I understand the struggles of being a solopreneur. My first business failed miserably. I learned from that failure and my second business took me about two years to figure out my processes and then implement them consistently. My second business was direct marketing for business to business clients where we developed sales letters and then did the telemarketing behind those letters. After 10 years I thought I would go into real estate. My first year in real estate was not so good. I was really struggling with the fact that I couldn't get it together. Then I attend an intensive sales training program (which I didn't think I really needed) I came away from that program with huge "ah ha's" and my career took off.
In 2008 I was a solopreneur today I have a small team of 6 allowing us to serve more clients. Our mission is to provide the best customer service or hand holding that our client's need to be successful.
My first car was a 1065 Mustang convertible which was given to me by my uncle. Seems to be a pony theme.
I have experienced the same mistake twice. In 1993 I realized I had put all of my eggs in one basket focusing on one large client. Then we had a falling out and I was left to scramble to save my business. I vowed to never do that again, but then in 2016 I did it again. I had a very large non-profit that we were providing social media services to 110 chapters across the country, then they lost their funding in 2017 and I lost the business. This is devastating as I had to let four employees and two subcontractors go. It took all of 2018 to recover. I pray I have finally learned this lesson, don't put all of your eggs in one basket.