I think you need to go back to work, lick your wounds and start again. You can't start a startup on no money. Firstly because you need to be able to support yourself until both a) you've created version 1 or your product/service, and b) you've started to get some users. (No investor will take you seriously until then.) And secondly, because the stress and distraction of your finances will interfere with your ability to succeed.
Go back to work. Work on it on the side - eves and weekends. Save up some money - then leave the job and try again.
Sucks? I know it does. (And yes, I know it's hard to make a lot of progress in your spare time.) I'm going through this exact thing right now. (And I live in expensive NYC too!) But that's the way it's gotta be. You don't have a windfall in the bank from a previous startup - or a rich daddy. Neither do I. And unfortunately for people like us, trying to launch a startup means a race against time to build something before the money runs out. Well, you've lost this heat of the race. (As did I.) That doesn't mean the race is over. Keep the dream alive on the side, and in a year take it full-time again.
I think you need to go back to work, lick your wounds and start again. You can't start a startup on no money. Firstly because you need to be able to support yourself until both a) you've created version 1 or your product/service, and b) you've started to get some users. (No investor will take you seriously until then.) And secondly, because the stress and distraction of your finances will interfere with your ability to succeed.
Go back to work. Work on it on the side - eves and weekends. Save up some money - then leave the job and try again.
Sucks? I know it does. (And yes, I know it's hard to make a lot of progress in your spare time.) I'm going through this exact thing right now. (And I live in expensive NYC too!) But that's the way it's gotta be. You don't have a windfall in the bank from a previous startup - or a rich daddy. Neither do I. And unfortunately for people like us, trying to launch a startup means a race against time to build something before the money runs out. Well, you've lost this heat of the race. (As did I.) That doesn't mean the race is over. Keep the dream alive on the side, and in a year take it full-time again.
Hang in there - and good luck!