Yeah, totally agree. I run a software consultancy too, and it is very, very far from what I would term a "lifestyle business". I work extremely hard - at least in part so the people working for me don't have to work extremely hard (but periodically they do still have to work pretty hard, when we have deadlines from demanding clients). I suppose I could do my job on a beach somewhere, if I didn't have children, but I have no idea how spotty wifi and the timezones would work. I suspect not well.
Re:Benefits of a Lifestyle Business
by nylonstrung on Wednesday August 09, 2017 @02:05PM
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Specifically when he talks about being a "multi million dollar business" as some kind of ambitious reach goal
I don't see what's so unbelievable about it? You can execute really quickly if you have empowered teams and no bureaucracy slowing you down.
Re:Benefits of a Lifestyle Business
by miheermunjal on Wednesday August 09, 2017 @04:27PM
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at some point, its a cost equation. top of salary, benefits, inconsistent working hours = potentially unreliable delivery to clients // not complex solutions. custom dev isn't that groundbreaking, its just a game of balancing levers at play. Something always slips, its a fact of the game. This just seems too good to be true (though if it is, happy for them!)
either someone is ridiculous at managing at all of this (kudos!) or something is slipping somewhere. Even in custom-dev it can be cutthroat, especially with large-scale projects and demanding clients.