domainskate.com

DomainSkate enables law-firms and large brands to identify, evaluate and monitor domains and social media accounts operated by bad actors that are diverting web traffic to steal revenue, run phishing scams and damage brand reputation.

Year Founded
2012
Product Stage
v2 Launched
Funding Stage
Private
Team Size
1
Industry
Cyber Security
Year Founded
2012
Funding Stage
Private
Industry
Cyber Security
Product Stage
v2 Launched
Team Size
1
Product Stage
Funding Stage
Team Size
Year Founded
Industry
2012
v2 Launched
Private
1
Cyber Security

leadership team

David Mitnick, Founder & CEO - David is an intellectual property attorney by training, with expertise in trademarks, copyright, patent litigation and internet law.

why foundertherapy

Major Business Milestones
  • Platform re-build
  • MVP launch
  • Multiple business pivots
  • v2 launch
  • Sales and operations strategy development

FT began working with DomainSkate in 2014 when it became clear to David that the platform he initially built was not technologically scaleable nor meeting market needs. He needed a trusted partner experienced with big data applications that could rebuild the platform and lead ongoing development. In addition, he needed Product leadership that could help him pivot and evolve the business as he worked to develop a sustainable business model and find product-market fit. During our initial work together, we worked with him to transition from selling to small- and medium-sized businesses to enterprise businesses, and he continued to rely on us as a team that had experience both building and selling enterprise software.

FT began working with DomainSkate in 2014 when it became clear to David that the platform he initially built was not technologically scaleable nor meeting market needs. He needed a trusted partner experienced with big data applications that could rebuild the platform and lead ongoing development. In addition, he needed Product leadership that could help him pivot and evolve the business as he worked to develop a sustainable business model and find product-market fit. During our initial work together, we worked with him to transition from selling to small- and medium-sized businesses to enterprise businesses, and he continued to rely on us as a team that had experience both building and selling enterprise software.

Major Business Milestones
  • Platform re-build
  • MVP launch
  • Multiple business pivots
  • v2 launch
  • Sales and operations strategy development

our role & impact

Roles We Play
  • CTO
  • CPO
  • Director of Engineering
  • Engineering Execution
  • Product Execution
  • Sales & Fundraising
  • Strategy & Planning

FT provided the key team members David needed to perform customer discovery, business and product strategy, sales development, and the development of the platform. We initially oversaw David’s freelance engineers, and then worked with them to transition to our own internal engineering team. Our Product & Engineering teams rebuilt the initial PHP platform in Python and greatly enhanced its feature set and its ability to scale and efficiently process and analyze hundreds of millions of domains every day. On the business side, we helped DomainSkate develop a robust sales operations playbook for the revamped product that helped the team acquire and maintain several important early enterprise clients as well as some key reselling partnerships. We also helped to develop a financially viable business model that increased the monthly subscription cost by 25x.

Roles We Play

FT provided the key team members David needed to perform customer discovery, business and product strategy, sales development, and the development of the platform. We initially oversaw David’s freelance engineers, and then worked with them to transition to our own internal engineering team. Our Product & Engineering teams rebuilt the initial PHP platform in Python and greatly enhanced its feature set and its ability to scale and efficiently process and analyze hundreds of millions of domains every day. On the business side, we helped DomainSkate develop a robust sales operations playbook for the revamped product that helped the team acquire and maintain several important early enterprise clients as well as some key reselling partnerships. We also helped to develop a financially viable business model that increased the monthly subscription cost by 25x.

  • CTO
  • CPO
  • Director of Engineering
  • Engineering Execution
  • Product Execution
  • Sales & Fundraising
  • Strategy & Planning

What they say

"Working with FounderTherapy may be the best decision I have made as a CEO. It has brought us focus and collective expertise that we could not have found anywhere else. From engineering to product development and even internal communications, the FounderTherapy team has challenged us to be better and helped improve every aspect of our business. I would highly recommend any company that is looking to make a tangible step to improve its business and internal operations work with the FounderTherapy team."

-- David Mitnick, Founder & CEO