Spotlight On Tines’s Eoin Hinchy on rejecting the playbooks
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May 20, 2025 In this conversation, Eoin Hinchy, Founder and CEO of Tines, shares his journey from security roles at companies like DocuSign and eBay to creating an automation platform that revolutionizes workflows. He discusses the power of teamwork, refusing conventional Silicon Valley norms, and the lessons learned by breaking away from the traditional startup playbook. Eoin reveals how Tines, born in Dublin, tailors its technology to meet diverse industry needs while ensuring customer satisfaction drives growth and innovation.
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Vision Flexibility Is Key
- Be dogmatic about your vision but stay flexible in your methods.
- Changing how you achieve the vision is crucial for startup success.
Founding Tines From Frustration
- Eoin saw that 80% of his security team’s time was wasted on repetitive tasks.
- Unable to find good automation tools, he founded Tines to solve this problem himself.
Co-founder Trust Built Over Years
- Eoin and TK built deep trust working together in high-stress security roles.
- Their longtime partnership made TK indispensable as a co-founder for Tines.