Feeling uninspired? Have the drive to become an entrepreneur, but don’t know where to get started? Here’s an idea: Think back to a time you were disappointed with the outcome of a product, a time the words, “I could have done this better,” escaped your lips.

How often is the phrase, “They should make a (so and so) that does (so and so),” muttered by frustrated consumers? And just who is this ubiquitous “they” being spoken of?

Why not turn “they” into “I”?

Sure, you could open the ever-popular home-based catering business, but if it doesn’t match your personality, your business will likely fail. My suggestion: The next time you find yourself grumbling about how something ought to be done, put a plan into action and do it better!

That’s exactly what 26-year old Ryan Hudson did in 2004, when he started YouShoot - a company which rents digital cameras to guests attending an array of special events such as weddings, reunions, bar/bat mitzvahs and more.

Now, anyone who’s hosted a party or a reception where your guests were given disposable cameras to help capture the magic knows that what you end up getting are a bunch of darkened, blurry, off-centered snapshots unworthy of the satin photo album in which they lie.

YouShoot, teamed up with Lexar memory cards, solves this problem by providing quality digital cameras to your friends and family who may need a few tries to get it right. They then process and display the pictures on your very own website where visitors can view, order and print them.

It’s as easy as 1, 2, 3. Or, more accurately, point, click and shoot!

There are lots of nice ideas out there, plenty of companies with the best intentions. But this doesn’t mean there isn’t room for improvement, for a smarter, more reliable way.

Ryan Hudson found something that wasn’t working all that well and decided to fix it. What isn’t working for you?

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