Have you built and owned a buisness?

Several over many years. The most fun though was my first as a teenager - a bicycle repair business. I was fixing mine and parts were expensive. I figured I could buy parts from a wholesaler for less, but then I'd have more inventory than one person needed, so I figured I'd repair other people's bikes to make larger purchases worthwhile. In a similar vein, I loved photography and I found that if I took jobs photographing weddings and other events, I could effectively get other people to pay for my film, darkroom and camera equipment. I kept these businesses alive through college and used the income from working in the summer to cover my college costs.

So the inspiration was really that rather than find a way to make money to buy bike parts and darkroom supplies, I could charge other people to use that stuff to help them. A paying job that I loved.