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If I had to re-summarize your point, I'd put it this way: 1. Success is very little on the idea, almost entirely on the execution 2. Execution has both a tech
by gwd 1y ago
If I had to re-summarize your point, I'd put it this way:
1. Success is very little on the idea, almost entirely on the execution
2. Execution has both a technical side and a business side, and can fail from a poor execution either way.
How this applies to your target audience:
You have an idea for a business? Nice -- that's almost worthless (1). You can't influence execution on the technical side, so you need to bring execution from the business side (2).
I like the numbers -- "a waitlist of 1000 people or LOI from 20 businesses" gives a better idea what kind of execution a non-technical co-founder should be capable of.
- ethbr1 1y agoThese discussions also get wrapped up in what "non-technical" means. It can mean management skillset. It can mean people-networking and sales skillset. For an early-stage startup, the former doesn't bring much value (management value literally scales with employee count) while the latter absolutely does.