The PERFECT business for you...

Gordon, great question.

For me ... I'm a life-long tire-kicker who had done NOTHING except spend money on shiny objects, and analyzed ideas until there was nothing left of them save for the ashes.

The ideal business for me, out of necessity, is something that can be started with little up-front expenses (ie. large equipment purchases or real estate leases, and so on ...), no direct employees, and can be started and operated in "spare time" (ie. after work and on weekends).

Quitting my job is unrealistic (frankly, impossible! I need the bennies!), but one day I would hope to be able to transition my full efforts into "my own thing."

My college-aged (ok ... college drop-out) son has started his own online efforts and has the entreperenurial spirit. He's doing good, not great. I need to learn the "just do it" attitude from him, and teach him about markets that can deliver enough revenue to make it worth your time and effort.

For now, he is more concerned with "saving the world"-style projects! Admirable, but not the biggest niches in the world. He is learning so much about internet marketing, though (even if it is some expensive lessons from trial and error). He is learning more than I have learned from buying WSO's and doing google research until my eyes bleed.