William Lin

[William Lin @williamlin]

I'm finding that lots of entrepreneurs are looking for their next registrar due to Google divesting their Domain business. Not enough folks know about Cloudflare's Registrar yet. It's good! https://t.co/loQe4Xx4hS

[William Lin @williamlin]

Mental note for conference planning: Avoid this week next year. We have at least four conflicting conferences going on this week!

[William Lin @williamlin]

Happy first day of summer and the middle of the year! The hump!

Today is the longest day of the year in the North Hemisphere and the official first day of summer.

Cheers to an amazing summer and rest of the year. https://t.co/GThTg5xED2

[William Lin @williamlin]

I've been in serious mode and heads down for a couple of weeks at Stealth Security Startup. Time for a fun memory!

Photo: Gandalf (our first-born pet of three) with his matching custom-designed jacket.

Gandalf likes sushi, has a lot of personality and a…https://t.co/XYP9IOp85X

[William Lin @williamlin]

Dear friends,

Thank you for your help while I’ve been on this journey of problem solving and company creation.

Whenever I’m exhausted beyond belief, I think of how lucky and grateful I am to have brilliant friends & coaches like you.

After pouring ever…https://t.co/K46sAq23fN

[William Lin @williamlin]

Is this normal?

[William Lin @williamlin]

At Identiverse this week and loving the energy in the security industry at this moment.

No doom and gloom. Just a collective interest to share knowledge, grow the next generation of security practitioners, solve modern problems and foster innovation.

[William Lin @williamlin]

Sharing a foundational life learning today: seeing the world from another perspective.

I still think back to my first time interviewing college students for full-time investment banking roles.

In a year I went from interviewee to interviewer. The stress…https://t.co/kuTZ4gSBPl

[William Lin @williamlin]

The bookshelf is 100% occupied by friends now!

@csoandy, @charcuteriecoma, George Finney, Helen Patton, Jadee Hanson, Rohit Gupta, Sounil Yu

Writing a book takes so much time! Hundreds of hours at the minimum and many times years of effort. Let’s celebr…https://t.co/rK6jZF5vtr

[William Lin @williamlin]

The VC Field Guide is press release official.

If you are at the RSA Conference, come find me at the expo floor from 4:30-6pm today at the Cyberhaven booth #0766 for a free signed copy! https://t.co/ytrZBRx2wV

[William Lin @williamlin]

The first bookstore ever to stock The VC Field Guide! As a new author and book lover, I so appreciate the RSA Conference for the brilliant idea to provide a curated inventory for attendees. Thanks as well to my brilliant PR team for balancing the timeline…https://t.co/Q1seqdGSyg

[William Lin @williamlin]

I can't wait to catch up with and run into friends during #rsac2023! The most important tip from a former VC who made going to conferences a job: quality > quantity always wins.

The two biggest sources of quality:
1) opportunities to learn timely dense…https://t.co/5aduCTGOpH

[William Lin @williamlin]

Wow we’re in an action-packed time for celebration. Between multiple friends’ books dropping, reunions and even multiple anniversaries, next week is going to be bonkers.

Here is what I prepared for my dearest Priya Saiprasad for our anniversary. Some flo…https://t.co/O5Z90mBI2U

[William Lin @williamlin]

Something hit deep while making a private presentation on the results of hundreds of hours Stealth Security Startup research: Learning, building and helping is the essence of who I am.

In the past decade I’ve worked with teams to create the The VC Field…https://t.co/XkUc2Cofoy

[William Lin @williamlin]

A The VC Field Guide and Cyberhaven collaboration at #RSAC2023 with the first-ever book signing. After doing some research it looks like this will be one of the best times on the expo floor and we'll have limited copies. Come by for an autographed book an…https://t.co/E8kGId26qr

[William Lin @williamlin]

The latest rewarding experience related to The VC Field Guide: International buyers are already talking about the book!

People where our paths would not have naturally crossed. My heart is full.

The first copies of the book will be shipped this month! https://t.co/qK31yD00zx

[William Lin @williamlin]

Curious what people are looking for from #rsac2023? Zero Trust is top of the search list followed by (Microsoft, AI, FBI and Quantum)

We've all heard the classic phrases related to #zerotrust and experienced the confusion of what to do with the concept.…https://t.co/dsV6aVo00t

[William Lin @williamlin]

#ciso360 is tomorrow in NYC! It will be a packed day and I’m looking forward to delivering an opening keynote on the “Top 10 Unanswered Questions in Security”

Pulse Conferences https://t.co/9pbX8mMRpA

[William Lin @williamlin]

We created some memories at #gartneriam!

@hbernardes, Rita Gurevich, ⚙ Mickey Bresman, @LalitKAhluwalia, @AllanAlfordinTX, @oneillds https://t.co/ecjzvlYxBn

[William Lin @williamlin]

I have a simple summary of my experience being a startup founder so far: life-changing

You know the empathy and self-awareness you feel when the student becomes a teacher? Or when the child becomes an adult?

I’ve Benjamin Button’d and I’m a student aga…https://t.co/XOG5I9sik0