Falling Cloud Prices Could Provide Welcome Boon To Cash-Strapped Startups The cloud price wars are not over. Here's a quick note quick note on a trend that is tough on giants but great for startups. 
From the Investors Winter Mead of Sapphire Ventures presents a recent history and analysis on the enterprise and consumer investment and exit markets in “Why Enterprise Funds May Return More Capital Than Consumer Funds” Li Jiang of GSV outlines a list of companies in the Bay Area he thinks balance both stability and upside in “10 Startups To Work At In 2017” Sam Altman of Y Combinator finds that many founders hurt their companies by seeking growth too soon and encourages them to focus on building something people love in “Before You Grow” Nicholas Chirls of Notation Capital and Brad Feld of Foundry Group dig into getting a first fund off the ground, building a firm that’s consistent with one’s belief system, and investing as a personal LP into dozens of funds in “Origins, Ep. 9” (podcast) Sammy Abdullah of Blossom Street Ventures looks at the IPOs of 73 tech companies to determine CEO salary levels at exit in "The Median Level of CEO Salaries at Exit" From the Operators Erin Frey of Kip uncovers patterns in how founders experience anxiety and depression in “Riding the Emotional Startup Curve” 
Sally Bolig of Yotpo details a plan for promoting mental health as part of your startup's culture in " 9 Tips to Managing Stress in a Startup" Meg Makalou of The Climate Corporation looks at three of the toughest conversations an HR leader faces, and explains how to take them from adversarial to mutually beneficial in “A People Ops Veteran on Navigating the Gnarliest Conversations” Donald Richard of Coin Labs sees a major shift happening in consumer behavior that could have significant repercussions for not only ecommerce, but search advertising as well in “Amazon, Google and the Future of Search” Jose Ancer, a startup lawyer, responds to founders not understanding the difference between promising equity and actually issuing equity in “Promising Equity v. Issuing Equity” | 
