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Ask HN: What do you wish your non-technical co-founders knew how to do?

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Re: Ask HN: What do you wish your non-technical co-founders knew how to do?

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Why would you do that?You are a non-technical co-founder.You have other priorities.You just need a basic understanding of how things work but you don't need to dive into the technical realm. I am a developer but even I have to admit that some or must of us are too cocky these days, thinking we can do everything by ourselves.That is pure crap.Most devs fail to have a huge impact in the industry as entrepreneurs.That's…

I just had to fix a hacked website, turns out it was severely overdue for a Wordpress update (which fixed it). My admin explanations did explain how to update it, but I was still called on to do it. I'd hope a cofounder would update Wordpress before calling me.

Re: Ask HN: What do you wish your non-technical co-founders knew how to do?

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I heard the reverse of this question a week ago at a lunch. Starting to think that in a lot of cases, this might be a symptom of other issues (communication etc), because it sounds like each side is reaching outside of their "killer app skills", which may not be the best use of each person's time. Not always, but mostly, the goalie should goal-tend and the striker should strike.
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