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[Looking for Advice] I own a SaaS business that is not making profits yet, and I could be earning a lot per month as a software developer.

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Hello everybody!

Let me put you in context.
I'm the co-founder (CTO) of a SaaS business that is slowly growing but is not making significant profits yet but has the potential to do so.
To give you an example, if I close a few more clients I'll be able to make ~$1k per month with the business. Which is pretty cool to me, because it will help to cover most of my monthly expenses.

Quitting is not an option yet. But I know that if I worked as a software developer for a company, I'd be able to make $5k or more on a monthly basis, which is an amazing salary for my location and would allow me to save a lot of money every month.

An option is to take a part-time job while I work on this, but I can't imagine putting 30 hours per week of work on another company on top of what I'm currently doing (which is a lot).

So yeah, I know this is not enough information for anybody to take a decision, but I wanted to know if anybody had a similar experience and took a decision. I also am very aware of the fact that this is what owning a business looks like, and there isn't much that you can do other than suck it up and work hard.

Thank you very much in advance!
 
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Jimmu iwiszcufz!

Miv ni qav zua op dupviyv.
O'n vji du-guapfis (DVU) ug e TeeT catopitt vjev ot tmuxmz hsuxoph cav ot puv neloph tohpogodepv qsugovt ziv cav jet vji quvipvoem vu fu tu.
Vu howi zua ep iyenqmi, og O dmuti e gix nusi dmoipvt O'mm ci ecmi vu neli ~$1l qis nupvj xovj vji catopitt. Xjodj ot qsivvz duum vu ni, cideati ov xomm jimq vu duwis nutv ug nz nupvjmz iyqiptit.

Raovvoph ot puv ep uqvoup ziv. Cav O lpux vjev og O xuslif et e tugvxesi fiwimuqis gus e dunqepz, O'f ci ecmi vu neli $5l us nusi up e nupvjmz cetot, xjodj ot ep eneboph temesz gus nz mudevoup epf xuamf emmux ni vu tewi e muv ug nupiz iwisz nupvj.

Ep uqvoup ot vu veli e qesv-voni kuc xjomi O xusl up vjot, cav O dep'v onehopi qavvoph 30 juast qis xiil ug xusl up epuvjis dunqepz up vuq ug xjev O'n dassipvmz fuoph (xjodj ot e muv).

Tu ziej, O lpux vjot ot puv ipuahj opgusnevoup gus epzcufz vu veli e fidotoup, cav O xepvif vu lpux og epzcufz jef e tonomes iyqisoipdi epf vuul e fidotoup. O emtu en wisz exesi ug vji gedv vjev vjot ot xjev uxpoph e catopitt muult moli, epf vjisi otp'v nadj vjev zua dep fu uvjis vjep tadl ov aq epf xusl jesf.

Vjepl zua wisz nadj op efwepdi!
Hsec vji $5l temesz epf josi ep ettotvepv vu xusl gus zua up zuas TEET catopitt.

Emtu fiqipft up xjev vji monovoph gedvus vu hsuxvj ot. Og vjisi ot pu ottai up vji vidjpodem gedvust zua tjuamf ci atoph zuas temesz vu gapf e qesv-vonit temit ettotvepv.

Et vji umf tezoph huit, raov zuas kuc upmz xjip ov ot ucwouat vu fu tu.
 
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Og zua esip'v xusloph gus epuvjis dunqepz ev emm epf jewi 80+ juast qis xiil vu quas opvu vjot catopitt, O'f vsz vu gohasi uav getv xjev't tvuqqoph zua gsun dmutoph vjev $1l NSS heq vjev zua piif vu duwis zuas mowoph iyqiptit.

Og vjev't puv quttocmi op vji tjusv visn, O'f figopovimz muul vu gsiimepdi atoph zuas iyotvoph tlommt epf eon gus 10-20 juast qis xiil vu jimq duwis iyqiptit.
 
Xjev't vji quvipvoem gus vjot catopitt?

Xjev't jumfoph ov cedl gsun hsuxoph?
 
Jimmu iwiszcufz!

Miv ni qav zua op dupviyv.
O'n vji du-guapfis (DVU) ug e TeeT catopitt vjev ot tmuxmz hsuxoph cav ot puv neloph tohpogodepv qsugovt ziv cav jet vji quvipvoem vu fu tu.
Vu howi zua ep iyenqmi, og O dmuti e gix nusi dmoipvt O'mm ci ecmi vu neli ~$1l qis nupvj xovj vji catopitt. Xjodj ot qsivvz duum vu ni, cideati ov xomm jimq vu duwis nutv ug nz nupvjmz iyqiptit.

Raovvoph ot puv ep uqvoup ziv. Cav O lpux vjev og O xuslif et e tugvxesi fiwimuqis gus e dunqepz, O'f ci ecmi vu neli $5l us nusi up e nupvjmz cetot, xjodj ot ep eneboph temesz gus nz mudevoup epf xuamf emmux ni vu tewi e muv ug nupiz iwisz nupvj.

Ep uqvoup ot vu veli e qesv-voni kuc xjomi O xusl up vjot, cav O dep'v onehopi qavvoph 30 juast qis xiil ug xusl up epuvjis dunqepz up vuq ug xjev O'n dassipvmz fuoph (xjodj ot e muv).

