Lasse Andresen | Gather the Right People and Cool Things will Happen
Updated September 8, 2025
Summarize in ChatGPTThis video is a highlight from the virtual summit «Startup CTO Summit. Building the Tech Teams. Top Trends to Follow. Alignment with the Business» hosted by Glorium Technologies. It presents a speech by Lasse Andresen about Gather the right people and cool things will happen.
What we’re gonna covered from this video:
- How to create a space to let cool things happen
- Who are the ‘best people’ and how to find and keep them
- Importance of your product/tech/service
- Disrupting and building
- Do you need a plan B
- Idea or execution
About speaker
Lasse Andresen is a serial entrepreneur and a 20+ year digital identity veteran. In his most recent startup venture, Lasse is founder and CEO of IndyKite, co-founder and CTO of indyRIOT and joon. Previously Lasse founded identity and access management company, ForgeRock, which became a publicly traded company in September of 2021. He led as CEO through the startup phase, achieving 100% year-over-year growth and securing top-tier venture funding totaling $230 million. He continued in leadership as CTO, growing the company to over 750 employees in offices around the world, and establishing a customer base of over 1300 Global Fortune 5000 companies. When he’s not dreaming up the next big thing in identity, Lasse is a passionate keyboard player and cyclist, and has toured countries around the world.
You can get the full recording of the Startup CTO Summit here.
