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Morley: Poor market timing kills more startups than a lack of capital
“Absolutely. I would agree a hundred percent with that statement.”
Morley: Going public forces difficult restrictions on internal transparency and employee communication
“I think one of the challenges, and many companies have spoken to this, one of the challenges of being a public company is the way that you communicate and the transparency that you exhibit inside the company from a comm standpoint has to change, and it's harde…”
Morley: Google's 2010 hack announcement triggered a massive shift in cybersecurity demand
“In 2010, there was a market change when Google announced that they had been hacked.”
Morley: Educating public equity investors consumes significant time for post-IPO executives
“Going out and helping public equity buyers understand who we are as a company, and the amount of time that that requires for myself and others at the senior level in the company.”
Morley: Carbon Black cycled through three distinct executive teams while scaling
“If you look over the years, I've effectively had three senior teams around me that I've had the opportunity to work with.”
Morley speaks at every new employee orientation to explain Carbon Black's mission
“We do new employee orientation for every single and I speak at every single new employee orientation. I shake every single new employee's hand and tell them why we're here and what we're all about and what we're trying to achieve.”
Morley has taken five startup teams public over his 25-year career
“Well, when you look at building a company, my experience, I've spent the last 25 plus years helping to build and scale a variety of different startups and have been fortunate enough to be part of five teams that have brought companies public, including Carbon …”