[cortesoft]

Your comment said:

> Likewise. If their co-whatever wrote all the code, they sound like the employee. Bosses, visionaries, and founders typically don't write code, they delegate it to people who do.

I think it is a fair criticism to your comment... the comment made it sound like writing code precludes someone from being a founder/owner. Pointing out examples where founders/owners wrote code shows the statement isn't true. The fact that the other cofounder wrote all the code has no bearing on whether they are a real founder or not.

[tediousdemise]

That's why I used the word "typically." This absolutely does not mean "always," but I didn't think I'd have to clarify that.

[cortesoft]

Yeah, but you then used that attribute to decide that the other cofounder wasn't a real cofounder. You can't use something that is only typical to then prove they can't be a real founder.

[chadash]

But is it typical? Sure, if Bill Gates or Elon Musk founded a company today, they'd hire people to write the code. But for people who haven't made it big, I'd assume that having at least one technical founder is extremely common. Just in the examples you gave, Apple had Steve Wozniack. Sean Rad built the prototype for Tinder at a Hackathon. Seems like Box had a technical cofounder as well based on Wikipedia article.