Ouch, here was I thinking that you already had identified some market niche / emerging market, or some piece of technology / engineering / software that doesn't

Ouch, here was I thinking that you already had identified some market niche / emerging market, or some piece of technology / engineering / software that doesn't exist yet but you'd like to see become reality. A vision, if you will. What idea to pursue really is the smallest problem. If you haven't passed that hurdle, don't even think about going all-in. Going all-in, doing what? Ideas are cheap. It's implementation that matters. And marketing that. So: come up with idea / market niche / potential product first. Then decide whether to pursue that, and/or start business while doing so. > I do not have any niche skills, I’m your typical run-of-the-mill backend developer with no particular expertise. That's not true. You're underestimating yourself. Every person has unique experience, skill set & personality. As someone said: "every person you talk to, knows something that you don't". But the reverse is also true: you know some things (or have a specific combination of skills, or an idea / vision) that nobody else does. Even if ever-so-slightly different from one of your peers. Or may be in a unique position to take an idea & make it go places. "Do only, what only you can do". I think that was Edsger G. Dijkstra quote? You seem at least to have the means to do so. P.S. Maybe you just need a change of scenery, to come up with fresh ideas? (vacation, hop jobs, move house, dive into unexplored online communities, start a new hobby, ..)