how do you avoid burnout and getting taken advantage of?
rick888: This is the story of everyone that works for a living.  I think your problem is that you have unrealistic expectations.When you work for someone, you have to expect that you may be making them $1,000,000.. and you will only make the salary in your contract.You mention that your product helped bring in 6 million in investments.  When you run a company (or try) yourself, you realize that marketing is what makes or breaks you.  If you have 10 million people coming to your website every day, pretty much anything you put up for sale will make money.  However, if you have the best app in the world, you won't make any money if there isn't anyone to pay for it.You need to change your attitude.  You should use your experiences to start your own company.