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From the Investors TX Zhuo of Fika Ventures examines what lead investors need to do at the seed stage and provides a framework for entrepreneurs / VCs to pick the right lead investor in "Am I Qualified to Lead a Seed Stage Deal?" Ash Rust of Trinity Ventures gives a slide by slide description of what's expected in your deck for a seed round in "Seed Fundraising - How to Build a Deck" Tae Hea Nahm of Storm Ventures talks about how thought leadership can be an effective go-to-market strategy for early stage startups in “Attacking with Thought Leadership.” Mike Asem of M25 Group opines on big data and using technology to fill the growing need for data scientists and engineers in his post To Tackle Big Data, We Got Together with Astronomer" Rafael Corrales of CRV shares some of his pre-launch internal investment memo about Amino, and why angel investors would invest in a Series C in “Amino raises $25M. Read a VC’s Thoughts From Pre-Launch To Now.”
From the Operators Sam DeBrule of Canopy defines artificial intelligence and explores the jobs and aspects of work most likely to be automated in “How To Prepare Your Career For Artificial Intelligence-Driven Automation” Sima Sistani of Houseparty offers her thoughts on why putting family first made her a better person at work in “Constantly Calibrating on Work and Life: Why “Balance” is Bullshit” Emily Anhalt, PsyD expands on why having emotionally fit and healthy founders will have a hugely important ripple effect on society in “The Emotionally Fit Founder, Part Three: Why Is Emotional Fitness Imperative?” Alex Hardy of Liveoak reflects on how he quit his job with no backup plan and became the first employee at a startup in “From Wall Street to a Startup: A Tactical Guide to Finding Opportunities in Tech” Edlyn Yuen of PLENGoer Robotics details an inside look at bringing PLEN Cube to life, from idea to prototype, in “Making Robots from Scratch” | 
