The number one reason why startups fail...running out of money ;)

I think a good distillation at the end of this would have been nice. Maybe trying to pull a thread through the responses? Could be tough to do in an unbiased way.

Undoubtedly due to the success of Twilio, et al.

I wonder how these results would change in a post-election world? I feel the confidence would almost certainly diminish.

how can you be both?

Generally this applies to the latter half of November and December as well. Not impossible to raise during those times, but not ideal.