See a lot of home run threads and getting started/new idea threads, but I’m wondering how many entrepreneurs have “sort of” made it here?
I’ve been building a small business marketing agency for around a decade. We’ll prob do around 600k this year but no real profit (long story, working on it). I get paid 6-7k as a salary kind of like a normal job I guess.
Started doing some additional consulting work last year to make more money while we restructure the agency business model and now make about 6-7k/mo there as well.
I’m healthy, good marriage, generally doing well. But work is a lot, battling burnout, have a few regrets, etc. Not perfect but not terrible either.
Anyone else feel like their business aspirations have led to a life that kind of plays out more like you have a normal job give or take, vs the big fail / multimillion dollar exit dichotomy that is usually presented?
I sold my part of the software consulting company I founded with my friends for 2m€ this year. After taxes it will generate just enough passive income to retire if I want to which was my original goal as an entrepreneur.
Really happy about it. I am still working at the company full time and don’t really know what I want to do next but time will probably tell.
You are going to invest the entire 2m passively?
With the interest rates right now he could invest half that and live alright
What investment would that be?
I mean, why not? I am a Software engineer, not an investor and honestly I’m not even that interested in it.
If I get excited about a new company and need money to start it then sure I can maybe sell some ETFs but otherwise I don’t see the point
What investments would that be?
You need to ask my financial advisor.
Like I said. I don’t have any interest in actively managing my investments.