| Here's how I see it: the success or failure of the endeavor depends primarily on the business skills. However, without technical skills, you can't get in the game. The business part of the startup should be focused on (1) finding problem/solution fit, (2) finding product/market fit and (3) developing a strategy for scaling up. A lot of this work doesn't necessarily require software to be built, so the business co-founder should have plenty of work. Here's what you don't want to happen: (1) The business co-founder notices a great business opportunity. (2) They create a detailed description of the product they want built. (3) They find a technical co-founder to build it. (4) After it's built, they launch. Because then this will happen: (5) No one will buy it because the wrong product was built. :) So the business co-founder is constantly working with customers to make sure the technical co-founder is building the right product. :) |