually the technology we end up being acquired for when we sold..." "... I took over 10X Venture Partners, which is an angel group..." SportsVisio and What it is Solving "... That was a really interesting example of you think that this is all figured out even in pro leagues, and yet it really isn't..." Jason's Background "... if you had a choice between being born in a family with trust funds where your parents really don't care about you or being born in a hardscrabble family where the parents do care about you, choose the latter..." "... Human infants need nurturing and then beyond that, and when we're grown, we need a society around us that supports us ... This lack of connection is the biggest problem in America today..." Advice to the Audience

 

Topics: discovering entrepreneurship, founding story, product