[doctorcroc]

[Sam Altman in his last startup class went as far as to say that non-tech people have no business founding a tech business, quoting "software people should found software companies, media eople should found media company". I found that a little bit sad to hear.]

If that were the case, we wouldn't have the largest IPO in history because Jack Ma would have been unqualified to start Alibaba.

[dmritard96]

There will always be exceptions to the rule. But I believe sam was speaking with respect to high level observations from YC. Statistically speaking he is probably right.

[alasdair_]

Alibaba doesn't seem like a software company to me. I mean, yes, they have a website, but so does Nordstroms.