I'm not so sure you need to be so worried with your heavy heart, Eric. I know you and MemSQL will be just FINE. Certainly with all of your YC connections, you must be able to make something happen? You must have at least one strategic friendship you gained say... six months ago that could be of some tremendous value to you? Sometimes you need to socially climb and never look back in order to get what you want. I learned that from someone I used to respect. To me, a man without integrity is nothing. He's worthless. And so too is the value of his pursuits.