Stopping to Appreciate the View

Something personal, general thoughts, and ForceNock updates.

I have continued the “work hard, play hard” lifestyle for the past wonderful few months!

First and foremost, and on a personal note, being a dad is amazing—but I am so tired! My little angel is a typical “boss baby”. Her default mode is running, and although we still can’t make out what she’s saying, it’s obvious her favorite word is “dad”. Who can withstand that?

I’ve always wondered how my friends are able to maintain a healthy balance between family and work, especially when running a startup. Now I know how. It’s simple—no sleep.

So what is it that we have accomplished since February 2018? 

• Grew the team – R&D and M&S.
• Launched our GA – yes that happened. Real GA. It even works:-)
• First paying customers – yes with an ‘s’ for plural.
• Finished successful PoCs with fortune 100 and fortune 500 companies.
• Teaming up with a leading cyber vendor as a partner—we got amazing feedback for improving our product.
• Built an impressive funnel of WOW companies.

And yes, I didn’t mention fundraising. A good & smart friend once told me to celebrate only traction, not rounds.

Moving forward – much work ahead of us, no time to rest

• Team – still looking to grow with exceptional people (lmk if you have ideas, check our career page).

• M&S (I) – if you see a CISO say something. Looking to further increase our funnel. The focus is on North America—if you think you can help, the first 5 coffees/beers are on me.
• M&S (II) - working on positioning, branding etc. Wish us luck.
• Product – the sky is the limit. We have so many cool ideas we want to develop and implement in order to make our solution rise to the unbelievable “David Copperfield” level.

This is just the beginning.

And more importantly, Shana Tova to all of my wonderful friends.

Keep safe, Dotan