#the last time i went on holiday/had a proper vacation was 10 years ago lol

[robinsnest2111]

I was today years old when I learned you can use vacation days to pad out your meager paycheck if you worked very few days that month

[court-0f-dreamers-main]

Thank you tons to @blackthorn-twins for the tag! :) You weren’t joking when you said you have 90-something questions! And they are fun and quick!

THE LAST :

1. Drink: tea

2. Phone call: my mum

3. Text message: ma bestie planning girls dinner tmrw 

4. Song you listened to: Written in the stars by The girl and the dreamcatcher

5. Time you cried: 2 days ago 

HAVE YOU: 6. Dated someone twice: yeah...actually dated the same person three times...needless to say i didnt work out 

7. Kissed someone and regretted it: Lol yeah the guy I dated three times

8. Been cheated on: No, but I felt very betrayed when my iphone died on me for no reason...like actually died, never to reboot *tears* (like @blackthorn-twins I also have a phone story for this) 

9. Lost someone special: Yes

10. Been depressed: Yes - and if/when it happens to you know that there is ALWAYS someone you can turn, even if you think they aren’t close enough or won’t listen, trust me there is someone (even if its just me on tumblr! shoot me a message!)

11. Gotten drunk and thrown up: yes...embarrassingly my mum found me and I had to try and pass it off as food poisoning..I don’t think she bought it 

LIST 3 FAVOURITE COLORS: 12. Green

13. Sky blue

14. Lavender

IN THE LAST YEAR HAVE YOU: 15. Made new friends: Yes :) 


16. Fallen out of love: No :) 

17. Laughed until you cried: Yes, my little sister is to thank for that! 


18. Found out someone was talking about you: Yes

19. Met someone who changed you: Yes :) 


20. Found out who your friends are: Hmmm not in that way, I hope I always knew who they were

21. Kissed someone on your Facebook list: Y

GENERAL: 22. How many of your Facebook friends do you know in real life: All of them! 


23. Do you have any pets: No, I had a 2 goldfish but one ate the other one :( :( !

24. Do you want to change your name: Nope


25. What did you do for your last Birthday: I was on holiday in Italy and we went on a seaside hike! 

26. What time did you wake up: 7:00am


27. What were you doing at midnight last night: editing my Tumblr

28. Name something you can’t wait for: QoAaD! (I just want Jemma to be happy! #feels)


29. When was the last time you saw your mom: 2 days ago, I cried when I left home


30. What is one thing you wish you could change in your life: I wish my uni was closer to home


31. What are you listening right now: My bae snoring on the couch lol 

32. Have you ever talked to a person named Tom: Hahaha um yeah..

33. Something that is getting on your nerves: people that drive badly


34. Most visited Website: lol defs Tumblr

LOST QUESTIONS. I JUST PUT IN RANDOM INFO ABOUT ME 35. Mole/s: None

36. Mark/s: I was clumsy as a kid so a lot

37. Childhood dream: Superhero


38. Haircolour: Black

39. Long or short hair: Long but I need a haircut 

40. Do you have a crush on someone: Its love :P


41. What do you like about yourself: My outgoing-ness (is that a thing) 

42. Piercings: just Ears


43. Bloodtype: O+


44. Nickname: Pri

45. Relationship status: in a relationship  

46. Zodiac: Gemini

47. Pronouns: she/her

48. Favourite TV Show: Friends

50. Right or left hand: Righty

51. Surgery: I have been lucky enough not to need any..yet

52. Hair dyed in different color: I had this silly red streak in it once upon a time

53. Sport: swimming, sailing and I dabble in badminton

55. Vacation: Just got back from Italy and Ireland - it was amazing! 

56. Pair of trainers: black ones

MORE GENERAL: 57. Eating: everything tasty - I love food!


