Top 5 Doses for Securetech Startups

In our latest Securetech newsletter, we gave you a list of the top 5 doses of 2021, specifically for security startups. In case you missed it, here’s the list. Subscribe to the Securetech newsletter here so you won’t miss any company updates, announcements, or upcoming newsletters!


How to Get a CISO to Buy Your Product

Security startups need to know these 5 pro tips on how to sell a CISO. Our advice on cyber sales and crafting CISO security sales pitches will help improve your close rates and enterprise sales outcomes. These tips are relevant for those pursuing cybersecurity sales for beginners as well as more mature enterprise sales security startups.


5 CISO Objections that KILL Security Startups

On the other hand, why wouldn't a CISO buy your product? Securetech Managing Director, Mel Shakir, covers the 5 common red flags from security startup pitches that CISOs hate hearing. This video will help you craft your CISO sales pitch to avoid objections they often raise.


How to Crush Your Demo When Pitching Customers & Investors

Demos are critical to a security startup's success. Managing Partner, Steve Barsh, reminds you to reinforce how you’re solving a big and urgent problem with your demo. He explains how use cases highlight core value and why it’s important to align your demo with key benefits and differentiators from your pitch deck.


Increasing Cyber Sales, Avoiding 5 Big MITRE ATT&CK Mistakes

What’s the best MITRE ATT&CK strategy? Get expert advice on key issues to avoid. In this Dose, Mel Shakir, Managing Director of Dreamit’s Securetech vertical, presents his MITRE ATT&CK checklist on top issues founders be aware of when implementing MITRE ATT&CK techniques. That’s how to nail your MITRE ATT&CK certification and avoid common pitfalls security founders make when implementing the framework - all in a short 8-minute Dose!


5 Startup Product Management Rules that Shape GREAT Products

Product management is a critical functional area that founders have to get right. Product managers are often guilty of similar pitfalls regardless of whether they're working at a startup or leading product management at a larger organization. This shows that startup product management doesn’t end once you first get to market, it continues throughout the startup product lifecycle.


By Alana Hill, Securetech Associate at Dreamit Ventures

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