I started my first company at 14 and am on to my third at 21, while still in college. Here’s my best advice for new entrepreneurs.

Srikar Srinivasan. Courtesy of Srikar Srinivasan Srikar Srinivasan, a Babson student, cofounded Arcangel, an AI platform for intellectual property. He suggests entrepreneurs identify personal problems to develop business ideas based on their lives. He also advises talking to 100 potential customers to validate business ideas before development. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Srikar Srinivasan, a 21-year-old Babson College student and cofounder of Arcangel, an AI-drive...