I think it's a phase entrepreneurs go through. I know I spent time during college trying to get little social apps or other services off the ground. With the p

I think it's a phase entrepreneurs go through. I know I spent time during college trying to get little social apps or other services off the ground. With the passage of time and a couple failed startups, working on one of these pointless apps now holds no interest. I started a side project after my last failed company that turned into something and which I've been bootstrapping since, but I don't have any illusions about it saving the world or anything like that. I do however have a laundry list of 3-5 big hairy societal problems that I want to take a stab at some day, and I regularly find myself thinking about how I can take this side project-turned-company into something more meaningful. Otherwise, what's the point in working on it long term? I think over time, a lot of these founders will tend toward more impactful ideas. Blaming them, calling it a "problem" misses the point hat it's all part of the maturation process.