Hey, drop me a line: balajis at a16z dot com. We try to help entrepreneurs who have an experience like you've had get back on their feet. No promises, but often we can find you a great job at one of our portfolio companies.
Do any VC's provide subsidized (and heavily encouraged) psychologist/therapists to their portfolio companies?
Obviously wouldn't help in this situation, but I've been thinking about this a lot lately. Lots of pressure on founders, and often no one they can really open up and talk to truthfully.
Founder -> Product Manager is probably the only way I've seen which produces good PMs for startups. Startup PM is totally different from PM in a big organization with great process and resources.
The company I now work for (CloudFlare) seems to have 100% of the PMs come from startups (including me), either from acquisitions or direct hire. It works really well.
We're also looking for a head of marketing. Email me (rdl@cloudflare.com) if you're interested, although I'd also strongly recommend balajis.
Obviously wouldn't help in this situation, but I've been thinking about this a lot lately. Lots of pressure on founders, and often no one they can really open up and talk to truthfully.