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?

  • Saffa1986@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Have an alright business. I’m earning about 60% what I did working for someone else, but putting back into the business. Just me. Hired someone. That didn’t work.

    I’m now contemplating rejoining the work force for someone else; if I do that and cash out, it’ll be basically be bringing me back up to the same salary I would have earned the last couple years.

    Barriers are getting bigger, competition fiercer and confidence lower… so it’s been fun running my own shop, but time to step back for a bit I think.