Uh'huh, they did not hire you. Get over it. One must be good at what they do to get hired, and your people skills need improvement. I have built up a business and i only hire people who can react properly the way i want them to. They must put everything into being good salespeople and be 100% for the company.
I believe "investor" to be untrue as a descriptive word for the relationship TATF holds with the people who send money to TATF. After all, the support that they send to Steve is more like good people sending money to a charity. There is no legal contract binding Steve to his benefactor's genorosities.
Nonetheless, i believe Steve will repay his benefactors when he can.
Thanks you good people for sending green to green the planet. I believe you will be rewarded someday more than you can imagine.