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Digital Transformation Hits the CEO
June 1, 2017
Digital Transformation Hits the CEO

As an early stage B2B investor, I have been studying and investing in the digital transformation of the enterprise for a long time.

Storm Ventures
Venture Capital
Thoughts
Business
Entrepreneurship
How to Create a“Definitive Guide” (Thought Leadership Content)
May 23, 2017
How to Create a“Definitive Guide” (Thought Leadership Content)

There is no better way to build an enduring customer relationship than by helping with a business transformation.

Marketing
Thought Leadership
Storm Ventures
GTM
The Fastest & Simplest Way To Debug Complex Systems
May 23, 2017
The Fastest & Simplest Way To Debug Complex Systems

Unpredictable and intermittent problems are the bane of software development.

Venture Capital
Storm Ventures
Business
Entrepreneurship
Startup
The Missing Piece: How Investors & Entrepreneurs Can Work Together To Improve Diversity
May 11, 2017
The Missing Piece: How Investors & Entrepreneurs Can Work Together To Improve Diversity

In 2016, only 4.94% of all VC deals involved women led companies.

Venture Capital
Storm Ventures
Business
Entrepreneurship
Thoughts
Lexigram Finalists at AIConics!
May 8, 2017
Lexigram Finalists at AIConics!

Lexigram (www.lexigram.io) is honored to be a finalist for the AIConics awards.

Venture Capital
Storm Ventures
Business
Entrepreneurship
Community
Market Revolution, Sell Evolution
May 8, 2017
Market Revolution, Sell Evolution

Revolutions are fast and exhilarating, but risky and unpredictable.

Storm Ventures
GTM
Business
Entrepreneurship
Venture Capital
Hidden Impacts
May 5, 2017
Hidden Impacts

A good friend recently posed a great question to me, “how has your experience growing up poor impacted you as an investor?”

Venture Capital
Storm Ventures
Business
Entrepreneurship
Thoughts
Applying GTM Magic Number in the NBA
April 30, 2017
Applying GTM Magic Number in the NBA

After reviewing (and discussing) GTM metrics for SaaS companies, I just read an interesting article in the WSJ today about the NBA...

NBA
GTM
Storm Ventures
Venture Capital
Sales
How Can Startups Sell Into Hospitals?
April 26, 2017
How Can Startups Sell Into Hospitals?

Hospitals account for almost a third of the $3 trillion healthcare spend in the US.

GTM
Storm Ventures
Venture Capital
Startup
Healthcare
How And Why: Running a Clinical Trial On A Digital Health App
April 20, 2017
How And Why: Running a Clinical Trial On A Digital Health App

There is no shortage of passion in healthtech.

Venture Capital
Storm Ventures
Business
Entrepreneurship
Thoughts
Achieving Thought Leadership
April 17, 2017
Achieving Thought Leadership

The Customer Hero Journey

Storm Ventures
Venture Capital
Business
GTM
Entrepreneurship
The VC Mindset: Strong Views that are Weakly Held
April 12, 2017
The VC Mindset: Strong Views that are Weakly Held

“Strong views that are weakly held are key to the success of a venture investor.”

Entrepreneurship
Storm Ventures
Business
Venture Capital
Thoughts
Attacking with Thought Leadership
April 5, 2017
Attacking with Thought Leadership

The GTM Strategy for Early Startups

Storm Ventures
Content Marketing
Thought Leadership
GTM
Venture Capital
Cloud Application Security
April 3, 2017
Cloud Application Security

I recently led an interactive discussion on cloud security at an Office of the Cloud event in Menlo Park, CA.

Venture Capital
Storm Ventures
Business
Entrepreneurship
Community
State of GovTech Market
March 30, 2017
State of GovTech Market

A few months ago I had the honor to sit on a panel with some incredible GovTech investors to talk about what’s happening in the market.

Venture Capital
Storm Ventures
Business
Entrepreneurship
Thoughts
The Digital Health Revolution and HIMSS
March 15, 2017
The Digital Health Revolution and HIMSS

A digital health revolution is underway.

Storm Ventures
Entrepreneurship
Thoughts
Healthcare
Understanding Marketing
March 13, 2017
Understanding Marketing

The Role Marketing Plays in the GTM

Venture Capital
Storm Ventures
Business
Entrepreneurship
GTM
The Holy Grail of Healthcare and How To Find It
March 2, 2017
The Holy Grail of Healthcare and How To Find It

The difficult truth is that a lack of technology in healthcare is not the problem- the presence of disjointed technology that does little to foster the relationship between doctor and patient is.

Storm Ventures
Venture Capital
Business
Entrepreneurship
Thoughts
5 Steps to Increase Growth of Existing Accounts
February 28, 2017
5 Steps to Increase Growth of Existing Accounts

The big topic of conversation was how to align the entire organization, including sales and customer success, behind retaining and growing existing accounts.

Customer Success
SaaS
Account Management
Sales
GTM
My college adopted Modo to engage with students
February 27, 2017
My college adopted Modo to engage with students

I used to think of myself as a digital native. After-all, I’m a Millennial, I’ve got smartphones, smart watches, wireless everything, and I consume technology like I breathe air. Technology is at the center of my life — it’s even my career. But I’m not a digital native.

Venture Capital
Storm Ventures
Business
Entrepreneurship
Startup
Unpacking the GovTech market
February 22, 2017
Unpacking the GovTech market

The United States is on the cusp of a much-needed digital transformation.

Venture Capital
Storm Ventures
Business
Entrepreneurship
Thoughts
Why Low Growth Efficiency Troubles your VC board: Seeing Path to Cash Flow Break Even
February 17, 2017
Why Low Growth Efficiency Troubles your VC board: Seeing Path to Cash Flow Break Even

Growth Efficiency = Growth/Cash Burn. $1 of cash burn generates $GE of net new revenue.

GTM
Storm Ventures
Venture Capital
Entrepreneurship
Business
Tough Decisions
February 15, 2017
Tough Decisions

Accelerate Growth or Growth Efficiency The Challenge between Growth Rate and Growth Efficiency

Venture Capital
Business
Storm Ventures
Entrepreneurship
GTM
Going on the Offensive: Exchanging Intelligence using TruSTAR
February 9, 2017
Going on the Offensive: Exchanging Intelligence using TruSTAR

Cyber security attacks can spread at an alarming rate. 75% of attacks move from victim 0 to victim 1 within 24 hours.

Cybersecurity
Information Security
Storm Ventures
Venture Capital
Startup
Calculate, don’t guess, how many accounts to target in account based prospecting
February 8, 2017
Calculate, don’t guess, how many accounts to target in account based prospecting

Don’t use industry averages when determining how many accounts each rep should target as part of an account based prospecting approach.

Sales
Sales Development
Account Based Marketing
Outbound
GTM
Union