If you can't help with something technical, early-stage bootstrap projects are not the place for you. I know a guy who knows a guy who is full of ideas for websites or iPhone apps or whatever the hot technology of the day is, and can't program a single line, and doesn't _want_ to learn to program. Instead, he seems to hope that his programmer friends will be overwhelmed with the beauty of his ideas, and launch into a frenzy of all-nighters while he rallies a user base through Twitter.

Ain't. Gonna. Happen. Sad thing is, if he could help even on an apprentice level, maybe people would collaborate with him.

Yeah, I was thinking about doing this. Starting off with a community college class or two this summer.

If you want a DIY taste, try this: http://appjet.com/learn-to-program/lessons/intro

Perfect, this is exactly what I need. Thanks so much for this resource!

wannabetechgeek, that's truly the best advice you can get. You may think that being a business guy you will easily find hackers to build your idea for equity, but that's just not the case unless you have a lot of hacker connections and an evidently good idea.

I'm a bachelor in economics, but I've learned to use PHP/MySQL/apache/nginx/etc because I need it to build my web analytics app, and because I could not persuade anyone that "competing with Google Analytics" can be a good idea.