All of the things that go into being an entrepreneur — ideas, problem-solving, connecting with others, learning, and growing - come from being curious.

A curious mind thinks differently.

We look at products, businesses, and situations differently, and everything starts with: why, how, and when.

Here are a few questions that come to mind when I see something that interests me:

• How was that (item or items) made?
• This product is a poor experience; is there something better on the market?
• When did this product come out?
• Was there something before this product?
• Why didn’t any create anything better yet?
• How much money is this business making with this product?

I can keep going with questions, but the point is that entrepreneurs tend to ask questions and then develop creative solutions on how that problem or flawed product could be solved or made better. It’s constant innovation and problem-solving; it never stops.

Curiosity sparks creativity and leads you to new ideas.

Curiosity drives new opportunities. Any new idea that I have had about starting a new business has been a direct result because of my curiosity. It’s the one thing that I can always tie it back to, simply having questions and wanting to know how products (or things in general) work under the hood.

Think of yourself walking into the cockpit of an airplane. You are looking at all the knobs and asking, “what does this do? How does this work?” — well, that’s how my brain works 90% of the time with the most random things.

When I am driving by I see a new product or even a construction site; my brain automatically starts asking 1000 questions about everything. It’s crazy. It’s all driven by curiosity and not being shy to ask questions.

Starting with curiosity and ending up with a business— a personal story.

In 2017, my dad and I ran across a problem not being able to rent a wet-saw (for cutting stone and tiles) to re-do a fireplace at my girlfriend's house — in my mind, I thought, “there is an app for that,” well there was nothing on the iOS app store at the time. A year later, I rechecked the app store, and there was still nothing when I searched for “tool rental, rent tools, etc.”. So I got creative and started building the app that is now known as Sparetoolz (on iOS only). I was curious why no one had made anything like this; I saw the opportunity and went for it. I didn't overthink it. I just executed it.

Entrepreneurship is all about facing unknown challenges, not shying away from anything, and always having questions. Stay curious, my friends.