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Taking Buildkite from a Side Project to a Global Company
How an Australian developer turned his frustration with CI tools into a 13-year journey that redefined developer tooling.
Sep 7
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Scott Handsaker
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August 2025
From Bug Bounties to $100M Exit: The Bootstrapped Journey of AssetNote
How two Australian hackers built a global cybersecurity company without taking a single dollar of VC funding
Aug 26
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Scott Handsaker
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GDPR Took Half Their Revenue But Made Them Stronger: The Lexer Story
How Aaron Wallis started his SaaS platform from his bedroom and survived GDPR killing half his revenue to go global.
Aug 18
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Scott Handsaker
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July 2025
From Corporate Life to Cybersecurity Founder
Building Avertro through cofounder drama and a financial crisis.
Jul 27
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Scott Handsaker
A Founder's 20-Year Journey Through "Compound Stupidity"
How Scott Julian raised VC, got fired, but then ended up buying his company back.
Jul 20
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Scott Handsaker
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The journey from University spinout to exit
How QuadMetrics went from an academic idea to a sale in less than 15 months.
Jul 13
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Scott Handsaker
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Building a global cyber business from Australia
How Vaughan Shanks built Cydarm into one of the world's best case management systems.
Jul 6
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Scott Handsaker
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