This something I don't understand about certain startup founders. If you're starting a company, you should have at least one absolute monster of a developer. So

This something I don't understand about certain startup founders. If you're starting a company, you should have at least one absolute monster of a developer. Someone who is capable, communicative, and with a deep pool of knowledge. Someone who can attract, hire, and lead other good developers. Not your buddy Steve who made an iPhone app or two. Not that developer who has some PHP experience and built a React app once. A real, terrifyingly good developer. The aphorism "first class people hire first class people; second class people hire third class people" comes to mind. Granted, I'm a pretty inexperienced developer, but I see companies being founded by people who are even less competent and less knowledgeable than me. And sure, finding a competent person is hard. But it's like the movie Seven Samurai. Can't afford to pay a samurai? Find a hungry one. There are plenty of developers who are young, but still good. And if you can't even do that, then take any and all money you have, and pool it to find one or two (or seven) developers who can find other competent people.