Here's one of the most important lessons I've learned about startup life: There is a fundamental difference between being poor and being broke. Being broke im

Here's one of the most important lessons I've learned about startup life: There is a fundamental difference between being poor and being broke. Being broke implies you don't have enough cash or expected cash flow to cover your debt - but it doesn't mean you haven't accumulated wealth. Being poor means you neither have cash nor wealth. The OP is simply broke, but not poor. Knowledge from failing a business is (IMHO) one of the greatest, if not the greatest, ways to accumulate intelligence in business. That is extremely valuable.