Laid off from the Job at startup. Whats next?

Well if I personally was in your situation it would be this...<p>Step 1) Go get a tech job at a place with normal hours, doing something you know well with lower stress. Finding this type of job is not incredibly easy but also not incredibly hard if you open up to the less exciting non-'hot' companies. Basically the goal is to earn decent money while conserving your energy.<p>Step 2) After work, use your remaining energy and funds from your day job to find traction for and build your business. In essence your persona from 9-5 is your VC for your entrepreneur persona at night.<p>Step 3) Once you have real satisfying income from your business then dedicate yourself 100% to your business.<p>-----<p>Why not some of the other choices...<p>- Working only a normal job - If you have the itch it will never stop itching. You'll be miserable if you only work for a big corp. Sorry I can tell you that itch will never leave you alone.<p>- Betting everything - There are some good stories about people that have achieved amazing success doing this and we hear them over and over because they are just that - good stories. I've known many people who have dropped everything and risked it all on starting their own company... the result: unfortunately typically losing it all. The other option is to try to find a VC. In my opinion, accepting VC money is not something to aspire to but obviously most of SV largely disagrees with me.

You might consider doing consulting to keep your cash flowing, and working on your own startup on the side until you're ready to go full time on it.

how much money do you have in the bank?<p>If you have at least 6 months to support you and your family, you could try your hand in your own startup.<p>If not, I would suggest finding a job. Making money with any company usually takes much longer than you would expect.