[OoTheNigerian]

By the definition, you are right.

However, I looked at the list as intangible things you would require to do a startup. You wrote: "Being at least baseline-competent in all the skills on this list will markedly decrease the chances that you screw up your first business in a really obvious and easy to avoid way."

'Emotional skills' are too important not to be mentioned in anything about what you need to be successful in a startup.

We have seen how having the skill and not the emotional aspect can pan out [1]

[1] http://steveblank.com/2011/11/30/youll-be-dead-soon-carpe-di...