I think it comes down to 'is this really the path you should choose?' an example. an owner of a car repair shop wants to hire a new mechanic. He's going to look

I think it comes down to 'is this really the path you should choose?' an example. an owner of a car repair shop wants to hire a new mechanic. He's going to look for the natural/creative problem solver who can improvise and is really into mechanics. So if you are not always thinking about solutions or deep into some technology or industry and wondering how to make it better, more efficient, then why choose this path? (round peg in a square hole). what are you really good at, or interested in? work hard at that. many ways to contribute in a startup than being the founder / idea man. In fact, it seems there are a fair share of tech startups whose engineers really helped the founders make the service/product marketable. without them it would have been just an idea.