For the last eight months, my 23 year old co-founder has been spending every waking hour and dollar of savings (he previously built and exited a decent company) on our new startup. We’ve gotten to a point where we have LOIs for serious orders, term sheets and soft-commits starting to come in and interviews with top accelerators.<p>But with all the focus on getting this startup up and running, my co-founder hasn’t focused on personal planning and will soon find himself without a place to crash for 3-4 weeks until everything gets straightened out.<p>He’s a truly brilliant full-stack engineer with an impressive pedigree and good personable attitude.<p>So out of desperation (and b/c my roommate won’t allow guests) we’re reaching out to the community to ask for suggestions or any help you can provide. He needs a place to crash anywhere the Bay Area (SF ideally but nearby fine too) for ideally 3-4 weeks tops. Obviously he can start doing contract work b/c he’s talented but we’re at a critical stage with our startup so the loss of focus and time would be very costly.<p>Does anyone know of inexpensive (or free?) programs or places he could rest his head while we close our round and get our startup started?
To be honest, his actions are very worrisome and should raise red flags.<p>While he may be talented, such prioritization can lead to massive failure, burn out, and/or even worse.. Maybe sit down with him to rationalize his thoughts and plan.<p>Providing a hand out or alternative to avoid the problem is simply encouraging the self-destructive behavior. Always aim for solving the root problem - bandages don't work in the long term.