58. Drinking: TEA - I can’t live without tea


59. I’m about to: go to bed

61. Waiting for: QaAaD! (Sorry to be repetitive, I just feel like if I throw that out in the universe somehow CC will hear me and move up the release date) 

62. Want: Chocolate

63. Get married: ...like right now? to tumblr? 

64. Career: Celebrity food critic 


65. Hugs or kisses:  Hugs! Like proper full ones, but the single arm ones

66. Lips or eyes: hmmm eyes. 

67. Shorter or taller: Um stay as I am? 

68. Older or younger: As above

70. Nice arms or nice stomach: shrug 

71. Sensitive or loud: Loudly sensitive

72. Hook up or relationship: Relationship


73. Troublemaker or hesitant: Hehehe troublemaker

74. Kissed a stranger: Nah

75. Drank hard liquor: Hahaha I’m 5 3! It would blow me over! 

76. Lost glasses/contact lenses: I haven’t lost any glasses, I just do know exactly where they are at all times 


77. Turned someone down: Not really

78. Sex in the first date: Lol no! 

79. Broken someone’s heart: Not that I know 

80. Had your heart broken: Sort of 

81. Been arrested: No

82. Cried when someone died: Yes

83. Fallen for a friend: No actually 

DO YOU BELIEVE IN: 84. Yourself: sometimes


85. Miracles: yes

86. Love at first sight: no

87. Santa Claus: no

88. Kiss on the first date: Maybe 

89. Angels: yes

OTHER: 90. Current best friends name: Teeqa! 

91. Eyecolour: black 

92.Favourite movie: Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo + Juliet I would like to tag everyone <3 I don’t want to single anyone out (and most people that I would tag have already been tagged in this, or have been tagged by me multiple times already this week so I feel bad...unless you want to be tagged, in which case please let me know :D) Love you all! 

[justbeingbrookee]

“should we know us a little better” tag 📜        

RULES: you must answer these 92 statements and tag 20 people

I was tagged by: @lesbianblossomjimin(thank you for the tag :) I loved her answers, I felt as though I knew a little bit more about her and some of her answers had me emotional, then laughing so I thought let me try and do this…*hides*)

THE LAST:

1. Drink:  I just had breakfast so, Green tea.

2. Phone call: My mum.

3. Text message: A friend.

4. Song you listened to: Chung Ha – Why don’t you know 

5. Time you cried: Sad but I was watching a Chinese drama called ten miles of peach blossoms and there this was part that had me so emotional that I started crying…

6. Dated someone twice: no

7. Kissed someone and regretted it: no

8. Been cheated on: yes, by the first guy I fell in love with, the way I found out about his cheating now that I think about was funny and stupid on his part.

9. Lost someone special: no

10. Been depressed: I think I get sad about life and when things go bad like everyone else, ermm, I can’t pin point the last time though.

11. Gotten drunk and thrown up: yes, this has happened.

LIST 3 FAVORITE COLORS:

12-14: Pink, I love pink and blue, orange.

IN THE LAST YEAR HAVE YOU:

15. Made new friends: yes

16. Fallen out of love: no

17. Laughed until you cried: I’m trying to think…..

18. Found out someone was talking about you: nope

19. Met someone who changed you: not this year, no.

20. Found out who your friends are: I think this year, I’m realising I need to put myself first and not to care too much about pleasing other people.

21. Kissed someone on your Facebook list: noo

GENERAL:

22. How many of your Facebook friends do you know in real life: I don’t add people I don’t know in real life on facebook so…

23. Do you have any pets: no

24. Do you want to change your name: no

25. What did you do for your last Birthday: I had my birthday a few months ago and I celebrated it with the family because the previous year I celebrated it with my friends and even though it was lit, I missed my family and they missed me too…

26. What time did you wake up: 10am

27. What were you doing at midnight last night: watching the kdrama the great queen Seon Deok, it’s so addictive and good, I had to force myself to sleep.

28. Name something you can’t wait for: To be fully independent.

29. When was the last time you saw your mom: A few minutes ago.

30. What is one thing you wish you could change in your life: At this moment, nothing…my life’s not perfect but I feel like if I was to change one thing I feel as though something worse would be affected.

31. What are you listening right now: Nine Muses new album.

32. Have you ever talked to a person named Tom: Of all the names it had to be this one, Tom was my first proper guy friend I ever had in highschool and we were really close, I remember he used to tell me when things were tough and I used to try and console him, we used to get up to mischief and egg each other on with stupid stuff. Of course we argued, made up and had fun as well. It’s a shame that after high school we kind of lost touch and I think now were both completely different people who have gone their separate ways.

