Great topic here.

Had my best year in 2007...then the housing crisis hit! It's been a slow, steady recovery ever since. 23 years in the biz and it keeps getting harder. I'm getting older, technology is getting smarter and more finicky. F***Off Alexa.

I love designing music systems and problem solving, so I guess this is a good fit for me. The best part is making my own schedule but my phone can never be left unsupervised, as clients think we are standing by just for them 24/7. I've built and incredible client base over the years but it takes a lot of effort to maintain it.

This is definitely a grind.

So, I think to myself, if I started the business from scratch with no stings attached to the industry, what would it look like...
Probably 3 or 4 product lines, no networking and no video. Perhaps....Sonos/Sonance/Lutron and a rack full of manually switched outlets.

Or...maybe sell no product and just program and configure systems. I fantasize of a labor only based business.

Goodnight and Good luck.