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Should I Quit My Business? (alien.top)

submitted 2 years ago by Vast-Park-4101@alien.top to c/entrepreneur@indiehackers.space

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I’m a 29M. 2.5 years ago I quit my job to go full time in my online coaching business. I’ve had some ups and downs, but this entire year has been down.

The most I’ve ever made in a month was just over 6k

But lately it’s been hard for me to get over 2k per month

I barely have enough money to do the basic things and would like to hire some help but literally can’t afford it right now

Should I close the business down? Or get a job and do the business on the side?

Haven’t had a “job” in 2.5 years so I don’t imagine it will be easy to get, but I’m broke and open to anything

Any ideas?

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[–] Emi_C11@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

I won't ask about new customers, strategies, whatever, I have just closed my business after 1.5 years and it wasn't at all about that.

- Do you enjoy coaching people?
- In a sales meeting you feel like you're trying to seel somethting really valuable to them?
- How do you feel wen you land a new customer, besides the fact the money will come in?
- How often do you wish a particular customer would cancel their plan because you hate working with them?
- Do you feel comfortable knowing that a time based biz like this means you're going to do this with no scaling opportunities for the next 10 years?
- How knowing that prolly you can make more (consistent) money working for someone else make you feel? Do you feel valued in what you do right now?

I think that besides marketing strategies and stuff, this is the important stuff. Otherwise it's just adjusting and pivoting, whatever.