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FundersClub offers an educational guide to learn the basics of startup and angel investing, from the odds of landing on a winning company, to the key players (angels investors and VCs) placing the bets in "VC 101: The Angel Investor's Guide to Startup Investing."

Rudina Seseri of Glasswing Ventures discusses why she believes now is the time for an Artificial Intelligence focused fund in “The Twenty Minute VC: Rudina Seseri” (podcast)

Tomasz Tunguz of Redpoint Ventures dissects the numbers behind $1 billion of investment this year in incumbent and fast-growing SaaS sectors in “Trends In Early Stage SaaS Fundraising Market of 2016”

Kyle Lacy of OpenView Venture Partners publishes 72 slides encouraging double-digit growth with real strategy instead of ‘growth hacking your way to oblivion’ in “You Can't Growth Hack Your Way to Success”

Fred Wilson of Union Square Ventures advises entrepreneurs to be cautious and maybe even a bit conservative while all of this shakes out, but not to panic and not confuse uncertain times with a lack of opportunity in “What Does Trump Mean For Startups?”

Karen Roter Davis of Google explores the concept of "patience profiles" of people who work in startups versus more established companies, with implications for recruiting, career changes, and more in “A Closer Look at Patience Profiles”

Amy Hoy of Freckle Time Tracking outlines why you should start your business with a lil itty bitty product that is easy to start, finish, easy to ship, and easy to keep selling in “When Should You Start a SaaS?”

Ada Chen Rekhi formerly of SurveyMonkey describes why a substantial investment of time and energy to build a great product and marketing partnership is worth it in “Effective Marketing + Product Partnership”

Alex Turnbull of Groove shares his painful story of Groove almost running out of runway, why they had to rebuild their product, and how failing at content marketing became their saving grace in “The Story We Haven’t Shared: How Our Startup Almost Died” (part 1). In part 2, he details how they’ve built a $5 million a year business in 3 years with content marketing as the only marketing channel they focus on in “Behind the Scenes (Part 2)”