What keeps you away from starting startups? 
thismat: 1.) I entered the developers and startup world late. It's only been about a year since I've discovered PG and only a few since I took up programming as more than just the occasional scripter.2.) The market for web applications feels saturated, what happens when it collapses?3.) As a single father I'm even more worried about being able to provide for my family. Not to mention the amount of chores around the house, and general repairs and preventative maintenance.4.) I know ideas are supposed to be a natural progressive thing, but as someone else said, when you see your own flaws in every idea, or you have an idea that seems like such a niche market it would be hard to gain any share, it's discouraging.As a counter point to all of these, my nature and spirit is in being an entrepreneur, my grandfather bootstrapped a food service company in the 50s that we sold in 2000, I convinced my parents to let me start an internet cafe/print shop when I was 17, which would have done well if I had more insight at the time, it still lasted over 5 years before I took a job for general IT support (which led me into programming, the missing 'creative' void I had been looking for).If I was 21 instead of 27, and wasn't in the situation I was in, I'd be living at home working on starting my own business...I long everyday to work from home and be able to take a few months off every year to travel with the kids the way I never got to when I was younger (we were extremely tied down to the food service business).There are a lot of variables to consider though, skillset being very important as well. I work the extra 4-6 hours a nigh already doing freelance web design/development, if I could find a good idea, I would put 100% towards it.Too many paragraphs for a simple question? Sorry!