[mooreds]

> The article is about service businesses, which do not need to hit web scale!

There are many small consultancies that are humming along, making high six figures to low seven figures a year in income, with good paying jobs and work/life balance. It can be a bit of a grind for the owners (who assume a lot of risk and have to land clients) and there are some ups and downs due to the realities of consulting (okay, just lost a big client, time to tighten the belt), but I've seen this work a number of times. Having a recurring source of income (productized service, hosting) can really help.

The main thing these companies do is "be excellent", aka give a shit.

[dendrite9]

I'm curious about how to get involved in these types of companies. They don't seem lie the easiest thing to search for, but that might just be that I don't have the exposure to know where to look.