"and that the would-be entrepreneurs need a technical cofounder" Part of the problem with this idea (as someone else commented "goes around like a windmill") i

"and that the would-be entrepreneurs need a technical cofounder" Part of the problem with this idea (as someone else commented "goes around like a windmill") is that a non-technical person is even in a position to judge the skills of a technical person (or vice versa). At least if you hire a programmer you can fire a programmer. If you take on the wrong co-founder (who doesn't have the ability or skills you thought they had) then what do you do?