It was something of a personal challenge for me to come up with a business suitable for the Internet world and the Internet age.
We hear again and again from founders, that they wish they had waited to start a startup until they came up with an idea they really loved.
When Facebook first started, and it was just a social directory for undergrads at Harvard, it would have seemed like such a bad startup idea, like some student side project.
I've always wanted to start my clothing line.
I think everybody at some point in time has thought to themselves, 'I have a really great idea for a restaurant.'
The stereotypical successful entrepreneur is Mark Zuckerberg - the young college dropout who dreamed up a crazy idea while in his dorm room.
I came up with the idea for what later became Paychex in 1970 when I was working for Electronic Accounting Systems, a company that sold payroll processing to companies with 50 to 1,000 employees.
At some point, you decide to take something you really like and turn it into a business you love.
Wait to start a startup until you come up with an idea that you feel compelled to explore.
Before there is a business, a successful entrepreneur is designing this type of business in his or her mind's eye. According to my rich dad, this is the job of a true entrepreneur.
I could imagine, some number of years from now, starting my own company. But not yet. Not for a while.
I just wanna start a brand that inspires and is geared towards youth.
I started my production house with the idea of directing one day.
When I started Atom Factory, the idea was to do something small yet powerful. That name resonated with the mission.
I got really excited about the idea of data-driven startup just as I was starting Kaggle.
If you have an idea that you can't get out of your head, do a startup. Otherwise join a startup.
