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Re:Business co-founders in tech startups are less valuable t... by riskassessment on Sunday April 27, 2025 @04:57PM (#43815075)
This presupposes a business major is any better at understanding customer needs than an engineer. Given that most startups fail, I'd be willing to infer that neither the typical non-technical founder nor the typical technical founder is particularly good at this.
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Re:Business co-founders in tech startups are less valuable t... by lurk2 on Sunday April 27, 2025 @05:59PM (#43815482)
> This presupposes a business major is any better at understanding customer needs than an engineer.

You can still derive advantage from specialization even if one party has an absolute advantage in both activities.

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Re:Business co-founders in tech startups are less valuable t... by loktarogar on Sunday April 27, 2025 @05:16PM (#43815206)
it's not "a business major", but "a business major who deeply understands a customers need". just any old business major won't do.
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