HN: Where is the value of a business-only partner?
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This has been talked to death.
http://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Ahackerne.ws+%22idea+gu...
http://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Ahackerne.ws+%22busines...
(Strangely, I tried these same searches on searchyc.com, and it failed to do anything useful with the quotes, so it came back with a lot of irrelevant crap. It used to work...I'm pretty sure of it.)
Summary: Hackers don't think very highly of "business guys" or "idea guys". "Business guys" and "idea guys" think hackers are interchange-able cogs. If your business or idea guy doesn't also bring "money guy" to the table, you're better off without him.
http://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Ahackerne.ws+%22idea+gu...
http://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Ahackerne.ws+%22busines...
(Strangely, I tried these same searches on searchyc.com, and it failed to do anything useful with the quotes, so it came back with a lot of irrelevant crap. It used to work...I'm pretty sure of it.)
Summary: Hackers don't think very highly of "business guys" or "idea guys". "Business guys" and "idea guys" think hackers are interchange-able cogs. If your business or idea guy doesn't also bring "money guy" to the table, you're better off without him.
Stemming from this discussion, I was wondering what everyone's thoughts are on a business-only partner when pursuing a technology centric startup.
I don't understand where the inherent value-add lies with someone that cannot help build the product. All the other stuff seems pretty simple in relative comparison. Am I just naive? Or do you guys agree?