RE non-technical founders: the first part of building a company is building a successful product/service, and technical founders can do that with sweat equity.

RE non-technical founders: the first part of building a company is building a successful product/service, and technical founders can do that with sweat equity. Non-technical founders can still add value, but they need technical people to make the product. Spencer Fry of CarbonMade has written some great stuff about duties for non-technical founders: http://spencerfry.com/whats-a-non-programmer-to-do http://spencerfry.com/whats-a-non-programmer-to-do