Most entrepreneurs I've met want to "build a company, any company" rather than "follow their life-long vision". That might not be a bad thing. Idea generation

Most entrepreneurs I've met want to "build a company, any company" rather than "follow their life-long vision". That might not be a bad thing. Idea generation is a learnable skill, and once you can generate a bunch of viable ideas, you can select the best one. I think this is better than going with the first "brilliant insight" that pops into your head and deciding it's your lifelong passion. Also, lean works outside of tech -- remember those infomercial products that took 6-8 weeks to order? That's because they didn't get the products built until they received enough orders. And while they might not change the world, AirBnB, Heroku, Dropbox, Reddit, GoCardless, Exec et al. seem set to leave pretty big craters in it.