{"id":22419,"date":"2023-08-01T15:00:22","date_gmt":"2023-08-01T22:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foundersnetwork.com\/?p=22419"},"modified":"2026-04-15T14:49:01","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T21:49:01","slug":"lessons-from-5x-founder-oliver-friedrichs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foundersnetwork.com\/lessons-from-5x-founder-oliver-friedrichs\/","title":{"rendered":"From Hacker to Entrepreneur: Lessons from 5x Founder Oliver Friedrichs"},"content":{"rendered":"
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To learn lessons from a 5x founder,<\/b> click here<\/b><\/a> to watch Oliver Friedrichs’s<\/b> global keynote<\/a><\/b>.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Serial entrepreneur and investor Oliver Friedrichs<\/a> can trace his origins to the earliest days of tech when the internet was still in its infancy.\u00a0 As a hacker turned cybersecurity startup founder, Oliver hasn\u2019t just witnessed the evolution of the cybersecurity landscape, he\u2019s helped shape it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI’ve been in the cybersecurity space since the late 90s. I was a hacker,\u201d Oliver says. \u201cThere was this thriving hacker culture that wasn’t revolving around criminal activities like you would see today, like fraud and credit card theft and other types of crimes, but more about exploration.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

While Oliver didn\u2019t have nefarious intentions, he was accessing systems illegally and ultimately came face to face with law enforcement. They gave him two options, use his forces for good and help secure the systems he was hacking, or get arrested.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThat’s how I got into cybersecurity. And it really provided me with a massive opportunity,\u201d Oliver says. \u201cOver the last 25 years, I’ve had the chance to start five companies in the cybersecurity space.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Four of those companies have since been acquired by industry giants like McAfee and Symantec. His current endeavor Pangea is a pioneer in the Security Platform as a Service space.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>In a global keynote for Founders Network<\/a> on August 30, Oliver will share the lessons he\u2019s learned as a 5x founder.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

His global keynote will provide insights on:<\/span><\/p>\n