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Re:Research: The Average Age of a Successful Startup Founder... by mastazi on Monday October 15, 2018 @04:15AM (#18218182)
It seems you are assuming that execution is done mostly by technical co-founders. I would argue that many crucial aspects of what we categorise as "execution" are non-technical business aspects.
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Re:Research: The Average Age of a Successful Startup Founder... by AstralStorm on Monday October 15, 2018 @08:09AM (#18219024)
Are they now? What kind of aspects are you talking about?

Hiring? Ensuring funding? How long can those two last without a truly superior product?

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Re:Research: The Average Age of a Successful Startup Founder... by mastazi on Monday October 15, 2018 @08:44AM (#18219209)
In my opinion business factors like hiring and ensuring funding are way more important than having a superior product. Betamax was technically superior compared to VHS, Amiga OS was a better product than DOS, etc. etc.

Other non-technical factors, besides the ones you mentioned, are related to company culture, sales, HR and talent retention. Just a few examples that I can think of right now, there are many more of course.

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