Why you need your own company by Derek Sivers explains:

Then I realized why I need to start a new company. Not for the money. Not because I’m “bored”. But because a company is a laboratory to try your ideas. (The word “laboratory” is defined as a room for research, experimentation or analysis. I think of it as a sandbox or playpen.)

In the end, Derek knew what he needed to do, not for money or fame but for himself, was to create a vessel to pursue his ideas:

And this made me happier than doing nothing. This isn’t work, it’s play. It’s my place to try my ideas.

It hit me: This is why I created my own company recently. As an aspiring entrepreneur, I’ve had several projects, ideas, (and now in the post-business plan era) Lean Canvases, and implementations, needing other pieces to ‘launch’.  I was hit with a challenge: At what point does hobby become project become launchable idea become a startup seedling? How do I think and work on these? I created a company as a vessel to capture and pursue ideas, to nurture them to the point of launch.

In doing so I realized it wasn’t just my ideas alone I could help, but those of others as well. I’ve had the privilege of learning about a lot of other great things going on in startups in Austin and elsewhere, including watching literally dozens of startup pitches this month at SXSW interactive, RISE Austin this week, in my Venture Forth class at TechRanch, etc. I saw both the promise and the needs of startups and entrepreneurs, the common theme being the need to discover and validate what the ideas mean for customers.

So Freestar Tech is in the business of supporting early-stage startups turns ideas into successful companies. I’m bring my experience and skills in software, technology Lean Startup, business development, etc. to bear on making it happen. Who’s ideas?  My own … and maybe yours. That’s why I created Freestar Technologies.

By Patrick