I’m not sure it’s fair to say Zuckerberg’s only advantage over the Winklevoss brothers was his engineering skills. I think he quickly understood the whole dynam

I’m not sure it’s fair to say Zuckerberg’s only advantage over the Winklevoss brothers was his engineering skills. I think he quickly understood the whole dynamics of that potential business and had a more clear vision. Being able to digest a lot of seemingly disparate information (e.g. how college students responded to the “hot or not” prank) and create a compelling vision along with a path to get there, that’s both very hard and very valuable. But I do agree with the overall sentiment that these ex-McKinsey “business co-founders” often lack the most valuable skills. I’d even go as far as saying they are generally quite bad “idea guys”, in the sense that they are more Winklevoss than Zuckerberg. I even have a sneaking suspicion that Europe is so far behind the US in the startup game partly because the “ex-McKinsey guy on top” anti-pattern is the social norm here.