Advice about a questionable startup
I was asked to help a group that is developing software&#x2F;hardware for the blind community. I vetted their legal paperwork, rewrote it, got them their first investor funding, and introduced+organized with nonprofits, universities, medical centers, and industry contacts (none of which they had). I set my own projects aside in exchange for an agreed amount for 1-2 months.<p>I only managed to have them meet with the blind community on 1 occasion and they avoided others. They also avoided many of the other contacts and ignored them.<p>Shortly after they cashed their first check, they split, didn&#x27;t compensate me for the time I&#x27;d set my own project aside, I had to smooth things over with the owner&#x2F;investor they had been staying with, and they appear to have ignored many of the groups that I&#x27;d had them talk to, testing, and further talks I&#x27;d put in place.<p>As it turns out, they are back at it again.<p>How should I deal with this group? I&#x27;m somewhat tormented by the fact that I recommended them to a number of parties in the disabled community that have been taken advantage of in the past. And, I worry that this company will continue doing pretty much the same thing.