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		keiferski on Feb 16, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Startups in stealth mode need one piece of advice. If I am not doing it at the moment, someone else is. You're assuming that # of people with an amazing idea = # of people with the tech skills/knowledge to make it happen. Don't forget that the vast majority of businesspeople (very, very successful business people) are significantly less technically-inclined than a HN-reader.

markkat on Feb 16, 2011 | [–]

And you're assuming my ideas are amazing. ;)

Point taken. But, I like to give one thing my full attention, so that goes into the decision too.

Vivtek on Feb 16, 2011 | [–]

And the vast majority of technical people (very, very clever technical people) are useless in terms of execution.

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