My friends joined a startup I was working at. I was their manager. I had to lay them off (along with myself shortly afterward) in less than a year because our

My friends joined a startup I was working at. I was their manager. I had to lay them off (along with myself shortly afterward) in less than a year because our founder let me hire them when we didn't have enough money. They landed on their feet but it still hurt. I did a few other things wrong before that. I had a lot to learn. Things I've regretted and learned from.