Thank HN: 7 months ago, I asked for help. Now I've got 5 employees.
Congratulations -- but uhm... shouldn't you check back in with Patrick and make sure his needs are met?  I mean, he's Customer #1, and it sounds like your reaction to that was to abandon him.I might be misreading, or Patrick may have backfilled you, but the 1 thing I know about business to be more true than most things, is you take care of your early customers, specifically if they were good to you.