An ode to the idea guy

Totally with you on that. Great hospitality ventures weren't built by architects, or construction guys, or even L&T. It takes a huge variety of skills, understanding (and experience) of markets, user empathy (have seen so many products/startups fail just because they don't really get the real world user out there), etc. Respect is important. And it might save your skin - the same one you put in the game.