Remember folks, treat your work like work. You are Employee #247 to them, not family. They won't have a memory of your sacrifices, no award for your loyalty, no guilt firing you.
You guys remember the scene when Tom (Tom & Jerry) looks in the mirror and sees a donkey? Yeah, that's exactly how I feel today.
Startups are the worst. Never consider them your home.
I joined a US-based startup 10 months ago and gave them my 200%. Worked from dusk to dawn (2 to 3 unpaid hours every single day) , and slowly lost my identity as a software developer to become a video editor, because that's what was required of me just to keep my remote job.
In the end it didn't matter. They kept telling me I didn't need to be 100% good, that 85% was enough. Yet they let me go because they wanted someone who is 100% good.
So my advice to every newbie is, no matter how irreplaceable they make you feel, no matter how many promises they make about your bright future with them, don't take it seriously.
Treat it like a business. Give them what they pay for. No gifts. No buy one get one free.