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Every time one more journalist wakes up from his sleep they talk about how Apple may be doing fine for now but it really really needs a new breakthrough product.
Wednesday night, Storm Ventures hosted an incredible evening with Heidi Bullock around Demand Generation.
In the early days of Storm, GTM success meant hiring superstar sales reps with deep rolodexes.
I’m here today to tell you that there’s another wall that needs to be torn down. A wall that was built in the pursuit of organizational efficiency in the pre-SaaS world, but is today creating organizational inefficiency because it is a relic from a time long gone.
The media is abuzz with the biggest news of the year — UK is leaving EU, and how this will change everything.
Doing whatever you can, spending whatever you can spend, to acquire any and all customers — whether they’re a good fit long-term or not — is played out.
Tom Fishburne wrote a good blog post called “Authentic Marketing,” where he said “we frequently hear that ‘authenticity’ is the key to marketing to millennials.”
Two weeks ago Storm hosted 15+ Dutch IT executives who spent the morning at our offices on Sand Hill.
Last night we hosted John Chambers, Executive Chairman of Cisco Systems Inc., for a dinner where he spoke with 30 of Storm Ventures portfolio company Founders and CEOs.
Last night we had the distinguished honor of hosting an intimate gathering between our portfolio companies and John Chambers — the Executive Chairman and former CEO Cisco.
Satya has been on a quest to make Microsoft relevant again with a string of acquisitions in mobile and cloud, and this acquisition doubles down on that strategy.
The Investment thesis for Storm’s investment in RiseSmart was premised on bringing technology to assist in the search for a job.
The tech world has been buzzing over the last two weeks about Google’s win over Oracle in their recent bout of litigation. But what does it actually mean for the tech industry?
Marketo is going out of the public markets — acquired for $1.8B. Salesforce is buying Demandware for $2.8B.
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Recently in January, Storm was fortunate enough to invest in Gather, an Atlanta based company focused on event management SaaS.
Last Thursday Storm Ventures hosted a get-together with some of the CTO’s and VP’s of Engineering from our portfolio companies.
It is a personal goal of mine to help wherever I can and get out of the way when I can’t. Helping to recruit and build teams is one way I can do something other than write a check.
Why do we need it, how to structure it, and what actions can you take...
TL;DR: Make sure you design for growth, execute against the design, measure based on detailed metrics, and improve upon it.
TL;DR — Ryan Floyd’s take on the importance of structure and a slide deck when first meeting a VC to discuss funding.
Today’s an exciting day for all of us here at Storm Ventures. Today we get to announce and roll out our Sales Mentorship Program.
Sales is all about growth. For most companies sustainable growth is measured in single digit percentages. Sales for start-ups is about rapid growth and often is measured in double or even triple digit percentages.
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