b'Ryan Floyd is a Founding Managing Director of Storm Ventures based in Silicon Valley but investing globally. He focuses on early stage enterprise SaaS and has a true love for applications and cloud/infrastructure related companies. Ryan is dedicated to making VC more accessible and is doing important work on this via his YouTube channel Ask A VC. In this episode we put the spotlight on how to think about startup advisors and strategies for breaking into VC.
In this episode you\\u2019ll learn:
\\u2022 The role of advisors and how to use them best in building success
\\u2022 How to think about compensation for advisors
\\u2022 What skills are most important in a venture investor and how to build and prove it
\\u2022 Strategies for breaking into venture, including shadow portfolios and angel investing
\\u2022 How Storm Ventures think about go-to-market strategies for early stage companies'