Re:Two creators are not always better than one
by briandear on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @10:34PM
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But when a good part of your company involves marketing, blogging, content marketing, qualifying leads, talking to potential customers, supporting customers, dealing with advertising, going to conferences (where your target customer is,) that’s a huge amount of “non-technical” work that has to get done. Many technical founders consider a non-technical founder as somehow “less important” that the tech, but it’s definitely is the opposite. All the great tech in the world doesn’t mean jack if you can’t sell it.
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Re:Two creators are not always better than one
by get_off_my_lawn on Thursday January 17, 2019 @06:10AM
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> Many technical founders consider a non-technical founder as somehow “less important” that the tech, but it’s definitely is the opposite. All the great tech in the world doesn’t mean jack if you can’t sell it.
And all the marketing skills in the world don't mean jack if you have nothing to sell.
A technical founder who can create a product and market it with average efficiency can still be successful, unlike a non-technical sales guru with no product.
So I'd say the technical person is till the more important one.
P.S We're also ignoring the fact that many technical founders are also great at marketing themselves. Unlike a non-technical one, who isn't technical by definition.