I'm definitely in this camp: I quit a management-track job at a Fortune 50 a year and a half ago to teach business full-time. Finished a book (to be published December 30), have a full roster of consulting clients, an online course, and a few big licensing deals in the works.

I'm keeping the business small by design: I have absolutely no desire to manage/supervise the work of a large team - been there, done that, hated it. The maximum I'm willing to manage is a calling service and a part-time assistant, mostly to offload administrative work I'd rather not do.

I'd rather make a very good living and keep it simple (particularly with a child on the way) than spend my life compensating for the complexity that any huge operation inevitably has.