33. Something that is getting on your nerves: the sun, it’s too hot…

34. Most visited Website: tumblr I guess and youtube…plus viki.

35. Mole/s: none

36. Mark/s: birthmark 

37. Childhood dream: Too embarrassing too say…I can’t…it’s just so silly.

38. Hair color: black

39. Long or short hair: medium length.

40. Do you have a crush on someone: Does Bangtan count?...if not then no

41. What do you like about yourself: oh, this is a good question…. I think I’m smart…I don’t know how to explain it but I know I’m not a genius but if I put my mind to something, I know I can do it. I like that I don’t settle for something and I don’t give up.

42. Piercings: Two in ears.

43. Bloodtype: I actually don’t know….

44. Nickname: Way too embarrassing…

45. Relationship status: Currently single by choice

46. Zodiac: Pisces

47. Pronouns: she/her/they

48. Favorite TV Show: I loveeee my tv shows so I can’t pick one erm but I would say Charmed, Girlfriends, Game of thrones and Breaking bad are at the top of my list and kdrama’s coffee prince is still my fave.

49. Tattoos: zero

50. Right or left hand: left-handed

51. Surgery: none

52. Piercing: again, two on ears.

53. Sport: I love swimming and dancing.

55. Vacation: Fave holiday was the first time we went to Spain.

56. Pair of trainers: I have a pair of Nike Thea (I think ) and Adidas.

MORE GENERAL:

57. Eating: I just had breakfast so Oatmeal (healthy eating)

58. Drinking: Green tea

59. I’m about to: Carry on watching The great Queen of Seon Deok cos it’s so addictive.

61. Waiting for: it to rain so it’s not as hot.

62. Want: I don’t know…

63. Get married:  Yes, I would love to get married and have children but not now…

64. Career: in progress.

WHICH IS BETTER?:

65. Hugs or kisses: both…

66. Lips or eyes: ohh, this is hard…if we look at Jimin for example his eyes are so beautiful and then his lips are plump and hmmm…I can’t pick.

67. Shorter or taller: Taller.

68. Older or younger: Around the same age…

70. Nice arms or nice stomach: I don’t think it really matters….

71. Sensitive or loud: I think a person can be both

72. Hook up or relationship: relationship

73. Troublemaker or hesitant: neither

HAVE YOU EVER:

74. Kissed a stranger: yes, alcohol is the devil.

75. Drank hard liquor: yes but mixed with a juice or coke so I don’t know if that counts.

76. Lost glasses/contact lenses: don’t wear either.

77. Turned someone down: yes

78. Sex on the first date: no

79. Broken someones heart: yes

80. Had your heart broken: yes

81. Been arrested: no

82. Cried when someone died: yes

83. Fallen for a friend: no

DO YOU BELIEVE IN:

84. Yourself: YES!

85. Miracles: yes

86. Love at first sight: no, but you never know...

87. Santa Claus: no

88. Kiss on the first date: it depends I guess.

89. Angels: 50/50

OTHER:

90. Current best friends name: I had to count I have 5 good friends left, lol

91. Eyecolor: brown

92. Favorite movie: oh, how am I supposed to choose this….I guess Dream girls because I have seen it so many times when I was happy and sad.

and now i tag: @hellaparkjimin @jihyped @mochi-nochu @m0chimchim@marriedtothe-cypher @park-j1m1n-bts @stantalentstanjikook @kookmochi-yummy @sheepinabubble @probably-a-twix-bar @wildarmada @woahjiminie

@bangtancanyounot @likewhitedust @theresaargh @unknowbexo @alltheshitboutbts @calpalhoho @benrina @believejiminnie

[edsmysterygirl]

92 TRUTHS - tagging @justaboywithaonemanshow @givemeedplzfanks @edandanniina

THE LAST…

1) Drink: Forest fruit squash. 2) Phone call: My mom. 3) Text message: A friend from uni. She asked me to proof-read her thesis. 4) Song you listened to: I’m A Mess. I’m rewatching Glastonbury. 5) Time you cried: Friday, when I had my mental breakdown. Good news though, I get until the end of August to finish my thesis!

