<prompt> Human: Hello all,I have recently been hired at a small start up company. So small in fact, that there are maybe 11 people at most. My boss told me that pay wouldnt be guaranteed until November at best, and that hed help me where he could. I am a student with bills and Ill have loans to pay back after I graduate in December, so Id like to have some cash saved up. I really like the work but if this is how its going to be at the beginning of the job Im nervous for how it could be down the road.The thing thats making me want to stay is the nature of the job. I really like the work and I can sense it may hit it big time. But theres still the doubt that it wont.My question is should I cut and run, or take the risk? What, in your experience, has come from working with start ups?  <response>: A startup that cant pay its employees is failing, not about to hit it big. Unless you have a double digit equity percentage and love the product, find a new job. 