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Self employed (small devops consulting/augmentation shop), fully remote. Last year revenue 700k, 330k profit. I work about 12 hours per week (9am-12pm Mon-Thu with Fridays off). Could I make more by working more? Sure, but I love the balance and freedom I have at this point, it's priceless.

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You've not gone wrong, you just haven't succeeded _yet_. My advice would be to widen your vision a bit, stay positive, don't give up, and most importantly, and be open to other opportunities to fulfill the same goal of a successful business.

Would running a different kind of successful business be as fulfilling? While I shared the same vision as you approximately 5 years ago (starting a SaaS business), ultimately that particular goal didn't work out. But pursuing that goal did open many doors for me as well as teach me a whole lot about business and how to negotiate. Fast forward through years of attempts at making the company successful, I now run a small consultancy that I consider extremely successful. I owe this directly to my initial goal of starting a SaaS business. Had I not pursued that goal, I believe my consultancy would not exist.

"There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still." -FDR

I have 2 paying customers at $100 per month. Agree I made a big mistake here jumping in without proving the model first (selling first a la Dane Maxwell). Lesson well learned.