I haven't read through all of This but glanced through it.

i think you could pay someone a significant salary and free up a lot of time. You lost money, but you'd likely be losing money if you sold and took a job anyway.

With the existing contracts that you have, you may be In a prime position to sell, serious food for thought. If so, you need to write down everything you do every day and that your employee do, this would then serve as a manual on how to operate the business.

I hear ear where you are coming from. I'm in a odd grey area where I'd like to make more money, but the work isn't flooding in so fast that I have to grow. The work has been steady, but still stepping stones into the market that I'd like to be in.