Once I came up with an idea, I launched it and it makes very good money (50-70k euro monthly). It looks very interesting for others, having a nice business, being an entrepreneur, but for me it's getting too boring. I'm not passionate about what my startup does. I really want give up.<p>Should I kill my startup and build something that I'm passionate about or will love doing it? Or does every business get boring by the time? What are your experiences/advices?
Is there a way to turn it into a part time business that you can run along side a new venture? 50-70k sounds like it could be helpful in supporting you during a new venture.<p>Figure out what you want to do, slow down your involvement with your current venture as you scale up what you are passionate about doing.<p>I think most people here would recommend that you do not shut down your current revenue stream until you have at least offset it with a new revenue. View your current situation as an vehicle to help you do some awesome things in your next venture.
Intro:<p>I used to run a profitable Facebook gaming company but got bored of it and let it die slowly.
Today I believe I should have made better use of my company assets (I had 12 millions users) to help me with my current ventures.<p>Suggestions:<p>Have you read the E-Myth book? It seems that you are facing a problem the book discusses (technician vs manager vs entrepreneur).<p>On Mixergy someone (can't remember who) spoke about how turning a service company into a product company with a repeatable sales process helped him scale. In your case it would allow you to step away.<p>Instead of being the centre of your company, couldn't you create a product (a newsletter, an annual report, training, etc...) that you could sell?<p>Could you reinvest some of your revenues into training people to replace you?
Perhaps try to find an eager apprentice to take the reins? I imagine a lot of people would love to jump on board to see how things are run in a successful startup. Slowly transition responsibility and time to the new "hire", as well as slowly transitioning the profit distribution.<p>This can let you modulate how much involvement (and money) you want while letting someone else do the bulk of work for you.
I still believe that you will be more successful if you do what you are fond of doing rather than doing things that you were only force to do so or because of money thing. Inner fullfilment is greater than money.<p>With regards to your startup, you may sell it or you may hire a person who can run you business the way you want it. Then, start doing your passion.