Ask HN: Start-up success as a non-technical?
Do you need the technical skills to succeed or are you better off gaining the complementary skills (marketing, pricing etc) and partnering up with people with the technical skills?<p>Why I ask: I'm a grad. civil eng. who wants to get out of the industry, saving up hard to start my own business/further my education. Would my money be better spent on a MBA or MSCS? I see a Stanford MSCS doesn't require a CS background (although I may be hard pushed to get in anyways). Neither is also an option but I see huge value in the networking potential of going back to school.<p>Really interested to hear what you guys reckon! Any (potentially life changing) advice is greatly appreciated.