Definitely 1), but a combo of all three (and others suggested here). You really answered your own question > "How can I best...start something on my own" ? A -

Definitely 1), but a combo of all three (and others suggested here). You really answered your own question > "How can I best...start something on my own" ? A - Start something! but if you want some more encouragement and guidance along the way, you'll find it here. There were some good suggestions to a similar question made here http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=183128 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=183128 that you should read as well.