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This really, really sucks. If you have little to no cash, you've been robbed, and you've not been paid for a year, you have to start thinking about self preser
by kintamanimatt 13y ago
This really, really sucks.
If you have little to no cash, you've been robbed, and you've not been paid for a year, you have to start thinking about self preservation. If you've lost your work too this project is going to be inevitably and dramatically delayed -- any payday from this start-up is far out into the future now. You don't need me to tell you you're on the verge of a bad situation. (How are you paying rent if you have no money, btw?)
I have no idea how donation-based classes will work out, but you should act pragmatically and cut back your time spent with this start-up so you have time to focus on other things, lest you starve. This is the reasonable course you should take right now.
(On a side note: it bothers me that you've been working unpaid for a year for someone else's literally bankrupt business.)
Freelance, get a McJob, claim some sort of welfare if you're eligible -- do whatever you have to do to keep yourself afloat. Businesses, especially start-ups are risky things, and while this may work out fantastically in the long term there will be no long term if you don't take care of the short term.
Take care of the other issues, like getting a police report now. You'll probably need that to report your passport stolen, so really, do this immediately! I'm going to guess you don't have contents insurance, but if you do, claim also.
Edit: if you're living off savings as you've mentioned elsewhere, why was your money in cash rather than in a bank account?
- contextual 13y agoLet's keep in mind that entrepreneurs are dreamers, delusional even. We take incredible risks and are willing to suffer to create something we can be proud of. To wit: I once worked so obsessively on a project I forgot about making money for rent. That's right, my mind was in a constant deep flow state for weeks on end, and rent (among other things like exercise and socializing) slipped my mind. I ended up losing my apartment and being forced to sleep in a friend's basement for a month.
- kintamanimatt 13y agoI completely can understand that. We entrepreneurs have such an irrational and excessive belief in our own future prospects that we tend to discount the present, often to our own detriment. I know I've gone down this path before myself which is why I'm giving the advice I'm giving. OP must take care of today, as unsexy as it is, for the long-term to be a possibility. It's a case of one career paying for the other until the second is all that's required.
- treenyc 13y agoHey thanks, I also just want to say that in some way it really sucks and I was in the middle of looking for other paid work. However, the reason I went into the company is because the company owner agree to try out way to get the company to stage 4 culture as seen on Dave Loganäs tribal leadership http://www.ted.com/talks/david_logan_on_tribal_leadership.html http://www.ted.com/talks/david_logan_on_tribal_leadership.ht... Yesterday, I emailed her that I will only be able to do paid work for her and told her that I have failed in nudging the company to stage 4, and I am still comitted, at this point I need more resources, and I have not figure out how I can do that. It was quite a poninat moment. Sorry for all the spelling on my roommateäs sweedish keyboard. No english spell check.