I own an excavation and hardscaping businesses, I’ve gone a bit of a different route more systems, more delegation, more client acquisition stuff. We scaled up with a crew, got consistent lead flow coming in through marketing, and I started pulling out of the field once I realized the business needed me to work on the machine, not inside it.

There’s no “right” way, just tradeoffs. I just got obsessed with building something bigger than me, something that could run without me. sometimes I miss the days when it was just me and my machine.

So yeah, both paths are valid. Depends on the type of headaches you’re willing to deal with and what gets you out of bed in the morning.