Protecting the Internet

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[00:02:52] – (First question) – Project Honeypot and how it started

[00:03:39] – What question was Honeypot solving 

[00:04:59] – Working through the idea maze of Cloudflare

[00:07:30] – The first iteration of Cloudflare

[00:08:15] – An overview of the cybersecurity market and why more leaders need to pay attention

[00:10:33] – First big break for the company

[00:12:50] – Risks they help mitigate

[00:16:42] – Cyber weapons that Cloudflare protects against

[00:20:14] – Hardest part of the building process

[00:24:06] – Effective marketing lessons

[00:25:41] – The sharks vs mosquitoes concept 

[00:27:53] – How do decide where to focus next

[00:31:34] – The Cloudflare workers program

[00:36:33] – Their scale vs other cloud providers

[00:42:21] – The finance side of Cloudflare and their relationship vs Wall Street

[00:42:40] – John Collison Podcast Episode

[00:44:47] – Relationship with their founding partners

[00:50:46] – What about the future is most excites them

[00:52:32] – Kindest thing anyone has done for her