[kls]

I am not sure I totally agree with this, If the non-technical co founder is a business dev and sales guy he is just as important to the equation. And I would say there are a good deal of technical individuals who should not have controlling interest in the company. I say that as a 3 time CTO of start-ups and a very technical person. I was in no way qualified to be the controlling party of any of those organizations. I have a good business intuition, but my partners where way more qualified in what they do, if I held controlling interest, I may have forced issues that I was wrong about. I agree with 50-50, but if I where investing in a company I would be leery of a company where the technical and not business partner held controlling interest.