8 ways to finance your startup - no VC funding required! - ep. #28

#AskAVC with Ryan Floyd

In this episode, I share with you 8 ways to finance your startup - and that doesn't include venture capital! It might seem odd coming from a VC investor. However, my goal for you as a startup founder is to be aware of all the options that are available to finance your business - along with their respective pros and cons. When you do partner with a VC like myself, you need to be sure that it is, in fact, the best way forward for your startup.

1. What might be the reasons NOT to take venture capital?
2. How to be more like Sam Walton, Walmart's founder?
3. Should you be scared of taking on debt to finance your venture?

Listen to the episode to get the answers to all these questions - and get the full list of 8 ways you can go about financing your startup!

• Buy "Sam Walton: Made In America" book I recommend in this video on Amazon
• Read Paul Graham's full essay "Do Things That Don't Scale" that I mentioned in the video

Make sure to also:

• Follow me on Twitter for a lot more content on building SaaS B2B startups, as well as venture capital and entrepreneurship in general
• Subscribe to my blog at where I talk about why I invest in certain companies and broader tech industry issues
• Check out my #AskAVC YouTube channel this podcast is based on

About Ryan Floyd

Ryan is a founding Managing Director of Storm Ventures where he invests in and works with, early-stage enterprise SaaS startups. His primary focus is applications and cloud infrastructure-related companies. He is always interested in hearing from passionate technology entrepreneurs. Ryan is a skilled writer and commentator on all things SaaS. He’s written for Techcrunch, Sifted, Thrive Global and is a regular contributor to The UK Newspaper. He’s the host of the recently launched #AskAVC YouTube channel aimed at enterprise entrepreneurs. In each episode he tackles a different issue relating to building and scaling B2B startups - topics such as how to pitch to an investor and how to combat sales churn.

When he’s not working with his portfolio founders, Ryan is active with Code2040, a nonprofit organization that creates pathways to educational, professional, and entrepreneurial success in technology for underrepresented minorities. And occasionally he finds time for surfing!