Oh believe me I have a strong love and appreciation for technology. In fact, I've always said that maybe I don't understand the tech, but I appreciate it. I've

Oh believe me I have a strong love and appreciation for technology. In fact, I've always said that maybe I don't understand the tech, but I appreciate it. I've come from a company where the tech guys are treated like second-class citizens to the business guys. I want the opposite of that - somewhere where developers love to work (and share in the equity/options etc). I think your comment about middle-managers becoming CEOs is partly because we still have less tech startup culture here vs the US. Not so many Facebooks and Googles. Also places, like I mention, where business guys are valued too highly. I'd say my business knowledge is far from traditional: PhD Genetics, biotech consulting, database redevelopment and management, MBA, industrial-scale eCommerce incubator, entrepreneur. I agree with the AVC article. The team described there is my ideal team. I am in effect at the moment the Product Manager. In fact, the tech side of things in my startup have gone extremely well - it works well, the code is good, the product build speed has been good - mainly due to the good relationship between me and the contractor. The tech side of things is the least of my problems, but I still want a business partner because it is impossible for me to do everything on my own - it just makes sense that my business partner is also technical.