Imagine going months or years hiring people far below your level, and paying them more than you, and then spending hours every week listening to them gripe about all the little and inconsequential issues that cause minor discomfort but have little or nothing to do with success. Imagine spending your days trying to figure out how to win against companies with ten or a hundred times as many customers, employees, or dollars in the bank as you. Anyone, anything, can go wrong anywhere, at any time, and it's going to be your problem to fix, because you haven't gotten big enough yet to pay people to worry for you. Prospects say they're not sure if you're big enough to support them, because everyone knows that you get better support from the hundred people working in a Home Depot than the two guys in the corner hardware store.
Imagine looking forward to a long weekend because it means having the time to finally get some work done.
Imagine doing all of this for three, four, or five years and ending up with nothing but the paltry salary you paid yourself. Imagine learning by experience what terms like liquidation preferences and asset strips mean.
Now imagine sitting in a comfortable chair, surrounded by people who do other tasks you're no good at and don't like doing so you can focus on one area, which you can go home at 6 or 7 in the evening, you can't even imagine your paycheck bouncing, and where if you find yourself in a completely unfamiliar situation, there's someone you can go to who will tell you what to do. And if you don't like it, you can leave any time you want and go do it somewhere else.
