Early on, when I just started the company, I was very focused on, like, building the cool

technical thing. And I had a lot of experience and I knew what worked, but I didn't really know

how to build a product to go to market. And I didn't even know what go to market really meant,

to be honest, as an engineer. It was just so far removed from my world.

You know, I was coming out of doing detection and response for eight years.

I didn't know anything about building companies.

So, I would say putting more of an emphasis on solid product management early on

would have made a huge difference.

My name is Jack Nagliere and I'm the founder and CEO of Panther Labs.

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Jack Nagliary grew up in Ohio, but moved to Virginia when he was 10.

He had a normal East Coast family upbringing, but he focused on tech early on,

even as a kid. Eventually, he went to George Mason to study computer science, and alongside that,

he was heavily involved in the music scene there, producing music and DJing in clubs. Outside of tech, he's into cooking and fitness, and he focuses a lot on making sure that his body and brain

are in good shape, through exercise,

meditation, sleep, and healthy eating. Jack was working as an incident responder previously,

and during that time he figured out that AI-based models for breach detection don't work as well

as intuitive humans, as oftentimes there isn't enough signal for them.

Along with using antiquated sets of data,

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