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Why would you want a nontechnical cofounder to do these 3 specialized full-time roles? Is this a serious question? > but if you have some money lol . Just… lo

• kragen 3y ago
  yes. why would you want the three people doing those three specialized full-time roles to be nontechnical? it seems to me that, given a nontechnical person who's good at one or more of those roles, they'd obviously be even better at it if they also understood the technology. ignorance and incompetence are weaknesses, not strengths as for having some money, the context of this discussion is startups with angel or vc funding, which is plenty for focus groups and some user tests
  • distortionfield 3y ago
    Because good luck finding those three roles where they’re from a technical background? I’ve worked with a grand total of one PM who was from a technical background. He was actually a great engineer but he was absolutely the exception to the rule. Sure, if you can flesh your team out with entirely technical people filling those roles, great for you, but that’s like asking why you wouldn’t only hire 10x engineers. Well of course if you could find and hire only 10x engineers you would, but it doesn’t work like that. Especially considering those are all industry positions that are typically taken by people who never went into technical roles.
    • kragen 3y ago
      right, so people who are looking for a cofounder to fill those roles aren't looking for a nontechnical cofounder; they're looking for a cofounder. they may have to accept a nontechnical cofounder, but that's not what they're looking for. that's why there's no advice to be found on finding a nontechnical cofounder i feel that my first comment in this thread already explained this with perfect clarity and you've just been trolling