The Co-Working Call That Changed Everything: How Founder Isolation Led to Security Besties

Beyond Product Management · Aug 20, 2026 · 9m

Founders are surrounded by people all day — clients, teams, family — and can still feel completely isolated. Not lonely exactly, but without anyone to be unfiltered with. In this episode, Heather shares the unplanned, honest conversation with her mentor that became the real turning point behind Security Besties.

It happened during what was supposed to be a group co-working call. No one else showed up except Heather and her mentor, and one honest question turned into the conversation that unlocked something Heather had been circling for a while: her shift toward becoming the go-to voice on…