Startups Anonymous Est. 2013 · Read-only archive
Questions

What to do now?

I don’t have advisors who know my industry. The market I’m in is not good for consumers. The startup community is a joke, not really a community more of a all hail the leader crap. I don’t want to give up my company as it makes me happy and breaks even, the problem is growth.  My personal runway has ended. Do I build a company with a friend in another country, move back home with friends and keep building the company, or stay here and continue to fail from these hurdles and work a shit job until I have a nervous breakdown and find myself homeless on the streets unable to get back up? 

 

8 answers from the community

AAnonymous· Sep 14, 2015

I think you already know the answer :).

AAnonymous· Sep 14, 2015

It's not breaking even I'd you are talking about "personal runway"

AAnonymous· Sep 14, 2015

I would say you should call Gartner or Forrester for industry advice, but ti sounds like you have already given up on your company...

AAnonymous· Sep 20, 2015

No. Just given up on the market.

AAnonymous· Sep 14, 2015

Put the company on hold, take a breather, get your life (and financials) in order - e.g. get another job and save up a buffer again.

Later, perhaps if you feel like it you can restart the business, I'm sure the market wouldn't have moved so much in 6 months to make your business irrelevant (and if it does then you just saved yourself a lot of grief).

AAnonymous· Sep 15, 2015

"Makes me happy and breaks even"

<b>Enjoy your hobby. ! </b>

AAnonymous· Sep 20, 2015

You are an idiot. Do you even know business?

AAnonymous· Sep 20, 2015

I do know one thing : Breaking even = 0 profit.