[coryl]

He could have skills and just neglected to mention them.

[jacquesm]

No, because then he would not have said he was without someone capable of building it.

[philwelch]

It's possible to have skills, connections, experience, etc. to contribute to a startup without knowing how to build software.

[orrinxu]

My personal background is mechanical engineering and my idea is a B2C online business. My skills is more on the side of contract negotiations and physical implementation which is relevant to my idea.

Thanks for warning me though, I will definitely try to develop as well as possible