> By that logic, you can hire a freelance dev to do all the programming too. And there's plenty of successful companies that do this btw. > But there's a bunc

> By that logic, you can hire a freelance dev to do all the programming too. And there's plenty of successful companies that do this btw. > But there's a bunch of risks with that approach and they are similar to the ones where you outsource design - you will constantly have to re-hire if you need pivots, there might be major friction switching people, and the costs can start to add up. This is simply not true. This can happen regardless of wether you outsource your dev team or not. > Consider that the #1 market cap YC company of all time - AirBnB - was started by 2 founders with a background in design. One of the top 50 largest companies in the world was started by an engineer who dropped out of school. What's your point? Correlation != causation. Outsourcing is such a dirty word here and I don't get it. It's objectively not a bad option, it just has different risks.