If you’re inflicting financial hardship on your family, then you should quit. I’ve seen founders make herculean sacrifices to keep their companies afloat during hard times. Foregoing salaries, taking quick consulting contracts or other part time jobs are just a few ways they’ve done it. But there’s a point at which running lean eventually hits bone. Debts mount, savings deplete and family members begin to feel the impact of startup sacrifices in very real ways. If something isn’t working and your family is suffering then you should quit and find a way to provide for them which keeps you on your entrepreneurial path.