HAVE YOU EVER…

6) Dated someone twice: Nope. My current boyfriend is my first boyfriend ever. 7) Been cheated on: No. 8) Kissed someone and regretted it: No. 9) Lost someone special: I mean, a lot of family members and family friends. But is it bad if I say the worst ‘someone’ that I lost was my previous dog…? I never knew two of my grandparents and I lost one when I was 3 and the last one when I was 7. I feel like I never got to form a bond with them. And I wasn’t very close with the other people that I lost. 10) Been depressed: Never had the official diagnosis, but came close to it. People have been wanting to put me on antidepressants probably since I was 16 – but I have always refused. Let’s just say I have a lot of problems and have been in therapy on and off for 13 years now. It’s a long story. 11) Gotten drunk and thrown up: Nope, I don’t drink. 😊

LIST THREE FAVORITE COLORS…

12) Blue. 13) Yellow. 14) Red.

IN THE LAST YEAR HAVE YOU…

15) Made new friends: In RL, not really. On Tumblr? Hell yes! 16) Fallen out of love: No. 17) Laughed until you cried: Yes. My boyfriend will sometimes make me laugh till a point where I basically can’t stop laughing and start crying. Fun times. 18) Found out someone was talking about you: Like, behind my back? Probably. 19) Met someone who changed you: Does discovering Ed count? 20) Found out who your true friends are: Yes. I’ve basically isolated myself socially in the past few years. The people that still check on my even though I don’t check on them (I know, I should…), those are my true friends. 21) Kissed someone on your Facebook list: Well, I’m friends with my boyfriend, so yes.

OTHER…

22) How many of your Facebook friends do you know in real life?: I don’t see everyone regularly, but I met all of them at least once in RL before I added them. 23) Do you have any pets?: A dog and a cat. 😊 24) Do you want to change your name?: My last name, sometimes. No one ever gets it right. I guess marriage may fix that one day though, lol. 25) What did you do for your last birthday?: Make a Tumblr, LOL. 26) What time do you wake up?: Sometimes I wake up at 7:15 AM, sometimes I wake up at 4:00 PM… My sleep schedule has been all over the place lately. It’s messed up. If I had nothing to do I would probably sleep from 2 AM until 12 PM. 27) What were you doing at midnight last night?: Watching a Supernatural episode with my boyfriend (over Skype, because LDR). 28) Name something you cannot wait for: The day that this freaking thesis is finished!! 29) When was the last time you saw your mother?: Monday morning when I left for uni. I’ll see her again tomorrow when I go back home for the weekend. 30) What is one thing you wish you could change about your life?: My mental health? 31) What are you listening to right now?: Nancy Mulligan (still watching Glastonbury). 32) Have you ever talked to a person named Tom?: No actually? I know a Tim. And a billion Thomases. But no Tom. 33) Something that is getting on your nerves: My thesis. 34) Most visited website?: Facebook? Though maybe now Tumblr… 35) Elementary: Not that great. I got bullied a lot. Didn’t have many friends. Other than that alright, I guess? 36) High School: Okay. Bullying turned into ignoring me. Still didn’t have many friends. But these were the years that I discovered my love for languages and strangely enough I really enjoyed high school. 37) University: Still enrolled at the moment. Hoping to finish my Master’s degree in translation this year. 38) Hair color: Brunette. 39) Long or short hair?: Very long. 40) Do you have a crush on someone?: My boyfriend. And Ed, of course. 41) What do you like about yourself?: That’s a difficult question that I can’t really answer at the moment… 42) Piercings?: None, not even earrings. 43) Blood type?: No clue… Probably should find that out at some point. 44) Nickname?: MG on here. 😂 I don’t really have a nickname in RL. My mom calls me Josephine sometimes, which has nothing to do with my name. 45) Relationship status?: I have a boyfriend. 46) Zodiac sign?: Gemini. 47) Pronouns: She/her. 48) Favorite TV show: I used to watch SO MANY TV shows. Back when I was in high school I would watch 12 at the same time (like, as the episodes came out). For the past 2, 3 (?) years I have sort of stopped myself from watching TV shows. Because I get obsessed with things. Like with Ed right now lol. I will still occasionally watch an episode (like last night), but I’m really behind on everything. My enthusiasm for TV shows is probably what led to me studying English in the end. And Supernatural was the common interest that matched my boyfriend and I. 😊  49) Tattoos: None. 50) Right or left hand?: Right hand, though I can write with my left hand if I have to. But I don’t consider myself ambidextrous.

