evil_flanderz

You can only scale so fast without having investors. Even if you're making twice what you made at your old job.

So if you're onto something potentially major that's why you would consider outside investors. Not because you don't know what you're doing.

Source: Ran my own business and then later took on VC funding

No shame in that. What VC's call a "lifestyle" business can still be serious money for the rest of us. Good luck!