I've not launched anything yet, but these have been my efforts so far: 1st project) My friend and I thought there was a market for a website, but it turned out

I've not launched anything yet, but these have been my efforts so far: 1st project) My friend and I thought there was a market for a website, but it turned out to be complicated and in a competitive space. Eventually we abandoned it. 2nd project) I had a cool idea for something highly technical that I sort of wanted. In truth, it was more complicated than I could handle and overly ambitious. Abandoned. (It also turned out that it had been attempted in the 70s and 80s, and turned out to not be that great :P) 3rd project) Got pissed off at a big real world problem. Found a vastly smaller chunk of the problem. This way I can help in a small way and actually finish it. The pattern I've been noticed is that I'm trying to get more ambitious in solving a real problem while vastly scaling down the effort required in my solutions and targeting less competitive markets. I'm amazed at how similar business is to research in that regard. Tackle a reasonably sized problem that has the potential to grow. Declare victory, rinse, repeat. As you gain experience, your perception of tiny will enlarge. :-) Another thing I've noticed within myself, I've started to amaze myself in not seeing any contradiction between helping and asking for money. It's a difference between understanding something rationally and viscerally. I hope that you find this helpful in some way!