From this 1st article in 2005 and 2nd article in 2012, it seems PG has different idea about a startup's idea.<p>http://www.paulgraham.com/start.html (What Customers Want)
So if you're developing technology for money, you're probably not going to be developing it for people like you.<p>http://paulgraham.com/startupideas.html (Self)
The very best startup ideas tend to have three things in common: they're something the founders themselves want, that they themselves can build, and that few others realize are worth doing.
I'm working on one of those ideas that nobody realizes are worth doing. All my friends say I lost it. It's also something I can build myself (although it's quite the undertaking, I've been at it for over a year full-time) and it's obviously something I would want to have. I hope to have it released in two or three months.<p>Thing is, I have zero doubt in my mind that once people have it - they will ask how they lived without it, or better yet, why didn't they think of it.<p>Or I'm wrong. Either way I love the journey. I wish I had a co-founder, but of all the people I have access to, no one has the vision to see what I see.