> Any idea what else could I do? One thing I can think of is going to more startup-y events...<p>You claim you can't afford to begin a startup, whilst thinking it's a good investment to spend money on startup-y events?<p>You will learn much more simply by:<p>a) buying a domain name<p>b) setting up some hosting<p>c) tinkering with your own ideas<p>...than eating a slice of pizza while listening to some startup god speak.<p>You can show some real progress in a few months with just 1 hour per day spent reading/thinking. Get to it!