[Kynlyn]

Leading a tech company and starting one are two entirely different things.

Sounds like what you are trying to do is start one. The issues of a non-technical person starting a tech company are many and have been discussed here before.

If you're starting a software company and you can't contribute to writing the software then you are bringing very, very little to the table in the beginning. Your theoretical business skills won't matter much until you have a product. And you can't do much to contribute to that.

[tshen]

There are definitively many issues, but all are solvable. Contributions don't just go by lines of code you write. If you are the non-technical guy, you have every reason in the world to keep your developers as motivated and driven as possible, do every non-technical related jobs possible. Even just simple networking and getting connected, there are plenty of ways for the non-tech guy to get involved, just depends how creative and persistent you can be.

[Kynlyn]

I applaud your persistence and motivation. I really do. I'm merely saying you have to be realistic about your contributions and expectations of others. True, the non-technical person can handle sales, billing and all of the administrative stuff that is still important. You didn't mention if your devs are being paid salaries or if it's an equity deal. If it's equity, then I certainly hope they are getting a significant chunk of it because without them to build the product, you don't have a company at all. You just have an idea, and that alone is worthless.