[dr_]

Nothing new here. Hence the term non-tech "cofounder", you're only half the equation. Depending on the business, it can be an important half. Jobs, by his biography, wasn't technical. Gates was quasi technical, he ultimately purchased their initial OS. Larry Ellison wasn't really technical either. They all built some of the biggest companies in the world. And by technical I mean a coder, not someone who sort of understands technology. In some industries, being technical isn't going to be enough. If the business is the technology itself, it may be, but a lot of times it is not. Take healthcare for example. It's a complicated arena, and unless you have some background about how the system works - the relationships providers have with each other, with their patients and with insurers, it's hard to gain footing, which is one reason why there have been only a few success stories so far. Or in media, with a company like Hulu, which hasn't been successful because of it's technology - but rather because of it's partnerships. There are many ways to build a business, but what has changed is that there are many more instances in the past 15 years where the tech person/team can go it alone and build the business before other players come in. And I think that's a good thing.