The coolest thing about being a YE

I think that the coolest thing about being an entrepreneur is that you have the wherewithal to take an idea and turn it into a reality. Think about that for a second. Every single person you know has had that proverbial light bulb go off in their head and said "Wouldn't it be a great idea if...". Many times those ideas come from someone with an intimate knowledge of the problem and the solution is a pretty good one.

But most people just let it die there. They don't look into it and the idea gets lost right there. I think most people have that "What could I really do about it" attitude towards problems. They just become used to letting ideas slip away. Not entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurs stare the problem head on and come up with a solution. That solution helps other people solve that same problem, and with that you have changed the world in your own small way. How cool is that?

In my case, I've been able to turn two ideas into reality. I can pinpoint the exact moments that I came up with the ideas for SportsLizard and iPrioritize. Looking back, it's amazing to think about how the idea materialized into reality. It really is something special that not everyone can do or even wants to do. And I think that's pretty damn cool.