Riley is thirty-eight. She works part time at an anarchist bookshop that loses money. She’s urgently attempting to become a foster parent to two kids she met volunteering at Boys & Girls Club, a ten-year old boy and his seven-year old brother, but is having trouble meeting the minimum income requirement. Riley’s friends are Ink, a tattoo artist with aspirations to write graphic novels, and A.J., Riley’s on again off again boyfriend, currently off. Although they’re not related, Riley and A.J. were partly raised by the same foster mother, Iris, now elderly and suffering from dementia.   A.J. sells phones at T-Mobile. Sales is his religion and he's obsessed with entrepreneurship. When A.J. meets Juniper, a real life “founder,” he gets start-up fever. Everything is suddenly “Series A rounds” and Indiegogo campaigns, interviewing for Shark Tank and “hockey-stick growth curves.” The trio get immersed in the start-up at his urging, but Ink’s scruples soon cause a rift and Riley is pushed to take sides.   Meanwhile, Riley, stumbles into a more realistic opportunity. Mr. Buari, her landlord, is suffering from glaucoma and Riley has been subsidizing her rent helping with his accounting. Ready to retire, he invites her to buy his small but profitable glass and mirror company on generous terms. She just needs to qualify for a small business loan from a neighborhood bank.   Riley, in consultation with Ink, makes the difficult decision to approach Iris to cosign the loan against her personal savings. Ink, the most financially stable of the three, informally agrees to step-in if Riley were to fall behind. But A.J. has already convinced Iris to put everything she has in Juniper’s company. Riley is furious. Out of options. She quits the bookstore and takes a medical billing job with a regular paycheck, giving up on the idea of owning a business.   Juniper’s start-up goes bust. Everyone A.J. cares about lost money. A.J. confronts Juniper but she is unmoved and unscathed. He’s destroyed and ashamed. Ink and Riley combine households so they can care for Iris, who has lost everything, and bring home Riley’s foster children. A.J. vanishes.