Yes and giving up inevitably means going and working for someone else, either on their dream, or under their command. Never ever give up..no matter what. I'm certain the majority of successful entrepreneurs toiled away for 10, 20, 30 years before they finally 'made it', certainly in the olden days. It's easy to get distracted by these overnight success stories, because success can happen so quickly with these dot coms, but there is a danger you can get demoralized and wonder why it's taking you so long to make it. You aren't alone on this and you have no idea what those overnight success stories had to contend with to get there.

Bootstrap your lifestyle, live off lentils and water, if you need to support the wife and kids work part time, but you can still make progress and find a way out, no matter what the obstacles! to paraphrase Robert Crumb, "Keep on Truckin"

Then go and play some Albert Collins on full blast....preferably the album, "Truckin' with Albert Collins", it'll make you smile...