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Did you _build_ the business on 4 hours a week over 10 years? That'd be maybe one full time year worth of work over the period. Is it now fully supporting you,

Did you _build_ the business on 4 hours a week over 10 years? That'd be maybe one full time year worth of work over the period. Is it now fully supporting you, i.e. more than 6 figures of profit? If you did that on four hours a week over the duration, I salute you, and care to share your niche? If not, and you did spend more time in the first few years getting the business established, then how can you compare your relaxation on maintenance mode of a business after it is running smoothly with the initial effort it takes to get off the ground? That's pulling up the ladder after you succeeded, not relevant advice.

jasonkester 9y ago
Indeed, there were weeks early on where I would work upwards of 20 hours building the product (though it was launched and signing up customers after the first of those weeks.) The important thing is that it never consumed all my time or focus. It wasn't my main revenue stream during the early years, and didn't hit the six figure, quit the day job level until maybe year five or six. As to ladders, I spend most of my time here and on my blog [1] explaining in detail how to climb it, and encouraging people to do so. Sadly, few choose to. The VC route has a much better PR team, selling the benefits of rockets over ladders. [1] http://www.expatsoftware.com/articles/ http://www.expatsoftware.com/articles/