Staying hands on made scaling to $1B+ fun for Cloudflare’s founder

On this week’s Most Innovative Companies podcast, Cloudflare COO Michelle Zatlyn talks with Fast Company staff writer David Salazar about hitting $1B in revenue and going global, as well as why defending businesses of all sizes online is more necessary than ever.

https://www.fastcompany.com/91370904/staying-hands-on-made-scaling-to-1b-fun-for-cloudflares-founder?partner=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=rss+fastcompany&utm_content=rss

Created 5h | Jul 19, 2025, 8:30:05 AM


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