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Why SaaS startups should care about churn
October 30, 2019
Why SaaS startups should care about churn

What is Churn?

SaaS
Sales
Venture Capital
Startup
Entrepreneurship
Calculating sales efficiency in a startup: The magic number that will help you scale
September 30, 2019
Calculating sales efficiency in a startup: The magic number that will help you scale

How and why sales efficiency could help tech startups unlock growth

Startup
Venture Capital
Sales
Entrepreneurship
SaaS
Why this US investor is on the hunt for European founders
September 12, 2019
Why this US investor is on the hunt for European founders

A US investor’s love letter to European startups.

Startup
Venture Capital
Entrepreneurship
Europe
European Union
Syte: The Power of Visual AI
September 9, 2019
Syte: The Power of Visual AI

Today we are extremely excited to announce our investment in Syte

Storm Ventures
SaaS
B2B
Community
eCommerce
There’s no need to fear AI: It will create as many jobs as it steals
September 4, 2019
There’s no need to fear AI: It will create as many jobs as it steals

It is understandable that automation and its effect on jobs is the subject of much recent debate.

Technology
Artificial Intelligence
Jobs
Automation
Why we need to give more funding to female entrepreneurs
August 28, 2019
Why we need to give more funding to female entrepreneurs

We all know the dismal figures for the lack of women on boards and the rarity of female investors, now the attention has turned to the number of women receiving funding.

Entrepreneurship
Venture Capital
Female Founders
Talview: Bridging the Talent Gap
August 16, 2019
Talview: Bridging the Talent Gap

The HR industry has adopted a tremendous amount of technology over the last few years to drive efficiency and intelligence.

HR
AI
Storm Ventures
Hring
Remote Working
Aviso: A NoCRM approach to Sales
July 30, 2019
Aviso: A NoCRM approach to Sales

Sales technology is one of the cornerstones of enterprise software.

Sales
AI
Enterprise Technology
Startup
B2B
Personal Brand
March 27, 2019
Personal Brand

Something I’ve been spending increasing amounts of time thinking about particularly in the back of my mind is the power of brand.

Thoughts
Storm Ventures
Venture Capital
Personal Branding
Influencer Marketing
A Smarter and Simpler Approach to Hiring
March 4, 2019
A Smarter and Simpler Approach to Hiring

Hiring is a slow, manual and frustrating process for candidates and employers.

HR
Storm Ventures
Startup
Venture Capital
AI
Best kept pipeline conversion secret — Why we invested in Sendoso
February 27, 2019
Best kept pipeline conversion secret — Why we invested in Sendoso

How many emails do you receive a day? If you’re an operator, it’s probably 50 to 100

Customer Success
Entrepreneurship
Startup
Storm Ventures
Venture Capital
GovTech Midwest Meetup
February 25, 2019
GovTech Midwest Meetup

Last week I presented my GovTech Business Model Canvas to a great group of about 40 founders & civil servants.

Storm Ventures
Venture Capital
GTM
Govtech
Government
Brexit will bring chaos but as an investor it won’t put me off
February 22, 2019
Brexit will bring chaos but as an investor it won’t put me off

Is this going to make London and UK-based businesses less attractive to me?

Venture Capital
Thoughts
Storm Ventures
Brexit
UK
Power Mapping
February 10, 2019
Power Mapping

I recently started a book called “Regulatory Hacking” by Evan Burfield, and in it he talks about this concept called Power Mapping.

Startup
GTM
Storm Ventures
Venture Capital
Entrepreneurship
I know It’s Been Awhile…
February 3, 2019
I know It’s Been Awhile…

One of the goals I always had when I started blogging was consistency.

Venture Capital
Thoughts
Storm Ventures
Business
The Need for Speed
December 5, 2018
The Need for Speed

It has been almost 18 months since we’ve invested in Workato and first wrote about our thinking behind the business.

Cloud Computing
Venture Capital
Storm Ventures
Automation
Information Technology
Writing Survival To Thrival
February 16, 2018
Writing Survival To Thrival

The book is finally here!

Startup
Entrepreneurship
Storm Ventures
GTM
The Role of the Investor- a Heavybit Industries Podcast
February 2, 2018
The Role of the Investor- a Heavybit Industries Podcast

I was invited by Peter Chapman of Heavybit Industries to be featured in a Podcast about what is it like to live the investor life.

Venture Capital
Storm Ventures
Business
Thoughts
Logikcull Raises 25 Million in 17 Days. A Message From Me To Our Customers & Employees: Thank You!
January 29, 2018
Logikcull Raises 25 Million in 17 Days. A Message From Me To Our Customers & Employees: Thank You!

The following is a blog post written by Andy Wilson, the CEO at Logikcull — a Storm Ventures investment.

Storm Ventures
Business
Startup
Entrepreneurship
Venture Capital
Investing in 2018
January 28, 2018
Investing in 2018

I thought long and hard about whether I wanted to write one of “these” posts.

Thoughts
Storm Ventures
Venture Capital
Entrepreneurship
Reflections
Storm Security Summit
January 26, 2018
Storm Security Summit

The cybersecurity landscape continues to evolve rapidly with each year seemingly worse than the last.

Cybersecurity
Security
Community
Storm Ventures
Entrepreneurship
How to Keep Employees Happy?
January 17, 2018
How to Keep Employees Happy?

Over half of the US workforce is not engaged.

Startup
Storm Ventures
Career
HR
Employee Engagement
Blockchain and Healthcare
January 10, 2018
Blockchain and Healthcare

The transactional nature of Healthcare, however, lends itself really well to one new technology, the Blockchain.

Blockchain
Healthcare
Entrepreneurship
Storm Ventures
Thoughts
Why I love Investor Update Emails
January 2, 2018
Why I love Investor Update Emails

...sending out a monthly email about how the business is doing is super helpful, and sets you up to expedite the next round of financing, or better yet, get a preempted term-sheet!

Venture Capital
Storm Ventures
Entrepreneurship
Thoughts
Startup
Why Product Qualified Leads Are Rapidly Being Adopted in SaaS
November 21, 2017
Why Product Qualified Leads Are Rapidly Being Adopted in SaaS

Leveraging in-product behavior as a leading indicator of buyer intent

Sales
Product
GTM
Customer Success
Community
Union