| We've gone without salary for the last 4 months Been there, done that. 3 times. It sucks. But I never lost hope. Your startup may be on life support, but you most certainly are not. Honestly I feel like I'm going to be evicted from the house. My rent is already up, and as of now I have < $1 :). Talk to your landlord. You may be surprised at the response. My partner is fine actually, he has rich parents and doesn't really depend on the startup for income. Which actually gives my friends and family the illusion that we're both killing it. Forget what others think and focus on your own future. We have almost 0 chance of raising more money, it's much harder to get money it seems if you're in a poor country. I have NEVER raised money. Every investor I've ever met has said "no" to me. So I bootstrapped. And that has worked out very well. Forget about raising money and instead start thinking about earning money. So, if you've had a failed startup, how did you know?* When I was broke and no one was buying anything. 3 times. All 3 times I got a job, recovered financially, and when the time was right, tried again. I'm 25, I feel like I'm losing at life already. Fuck. That. Shit. You're not old enough to be "losing at life already". I didn't do my first startup until I was 32 (it failed). So you're already 7 years ahead of me and I'm doing just fine, thank you. It was okay to be broke earlier, because it's expected. Forget what's "expected". Just be yourself. Your own expectations are the only ones that matter. ... when almost none of your peers are. DO NOT compare yourself to others. You can never win that game. Anyway, I just want any input from you guys. You have not failed. You have learned. There are 2 things you have that 99% of your peers probably don't: the contents of your brain and the contents of your hard drive. You have already accomplished alot and no one can ever take it away from you. Get a job. When the time is right, do it again. It's a marathon, not a sprint. You'll be fine. |