I've always wanted to be a business owner, and since it is a lot more work in the form of legalities and other physical hindrances and obstacles to put up a physical store or place, then an online presence is the next best thing. I particularly want to get into forum building so I could give like-minded people a place to hangout. I also like that online sites give us the opportunity to talk to one another even being from different countries, a feature that otherwise would not have been possible without the internet. So to answer your question, I don't think I got inspired by any one thing specifically, just the overall benefits of being online was reason enough for me to get into site building and learning about it.