One reason nontechnical founders have a higher failure rate is simply that they have to pay one more programmer's salary.
There are lots of successful startups that came within a programmer's salary of running out of money. Airbnb did.
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The difference between Silicon Valley salaries and everyone else's. Moral of the story: hire outside of the Valley.
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Many Silicon Valley companies outsource product development to Bangalore! To solve this.
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Many non-tech entrepreneurs work with failed tech entrepreneurs in India to solve this problem.
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agree, its not just salary but knowledge/skills makes lot of difference in pivoting and translating customer needs
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Is here clustering around this value?
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My direct competitor was able to get a dev to work for free. The dev wanted my cofounder to fail. It was personal.
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There are lots of successful startups that came within a product manager's salary of running out of money. Facebook did.
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And for the record: AirBnB didn't.
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Any advice for non-technical people but with great ideas?
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@paulg@vkhosla One must wonder, if more technical#startups had a non-technical co-founder, how many would become SOLVENT?#sustainabilityThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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