I was simply oblivious to the idea that I could start a startup. My university focused on getting their students primed and ready to work at Big Widget Corporation and talk about startups was usually limited to references to Apple or Microsoft in their heyday in the 80s.

When I finally did hear about Y-Combinator all this other amazing stuff, the steady income from Big Widget Corporation still kept me from really going ahead with a startup. Why walk off the beaten path?

But after 2 years in the corporate world, I'll be starting my startup soon. What finally convinced me to go ahead? After witnessing the bureaucracy, red tape and inefficiency of large corporations, I decided that I was too young for this crap.

I'm edging towards 23-years old with no mortgages or debt/loans to pay and plenty of money in bank. Guess now wouldn't be such a bad time...