I don’t want to take on investors because I’ll essentially be an employee of my own creation. Advice?

I worked 7 years on a degree that I believed would bring fulfillment and joy. Instead it drained me mentally and emotionally to where I left worked everyday with a tight chest from all the stress. Six months into that first real job making money I never would’ve imagined I quit and moved back to the town where I grew up to reset. I came up with a business and grew it quite well. In the first year we made $300k and we are on track for $500k this year. Would be more but covid...My partner has a connection to an older gentlemen who is very wealthy and started talking about bringing on investors including himself. I guess the normal person would be excited to get this funding because it could accelerate growth.To me, it would be basically working for someone again. I thought back to the stress that I had at my job and the feeling of someone looming over my shoulders. The idea of having to answer to someone isn’t something I want again. It’s the reason why I started this business in the first place.Am I wrong to turn down this opportunity? I am aware it could speed things up... but I want to grow at my own pace on my own terms.Thoughts? see hubwealthy.com/wealthy