That's the way I work. I've known for a while I wanted a startup, now I'm at the stage of taking ideas and turning them into reality. I'm always thinking of new

That's the way I work. I've known for a while I wanted a startup, now I'm at the stage of taking ideas and turning them into reality. I'm always thinking of new ideas and writing them down for later, but my mode of thinking is definitely "I'm now creating a startup, lets go find ideas" and not the other way around. By the way, Paul Graham has mentioned that Viaweb started in much the same way: a conscious search for an idea to build a business around.