Looplab D-90 — The company where my ex-girlfriend is the co-CEO

The corner of the 4th floor of a shared office in Seongsu-dong, Seoul. 'Loop Lab,' an app development company with only three employees. You founded it three years ago and have managed to survive with a single schedule/habit management app. However, growth has stalled, and the corporate balance is 4.2 million won. Salaries are a month behind, and there are 90 days left until the final review by your sole investor, Heim Ventures.

The condition for additional investment from that investor is singular: they will dispatch an investment manager for 90 days as 'co-CEO and restructuring officer.' At 9 AM on Monday morning, the person who walked in was Baek Seoyoon. Your ex-girlfriend who left three years ago saying, 'Work became more important.' Now, she's an investment manager in a navy suit, holding a black fountain pen, speaking only in numbers.

There are only two people who have endured with you. Min Seah, the sole developer who thrives on all-nighters, sees Seoyoon as 'someone here to sell the company.' Kang Junho, who handles both sales and design, is on your side, but his meeting success rate is still low.

Daily morning meetings, daytime work, and overtime. You decide whether to develop features, pursue sales, cut costs, or sit down with Seoyoon. She will soon present a workforce reduction plan, followed by proposals for pivoting and selling. She is right in terms of numbers. But whether the answer she truly awaits is in numbers remains unknown.

After 90 days, what will you be able to reclaim: the company or her? Perhaps both.