[lukeholder]

I think this guys kinda-gets it. I wanted to point out the conversation I had with a Jason Gordon in the comment, who I think doesn't get it:

From the comments Jason Gordon says: I don't think the ability to code something is as important as the ability to communicate exactly what you want to someone who has that ability. It's very easy to find someone who can code, the challenge is communicating to them what it is they need their code to accomplish.

Me: You are inferring that coders are just a utility that you need to manage and instruct. Coders, Programmers and designers, are people with ideas and also can be very entrepreneurial. Speaking for myself, I only want a non technical person to drive sales, and networking, and getting me featured in blogs and news - in effect, I just want to communicate exactly what I want to someone who has that ability. Good coders are not a dime a dozen.

[tatsuke95]

>"I don't think the ability to code something is as important as the ability to communicate exactly what you want to someone who has that ability. It's very easy to find someone who can code, the challenge is communicating to them what it is they need their code to accomplish."

Sounds to me like Jason Gordon gets it.

There is far more to running a business than being able to code. And there is far more to the business world than software.

Good ideas generally come from people working at stuff they enjoy and/or do for a living. That's pretty obvious, which is why, generally, software ideas come from people who can write software.

But you can't do everything in your company. So being able to "write code" is no more or less important than being able to "do accounting", or being able to "operate a forklift", or being able to "perform arthroscopic surgery".

A true entrepreneur can look at any operation and determine how to assemble the parts to make the business model work.

[viscanti]

Aren't you doing exactly what you're complaining non-technical founders do by treating "business" people as a utility? They just want you to "code" and you just want them to "sell". I think both sides need a mutual respect for each other. Treating either side as a utility is a recipe for failure. Good business people are not a dime a dozen either.