Everyone (even non-techies) should do a startup once. Probably when they are young. You should have a lemonade stand. You should learn how to manage your time.

Everyone (even non-techies) should do a startup once. Probably when they are young. You should have a lemonade stand. You should learn how to manage your time. You should find out if you have what it takes to build something from beginning to end. You should try and sell someone something. This doesn't mean you need to lose $100k of your friends and family's money. It does mean you should go through the process of discovering if you can be a leader and build something from scratch. If it all falls flat, call me. I always prefer to hire people who know what they are good at, and what they aren't. I'll take the guy who failed at 2 startups and tells me he won't do a third over the person fresh out of college who thinks he can run my company better than me. So will every Manager I know at Microsoft, Amazon, and Google.