#117 Co-founder & COO Cloudflare, Michelle Zatlyn: A Better Internet

Guest: Michelle Zatlyn, co-founder, president, and COO of Cloudflare In this episode, we cover: Carrying the torch for women in infrastructure and “just getting started” (01:15); Being under the radar and the over-glamorization of founders (07:19); Why it’s so hard to hire & empower a great team (15:35); How Cloudflare is building a better internet (22:08); How Michelle, Matthew Prince, and Lee Holloway met and why they started Cloudflare (28:23); “Losing” at TechCrunch Disrupt’s Startup Battlefield — and turning it into a win (34:10); Building remote vs. choosing to be in the SF Bay Area (40:54); “I don’t understand why anyone starts companies” (46:28); How to run the best board meeting ever (55:31); Why Michelle brought her kids to the New York Stock Exchange for “Mom’s Special Day” (01:00:51); The skill that sets good founders apart from great ones (01:02:34); How a back injury took away a year of Michelle’s life (01:10:16)