The enterprise landscape is poised for a transformation thanks to recent innovations in a technology concept with roots that go way back: automation. In this post, Storm Ventures managing director Ryan Floyd explores the power…
Any business that gets to $15–20M in revenue inevitably attracts some acquisition interest. Getting acquisition interest can be extremely exciting but also distracting. If being acquired is on your radar, now is a good time…
It’s tough as a founder on so many levels. As an investor in B2B startups, I’ve seen many of the same mistakes made — here are some thoughts on maybe trying to avoid some of…
This is how I, as an investor, want to receive pitches It might seem incredible that an unsolicited email from a startup founder to an investor they’ve never met could result in a response, let alone…
What is the difference between an angel investor and a VC, and which should your tech start-up pitch to for investment? As a venture capital (VC) investor in tech startups, I’m often asked by new…
We all know data has become one the most potentially valuable resources inside of the enterprise — this has been a building trend for a decade, made even more real with the widespread cloud adoption…
Ryan Floyd, co-founding MD of Storm Ventures, explores how to create a strategy to tackle customer churn for a tech startup ‘One of the biggest challenges for fast-growing companies is that because of all of the…
We’re three months shy of a year into the global Covid-19 pandemic, and it’s safe to say that remote work culture has become a necessity for a huge number of businesses. It was a challenge…
There’s already a wealth of information out there on the basics of term sheets and startup vesting—things like valuation, option pools, and SAFEs—so there’s no need to go over it again here. Instead, I’m going…
Since the start of the global Covid-19 pandemic, it’s likely you’ve had to convert your existing team to a remote one involuntarily, or you’ve had to hire a totally new remote team. Naturally, this brings…