FIRST…

51) Surgery: Does a lumbar puncture (spinal tap) count? Probably not. Felt like one though. I have a medical phobia and about a year ago they suspected meningitis, so I had to have one. One of the most traumatic experiences I have had. They had to sedate me because I was so panicked. The whole hospital must’ve heard me scream and I pushed a doctor away (not on purpose, but if I’m yelling “STAY AWAY FROM ME” in your face and you approach me with a weird object that looked like something they were going to do the puncture with, well…) So they ended up sedating me and luckily I don’t remember a thing from the procedure itself. But they must have hit something, because my legs were numb and I couldn’t feel whether my bladder was full or not for like a week after. I’d just go to the toilet at times where I would usually go because I just didn’t feel anything. Plus I couldn’t stand up for longer than 10 minutes or my legs would collapse. Luckily all that went back to normal, though I still get this weird back pain from time to time that I associate with that. I don’t know how I will ever survive a proper surgery… 😭 I just can’t handle pain. 52) Piercing: Still don’t have one. 53) Sport: I don’t know which one came first, horse-riding or table tennis. Started both when I was 11. I stopped playing table tennis when I was 20, I stopped riding horses when I was 16. I don’t miss any of my hobbies that I’ve given up, except for horse-riding. 54) Vacation: We used to have a caravan/travel trailer when I was little. We’d go to the same camp site every year where we had our own spot with a shed and stuff. We’d go there in the weekends and during the summer. Later we bought a mobile home at a different camp site, but that camp site closed down when I was 20. Now going to see my boyfriend (and him coming over to see me) just counts as vacation for me. But that will change once I finish uni, I guess. 55) Pair of trainers: No clue? WHY IS 56 MISSING 57) Eating: Of the day? Ice lolly… 58) Drinking: Water. 59) I’m about to: Make dinner, mac & cheese. 60) Listening to: YNMIDNY. 61) Waiting for: My motivation to kick in. 62) Want: To sleep. All day, every day. 63) Get married: I’m not married yet. 64) Career: Don’t really have a career yet… I have a student job at a holiday resort with villas. And before that I worked as a cashier in a supermarket. I’d like to become a subtitler eventually.

YOUR TYPE…

65) Hugs or kisses?: I could live without kisses, but not without hugs. Not that I want to live without kisses... But if I had to choose, I mean. 66) Lips or eyes?: Eyes. 67) Shorter or taller?: If you would have asked me this a couple of years ago, I’d say taller. But my boyfriend is shorter than me. That’s what you get when you date an Englishman as a Dutchie. 😊 68) Older or younger?: Older. 69) Nice arms or nice stomach?: Arms. 70) Sensitive or loud?: Sensitive. 71) Hook up or relationship?: Relationship. I don’t think I could ever just hook-up with someone. Maybe Ed, lol. 72) Troublemaker or hesitant?: Out of those two, hesitant I guess?

HAVE YOU EVER…

74) Kissed a stranger?: No. 75) Drank hard liquor?: No. 76) Lost glasses, contact/lenses?: No. I’ve never lost my glasses, but I’ve sat on them before, lol. 77) Turned someone down?: Relationship-wise? No. In general? Probably. 78) Sex on first date?: No. 79) Broken someone’s heart?: No. 80) Had your heart broken?: No. 81) Been arrested?: No. 82) Cried when someone died?: Yes, obviously. 83) Fallen for a friend?: Yes.

DO YOU BELIEVE IN…

84) Yourself?: No…t really. 85) Miracles?: No. 86) Love at first sight?: No. 87) Santa Claus?: No. Funnily enough most Dutch kids don’t believe in Santa Claus. They believe in Sinterklaas instead. He’s a saint (Saint Nicholas) who gives presents to kids (in the weeks leading up to and) on the 5th of December. Some parents decide to have their kids believe in both, but I think most Dutch kids grow up with the idea that Santa Claus (or the Christmas Man, as we call him) is simply fake. Not sure why little me never questioned the existence of Sinterklaas, though… 88) Kiss on the first date?: Since I met my boyfriend online and the first time I met him in RL was after months of Skyping and already sort of being in a relationship, yes? 89) Angels?: No. I don’t believe in a higher power, though sometimes I wish I did.

