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You don't generally have the luxury of having people to build it, people to market it and people to sell it. The fact is, you as a founder need to build someth
by dsugarman 14y ago
You don't generally have the luxury of having people to build it, people to market it and people to sell it. The fact is, you as a founder need to build something from nothing. The OP does a great job of explaining what that means for a non-technical founder.
your average non-technical founder is extremely likely to fail. If you want to give advice to the them, it should start: become exceptional.
- fomojola 14y agoMinor nitpick: the average founder is extremely likely to fail, technical or otherwise. Being a technical founder doesn't really dramatically increase the odds of success. As someone who suffers from "build it and they will come" syndrome, the article is actually decent advice for ANY founder, not just founders who aren't "technical".
- dsugarman 14y agoyou are absolutely right, I didn't mean it just as non-technical and I certainly have suffered from the same syndrome. To be fair and honest, everyone is likely to fail, I was just pointing out that the success stories in the startup world don't tend to come from the average, so building advice around the average is..