Looks to me like you are 1/3 into the project. Why give up now? Lesson 1) If a person didn't do almost exactly what you are doing (and most didn't) their advis

Looks to me like you are 1/3 into the project. Why give up now? Lesson 1) If a person didn't do almost exactly what you are doing (and most didn't) their advise is bullshit. And as you already see quite a few people even give you advise in both directions. People always think they know what they are talking about. In 95% they don't tho. Lesson 2) Everything is 5-10 times harder than you think. If you already have 5 failing customer projects, that's awesome. Most ppl don't get there. Even some of them are paying. This is btw how getting product/market fit, or how did you think it happens? Magical numbers appearing in a nice little dashboard? Nope. Product/Market fit is more and more people slowly starting to pay you. PS: High touch with first customers is nothing. Very normal. Not worth even mentioning.