[tonyoconnell]

Maybe you should take some time to really focus on how you want to propel this world into the place our kids deserve. What are the most important problems that you see? Can you see any solutions? What can you do to help? If you can answer these questions then maybe you have the beginning of a business, or maybe the quest will lead you to a job with a startup or help you find a partner to build a business with.

As you said you don't have the money to be an angel investor. You also don't have the experience of building a successful business which is a huge weakness if you're an angel investor. Perhaps you should take things step by step...

1. Decide what you want to contribute to the World 2. Build a business that will make you wealthy while making the World a better place 3. Use the money and experience to help other people build businesses that help you achieve your objectives to make the World better 4. While you do this build the political authority, connections and followers that will help you implement the changes you want to make.

Anyway, if you can find something you really believe in, something that you are really passionate about, if you can make a plan that will really help other people then you'll stop feeling sorry for yourself. This sense of purpose will give you the motivation to work when you don't feel like it. And if you setup a business and it fails at least you will have helped make the World a better place.

Finally, once you know your purpose, don't accept that it will take 10 years to create something legit. Its important to keep the big picture in your mind but more important to achieve things quickly in the short term (a few months). Check out lean startup methodologies. There's also an excellent online course by Standford in Technology Innovation that might be of interest.