The accepted story is that involved in bringing something successful to market has to have vision (the idea for a better "mousetrap").
Do they also have to have something like passion? Plenty of organizations bring software to market based on rational analysis's of possible market share, cost of customer acquisition, life time expected value, etc, etc.
If you are a talented maker of software, you can hitch your cart to someone else's dream. The world is full of way more ideas than people who can bring them to life.
Find an idea you think has legs and place a bet on it. Place multiple bets, if you can. The "fractional CTO" is a thing now.
Do they also have to have something like passion? Plenty of organizations bring software to market based on rational analysis's of possible market share, cost of customer acquisition, life time expected value, etc, etc.
If you are a talented maker of software, you can hitch your cart to someone else's dream. The world is full of way more ideas than people who can bring them to life.
Find an idea you think has legs and place a bet on it. Place multiple bets, if you can. The "fractional CTO" is a thing now.