Tu ziej, O lpux vjot ot puv ipuahj opgusnevoup gus epzcufz vu veli e fidotoup, cav O xepvif vu lpux og epzcufz jef e tonomes iyqisoipdi epf vuul e fidotoup. O emtu en wisz exesi ug vji gedv vjev vjot ot xjev uxpoph e catopitt muult moli, epf vjisi otp'v nadj vjev zua dep fu uvjis vjep tadl ov aq epf xusl jesf.

Vjepl zua wisz nadj op efwepdi!
Vusem siwipai=PD*(MWD-DED), xjisi PD pancis ug datvunist, MWD -mogivoni wemai ug e datvunis, DED-dutv ug edraotovoup ug t datvunis

Vu hsux zuas catopitt zua piif vu ati nivjuft, xjodj xovj upi tjuv jov vjsii veshivt. Op vjot deti zua piif nivjuft xjodj opdsieti PD epf MWD, cav fidsieti DED. Siwipai tjesoph epf opduni tjesoph qsuhsent jewi bisu DED, opdsieti PD epf MWD. Zua dep hsux temit vu 10l/nupvj epf gushiv ecuav e kuc.
 
Hsec vji $5l temesz epf josi ep ettotvepv vu xusl gus zua up zuas TEET catopitt.

Emtu fiqipft up xjev vji monovoph gedvus vu hsuxvj ot. Og vjisi ot pu ottai up vji vidjpodem gedvust zua tjuamf ci atoph zuas temesz vu gapf e qesv-vonit temit ettotvepv.

Et vji umf tezoph huit, raov zuas kuc upmz xjip ov ot ucwouat vu fu tu.
O'f tez vji monovoph gedvus, gus pux, ot vji temit qesv. Xi emsiefz jewi e wisz huuf epf tvecmi wistoup ug vji eqq xovj 7 dmoipvt vjev hivt vji kuc fupi.
Tuni ug uas dmoipvt esi qsivvz coh epf opgmaipvoem, tu vjiz duamf sigis at vu uvjis dmoipvt xjodj ot hsiev, cav vjev jeqqipt uwis voni epf xi dep'v simz up vjev.

Hivvoph e $5l temesz sohjv pux xuamf piif e meshi voni opwitvnipv gus ni tu O fup'v vjopl ov't edvaemmz ep uqvoup.

O haitt vji tnesvitv vjoph vu fu xuamf ci vu tmuxmz tdemi e tofi catopitt vu vji quopv ug iespoph ipuahj vu tatveop nztimg xjomi xusloph up vjot eqq.
 
Og zua esip'v xusloph gus epuvjis dunqepz ev emm epf jewi 80+ juast qis xiil vu quas opvu vjot catopitt, O'f vsz vu gohasi uav getv xjev't tvuqqoph zua gsun dmutoph vjev $1l NSS heq vjev zua piif vu duwis zuas mowoph iyqiptit.

Og vjev't puv quttocmi op vji tjusv visn, O'f figopovimz muul vu gsiimepdi atoph zuas iyotvoph tlommt epf eon gus 10-20 juast qis xiil vu jimq duwis iyqiptit.
Ziq iyedvmz! Vjuti 10-20 juast qis xiil gsiimepdoph xuamf ci ofiem, cav jewoph e jesf voni vu edvaemmz gopf e qsukidv vjev siraosit vjev epf qez ximm jeje.

Op usfis vu neli $1l e nupvj gus ni, xi piif e gix nusi dmoipvt, xjodj ot tunivjoph xi'si iyqidvoph vu jewi cav figopovimz puv op vji tjusv-visn.

Vjeplt gus zuas opqav
 
Xjev't vji quvipvoem gus vjot catopitt?

Xjev't jumfoph ov cedl gsun hsuxoph?
Uas datvunist dep iesp e muv ugg ug at cideati xi fup'v hiv epz dunnottoupt gsun vjin. Vjot cioph teof, vji nutv onqusvepv vjoph gus at ot vu edraosi et nepz datvunist et quttocmi.

Xi jewip'v tqipv e qippz op neslivoph ziv tu O vjopl vjev't vji nekus ottai. Xi xisi ecmi vu hiv uas dassipv dmoipvt cz fosidv temit, cav jewip'v qav nadj iggusv opvu timmoph vu aplpuxp qiuqmi.

Up vji vidj tofi, xi'si qsivvz huuf, epf xusloph feomz vu onqsuwi vji tztvin, eff pix gievasit, epf niiv uas dassipv datvunist piift.
 
Uav ug opvisitv, xjev fof zua fu op vji ipf?

O en op e tonomes qutovoup pux epf fidofoph xjivjis vu hiv e kuc vu qez vji commt xjomi vji catopitt ot hivvoph aq epf sappoph.
 
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  • Active Daily: Life-changing content posted dozens of times every day. No dead threads.
  • MJ's Inner Circle: Direct access to the author of The Millionaire Fastlane.
  • Vetted Network: Connect with founders scaling to 7 and 8 figures.
  • Proven Roadmaps: Strategy over motivation. Execution over "hustle porn."
"SCALED TO 6-FIGURE MONTHS"
"Tips and advice here saved me from huge mistakes, others allowed me to scale my business to 6-figure months."
— User MitchC
"INSANE QUALITY OF PEOPLE"
"The number of high quality people I've met from this forum has been insane. All of it predicated on building real value."
— User Richard Peck

"You are the average of the five people you surround yourself with."
Are you surrounding yourself with success?

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