EVEN MORE…

90) Current best friend’s name: Merel. 91) Eye color: Hazel? 92) Favorite movie: All of the LotR movies?

[topicprinter]

good evening fellow redditers!​tks in advance for reading the following tale and for any advice you may have! buckle up, its a long one (although hopefully our collective wisdom can come up with a few lesson to help others).​---​So, 2.5years ago i joined a startup active in the autonomous robotics field, focused in increasing efficiency in renewable energy maintenance and ops. Clearly, a very specific niche, completely b2b and whose clients are ultimately rather large organizations - but in a very "exciting" and "upcoming" tech space blending hardware/software, iot, etc...​The company actually began 4 years ago by a friend of mine who was solo founder, but backed by a public-private investment firm that only funds renewable-related startups - (apparently this made valuation go from 0 to 1M kind of "magically", before any prototype or really, any actual product work was started. clap-clap?).​As the entrepeneur in this case had a science background (i myself am a business major and have worked in different countries, for organizations of different sizes, and had my own business in the past) we actually spoke at length during the process he went through setting up the business, getting his first coupe engineers, and actually having an MVP. When he needed to create a board of directors, he asked me to join, as his "delegated" director (4 members, founder has casting vote).​At that moment, the company started getting its first enquiries from potential clients, and since they could finally afford paying a salary, i was invited to "officially" join the pre-client, pre-revenue startup as their "COO" (LOL, i know! :D wtf does that mean anyway!?).​The actual job was to ensure all the daily operations of the business run smoothly. This meant creating and maintaining systems from acc/fin to HR admin/hiring to marketing to ops, and I even helped in the tech/IT admin side as I find that calming! :) I thought "hell, why not? these guys may actually be on to something but they clearly dont know a lot abt running a business, and i know i can help" - so i said yes, even though pay was shit (literally minimum wage!!!) and NO EQUITY WAS OFFERED AT THE TIME (the usual "lets talk about it latter" scenario... i think you may know where this is going now! :D)​After i joined the company (sept 2016), we won a few awards and grants, from applications/submissions i wrote (and stellar pitches given by the founder/ceo!!), got our first client (i went to a different continent to deliver the 20k usd kit to equip the client's robots and link up to our software, then did it again last xmas when his operation doubled in size) and hired a few more engineers. Tech wise, we're still using 2 year old version in "production" - suffice to say shit runs on ubuntu 14!!! theres only 3 engineers fulltime, all above average, but only 1 (!!!) is actually a computer scientist, the other are engineers who code... but the product does work, we've served over 1000 "units" of it, and feedback from industry has been pretty great (although its clearly still seen as a "nice to have" and not a "must have" kind of solution)​Fast forward to 2019 and the company is kind of stuttering even though we had our best year last year in revenue (100k,,, :/) and have actually signed up two new clients in Q1 - but the industry is moving fast, our CEO spent most of last year depressing about a failed fundraising round, then on a "startup accelerator" program abroad to "recover his mojo",,, and finally the competition has MUUUUCH deeper pockets (couple of companies,, have raised dozens of millions from vc and work with some of the same enterprise clients we have). Basically he spends most of his time selling, as he should, but unfortunately most of it is spent selling chunks of his company, rather than his companies products/services. In the meantime, I've actually been crazy busy building his business, haven't taken a proper holiday since I joined (literally, 4 days off in 2.5 years!!) and never felt this close to burnout (but im a horse,,, and can handle it "well"-ish. just gimme my caffeine!)​"Fortunately", there finally seems to be a new investor in the picture, and a binding TS has been signed for a 1M round at aprox 4M valuation. (YAY??). Now here's where the fun stars,, right? Well, in truth, the 4x members of the core team, myself included (but excluding the CEO and current 66% (!!) owner) have been feeling increasingly uneasy with the "overworked and underpaid, but too busy to talk about equity" routine and have started to care less and less - at least, i see clear signs of this in the team. I've brought it up with the CEO and he seems to think that its "my opinion" and that "the team is fine"... so, after much talking and little doing over the years (everyone is always "so busy",,,,) CEO finally found sometime to prepare a 7 slide presentation that concluded with a table that was borderline funny, if it wasn't so tragic!!