[jonwachob91]

I think the author has mistaken what her role in the company is. If you want to answer technical questions than become a tech employee. The same way you don't want a random tech employee trying to handle the complicated operations pieces, you should let the tech employee's answer the tech questions.

I co-founded an engineering startup that works on high-heat machinery. I have degrees in mathematics and information analysis, I fully understand the technical aspect as I contributed to a lot of the work, yet I refuse to answer tech questions. I serve in an operations role right now and don't spend my entire day developing the technology; thus I am not the best qualified to answer any tech questions.

You are right that tech companies can only afford to hire the smartest, but that doesn't mean you have to be a jack-of-all-trades - that applies to co-founders. Do the job you were hired to do and do it better then any one else can.