Vanta's Path to Product-Market Fit

Founder and CEO Christina Cacioppo tells the behind-the-scenes story of the earliest days of building and scaling Vanta and how she found product-market fit.
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[@csrt7774]

Blessed by the algorithm after binge watching Nick Kozmin

[@LeveragedFinance]

ok so they had people Ctrl F a json and file the SOC 2 report first, is it automated now?

[@GabrielSestrem]

You have no idea how automated Vanta is right now. They connected to 15+ of our vendors and got 150+ automated controla checks instantly. It’s magic 🪄

[@FirstRoundCapital]

Yes, this was just in the early days when the founders were looking to get feedback on the idea and see if the product was worth building out.

[@DJjussi1]

So many tech founders from SF have the exact same body language and speaking style as Marc Andreessen

[@nonefvnfvnjnjnjevjenjvonej3384]

almost cult like

[@winstonsmith6204]

Even the guy from Open AI speaks like this.

[@Worsman69]

Not impressed by the presenter. Pure lack of empathy to the problemes potential customers do face. Drop the high additude. Be humble that customers have a problem that you could solve