It's funny how this is a weird or foreign idea to so many. I teach in IT, so I'm soaked in all the "entrepeneurship" stuff; but somewhere else here had it right

It's funny how this is a weird or foreign idea to so many. I teach in IT, so I'm soaked in all the "entrepeneurship" stuff; but somewhere else here had it right. One way to think of a business is that it's simply a machine to solve a problem. It doesn't have to be a self-sustaining money maker. I'd go so far as to argue that generally, the former is probably better for the world. Anecdotally, this 100% describes why I started a business. Like many people, I fantasized about the idea of "having a business" but didn't do anything at all serious toward that. For me, it wasn't until an opportunity arose that had not much to do with "making money" per se. Specifically, I'm close to people who tried to start a Black news channel, and the website was trash; I knew I could to a LOT better, and I thought the whole idea was good. The channel didn't work out, everyone had other jobs, and so I don't have much of a business anymore AND THATS FINE.