Loyalty is a wonderful thing. You should demonstrate your loyalty by giving your company a full two weeks notice when you leave.
You're being taken advantage of, and you know it or you wouldn't have posted this. You're taking an under-market salary and no benefits, which means you're probably making about 50% of what you should be when you count health care, 401k and so forth. You have no equity, which is the traditional tradeoff at a startup: Accept a reduced salary for the possibility of a large payoff at the end.
Right now, your best case scenario is that the company is wildly successful, the founders go on to fame and fortune, and if you're very, very lucky, they might just decide to throw you a bone. Which they won't.
You're being taken advantage of, and you know it or you wouldn't have posted this. You're taking an under-market salary and no benefits, which means you're probably making about 50% of what you should be when you count health care, 401k and so forth. You have no equity, which is the traditional tradeoff at a startup: Accept a reduced salary for the possibility of a large payoff at the end.
Right now, your best case scenario is that the company is wildly successful, the founders go on to fame and fortune, and if you're very, very lucky, they might just decide to throw you a bone. Which they won't.
Leave.