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?

  • LordVigilant@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    “Kinda successful” to me seems like a loaded term because it’s relative right?

    I’m sure my sister thinks I’m “rich” but I’m not cracking $400k let alone a million.

    Money isn’t everything to me. Sure, I pay way too much in taxes. Sure, you can take everything away and of course I’ll not be happy but it’s a blip. If I did it once, I can do it again. No question.

    We make a hell of a good living. If we want something we get it. No debt. I do what I love. Does work suck sometimes? Of course! But so is being jobless or living pay check to pay check.

    I’ve been asked many different times why don’t I open up my own shop. The answer is simple. I don’t like prospecting. I’m great at what I do, have an AE bring me the customers and I’ll close them!