On: How technical does a start-up founder have to be?

[richardw]

Here's a great post from Joel about exactly that. It doesn't start off like it's answering the question, but it does:

http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2006/06/16.html

"Watching non-programmers trying to run software companies is like watching..." and you'll have to read the article to find out :)

[tptacek → richardw]

He's talking about software companies, not businesses on the web in general. Moreover, he's demonstrably wrong: many successful software companies are run by people without developer backgrounds.