In summary, you have a product you've been working on for two years. You have no sales and will run out of money to live in about six months.
You need a source of income! Unless just 1-3 sales will keep you paying your bills for months, you need to start making money outside the business. In the best assumption, your business will not be cashflow positive within six months: few product busineses are.
If you're committed to the idea, they by all means keep growing the business, but you simply can't rely on it as a source of income right now. Get a job, even a part time one, or do consulting.
I was in a similar situation in the late 90's except I was making sales -- just not enough to pay rent, etc. With about 3 months of runway left I got a job and it was the right decision. In hindsight, there's no way I could have built up the market in the limited time I had left and the "niche" was being commoditized.
You need a source of income! Unless just 1-3 sales will keep you paying your bills for months, you need to start making money outside the business. In the best assumption, your business will not be cashflow positive within six months: few product busineses are.
If you're committed to the idea, they by all means keep growing the business, but you simply can't rely on it as a source of income right now. Get a job, even a part time one, or do consulting.
I was in a similar situation in the late 90's except I was making sales -- just not enough to pay rent, etc. With about 3 months of runway left I got a job and it was the right decision. In hindsight, there's no way I could have built up the market in the limited time I had left and the "niche" was being commoditized.