Want A Brilliant Idea For A Startup? Go On Vacation

When Kevin Systrom came up with the idea for Instagram, he was strolling on a beach in Baja California, Mexico, not staring at a screen. It’s a common theme, according to research published this week. One in five startup ideas come to entrepreneurs while on vacation, according to a survey of 1,000 small business owners (who had successfully been in business five years) in the UK by consultancy Sandler Training.