​He listed our 4 names in the columns (myself, and the 3 engineers, which he now deems the "core employees", and the rows were: "percentage of my equity", "money value of that equity" and "cash bonus". The percentages was around 4% each,, then he had the nerve of multiplying that by the valuation of the upcoming round (!!!) and presenting us a dollar value in the hundreds of thousands... the cash bonus row on the other hand read "8 thousand". The "cherry" on the cake? 50% of the shares on offer were actual shares, from his stash... the other 50% were actually to come out from a "to-be-created-eventually" esop, WITH TWO YEAR VESTING!! :D:D:D:D:D:D​Naturally, I left that meeting and went on a two-week "vacation" immediately.​Which brings us to the present day. I came back from holidays, all is "business as usual" he keeps saying that "end of next month" the deal should close (and paperwork signed,, making us 4 "official shareholders", and "getting a Mill in the bank", while "maintaining control" (barely,, like 50.01% counting with us 4). We are about to start another season of field operations, meaning ill be out of the office most of the time actually "bringing home the bacon", while him and the engineers keep "daydreaming" next-version-features back in the office.​Ok, now, all bitterness aside (hard, yes, but i think I can do it), i actually think this is mostly just the work of an unseasoned and naive entrepreneur, who CLEARLY, has never done, nor thought abt any of this before (before going on holiday, i told him to read "hard thing about hard things", which he actually did for once - first business book he has completed in years!!! likes to say hes a "slow reader"!!!) - and NOT the work of some evil genius visionary. The team is almost as "oblivious", none of the engineers ever heard or really understood what an esop even is!! (ye, have i mentioned we're a loooooooooong way from silicon valley here?)​Which brings me to my options:​A) "fuckit!" you know how Jared from Silicon Valley always has his resignation letter ready to hand in!?! :D well, I've been carrying one in my pocket for the two weeks I've been back. Just need to date and sign it and done! but there goes the 1%, give or take, of common stock i'd end up owning after this round. Then go start/join new projects in completely different industries, etc.. (is the ICO craze still going on!?!?! :D)​B) "take a job with the competition" Im pretty sure I can walk into a job with one the leading competitors, at the middle-management level. funny thing is that job would pay me around 5x what i take home today as "COO" :D However, that would get me back to working for "the man", which is exactly what I thought I was "escaping" from when I joined this startup! :P​C) "show him how its done!" Not being one that likes to admit defeat, I thought if there are any "checkmate" moves available to me. Here's what I came up with.. (warning: the following is VERY Machiavellian! :D) Remember how I said the whole team is pretty inexperience? well, turns out neither the company name, nor the main brand that the company uses was ever registered neither in the US, nor in the EU, only in home country. I can incorporate a delaware company using the name of his company (but that name is then "taken" for business, as a japanese company owns that trademark), then register the trademark of his company's product name (which is available also for incorporation), then buy a bunch of related domains and URLs - perhaps even file a utility patent, just for that "patent pending" stamp :P. Then I could either turn around to his company's competition and offer this corporation (effectively blocking his entry into US market without a major rebranding/marketing/legal costs) or offer it back to his company - for the 10% total ownership he should have offered me in the first place!! (im cheap, i know! ;)​D) ... you tell me... how do i keep my dignity, not to mention my motivation, to stick with this prototype of a company when clearly, the owner is looking for employees and staff,,, not co-owners and partners?​et pour la piece du resistance*,*​the CEO and I are high school friends, have been in each others lives for decades, and very much enjoy each other's company outside the professional setting. I actually "miss" just hanging out, as you can imagine this whole mess has put quite the strain of the friendship. There's a saying in a funny language,, that translates to smtg like "you can lose the friend, but you can't miss the joke". Ideally, I'd like to keep the friend, but the joke DEFINITELY won't be on me...​ok,, you did it! thanks for reaching ::: THE END ::: go get a cookie before you get busy replying! you deserve it!! :DHave a great weekend!---TL,DR? hmmm founder of startup i helped build to 100k revenue over last 2.5 years offered me less than 1/5 of the amount ive put in sweat,, a.k.a abt 0.5% at NEXTs rounds valuation