First figure out why you want to do a startup. Then figure out if a startup will actually meet the needs and expectations you have of it. If it will; and you d

First figure out why you want to do a startup. Then figure out if a startup will actually meet the needs and expectations you have of it. If it will; and you don't have an obvious business that you should be getting into, then do some research and look for problems that you are uniquely situated to solve better than anyone else. Don't just pick an idea and run with it, be critical of your ideas, and of yourself. A startup is hard work with relatively small chance of reward; and if you don't have a sense of why you are doing it that is strong enough to carry you through you won't last the distance. See this wiki page for inspiration as to what your idea should look like though http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Hairy_Audacious_Goal http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Hairy_Audacious_Goal