For most people dreaming of running a startup doesn't lead to running a startup. It's just something nice to daydream about. Kind of like winning the lottery or

For most people dreaming of running a startup doesn't lead to running a startup. It's just something nice to daydream about. Kind of like winning the lottery or getting in to shape or taking a year off to go travelling. The idea is much nicer than the painful, difficult job of actually making it happen. Finding a problem that you need to fix, or an idea that you're certain will turn in to an amazing product, is what creates great (and terrible) startups. Until you find the right idea you're unlikely to start something. My advice to people who believe they'd make a great founder is to go out and get a job at someone else's startup, or an established business, and spend time really thinking about the problems you see people facing. That's where startup inspiration came from for a lot of people.