1.) I entered the developers and startup world late. It's only been about a year since I've discovered PG and only a few since I took up programming as more tha

1.) I entered the developers and startup world late. It's only been about a year since I've discovered PG and only a few since I took up programming as more than just the occasional scripter. 2.) The market for web applications feels saturated, what happens when it collapses? 3.) As a single father I'm even more worried about being able to provide for my family. Not to mention the amount of chores around the house, and general repairs and preventative maintenance. 4.) I know ideas are supposed to be a natural progressive thing, but as someone else said, when you see your own flaws in every idea, or you have an idea that seems like such a niche market it would be hard to gain any share, it's discouraging. As a counter point to all of these, my nature and spirit is in being an entrepreneur, my grandfather bootstrapped a food service company in the 50s that we sold in 2000, I convinced my parents to let me start an internet cafe/print shop when I was 17, which would have done well if I had more insight at the time, it still lasted over 5 years before I took a job for general IT support (which led me into programming, the missing 'creative' void I had been looking for). If I was 21 instead of 27, and wasn't in the situation I was in, I'd be living at home working on starting my own business...I long everyday to work from home and be able to take a few months off every year to travel with the kids the way I never got to when I was younger (we were extremely tied down to the food service business). There are a lot of variables to consider though, skillset being very important as well. I work the extra 4-6 hours a nigh already doing freelance web design/development, if I could find a good idea, I would put 100% towards it. Too many paragraphs for a simple question? Sorry!