Craig was a developer. Whether he was good or not is irrelevant, but he knew enough to write a prototype. He had (and arguably still has) little business skills. If he hadn't been a developer, there would be no Craigslist.
The same applies to Markus Frind, the google boys, and the majority of famous tech startups. Hell, even in Sun's case, Vinod (MBA) approached Andy (PhD) wanting to grow an existing, already-profitable business.
> Only on HN would people argue that it's more important for a small business owner to know how to write code than to know business.
If the small business is a bootstrapping internet startup, then yes we'd rather know how to code.
Craig was a developer. Whether he was good or not is irrelevant, but he knew enough to write a prototype. He had (and arguably still has) little business skills. If he hadn't been a developer, there would be no Craigslist.
The same applies to Markus Frind, the google boys, and the majority of famous tech startups. Hell, even in Sun's case, Vinod (MBA) approached Andy (PhD) wanting to grow an existing, already-profitable business.
> Only on HN would people argue that it's more important for a small business owner to know how to write code than to know business.
If the small business is a bootstrapping internet startup, then yes we'd rather know how to code.