Agreed.
I think as an entrepruneur that is the most difficult time... letting go of your baby and turning things over to other people. They are never going to do it as well as you, or have the same passion as you. You will need to learn to accept their 100% is the equal to your 50-75% and that will be good enough.
We have just licensed over 12,000 DVD's/65,000 scenes, with the option to pick up another 13,000 in the 4th quarter. Which I am intending to do. We also have some 20 different projects going on from hosting, software, and porn. That does not even include all of the busy work that comes once once each new project is completed.
All of that said, I have had to hire different people to manage the different pieces of the business. Minions report to them, and then I only have to deal with ONE guy for hosting, ONE guy for the porn side. It makes my life much easier only having to deal with one personality, versus 3 as an example. Plus I am not the most diplomatic or politically correct. It works better for everyone this way.
Getting back on point... you can make good money doing it as a lone wolf if that it what you like. Not responsibilities, and clearing a decent profit annually. Some are perfectly happy doing that. For me, I am a creative person. Once a new idea is rolled out and perfected to the point of a formula, I lose interest and want to move on to the next thing. In time I have learned it's good to have some mindless minions to turn over the reins too.
In short, it really depends on what you want out of life. For me it's a mix of the creative ideas, and a certain dollar amount I wanted in my salary after taxes. Being able to do what I want, when I want, with little care in the world.
