This Masters of Scale podcast episode interviews Christina Cacioppo, founder of the $2.5 billion security and compliance company Vanta. The conversation traces her journey from a childhood Beanie Baby eBay business to her current success, highlighting her time at Union Square Ventures, self-taught coding, and the iterative process of finding Vanta's winning product-market fit. Cacioppo emphasizes the importance of talking to potential customers before building a product and shares lessons learned about scaling a company from 20 to 700 employees, including the challenges of early-stage hiring and the strategic use of AI. The interview concludes with her vision for Vanta's future, focusing on long-term sustainability and expansion into adjacent markets within trust management. Listeners gain insights into building a successful SaaS company, navigating hyper-growth, and the importance of market-driven product development.
