[_y4o5]

I've always wondered about this, how do people just "decide" to start a company for the sake of itself. I've always though that companies are kinda grown organically, i.e. you have a problem you want/need to solve and it turns out to be also commercially viable.

I have projects like that, i.e. have been scratching my own itch. Sadly none of them have taken off financially or otherwise despite the great effort.

If I had to start a business/project just for "fast growth" I'd be totally clueless how to ago about it?

Is it just about picking the "hottest shit" whatever that is at the moment and trying to ride that wave?

[morgante]

I know some serial entrepreneurs who do decide to just "start" a company. They usually start with fairly broad research, looking into a lot of different industries, and then when they hear the whiff of an interesting problem dive really deeply into it.

However, doing so requires strong entrepreneurial insights. I don't recommend it for first-time founders, as starting a company for the sake of starting a company is often a recipe for building something nobody wants.