Ask HN: Value of business/sales/idea guy early on?
Being surrounded 24/7 by engineers, I've never been exposed to the mythical "business/idea" guy persona that you always read about on sites like our very own HN. You know the stereotype: they have the great ideas, you work all day to turn it into reality, they reap all of the fame.<p>Back on Earth, how much of that persona is true, and how much is just software developer bias towards "suits"? Is there value that a guy who doesn't code can bring to a startup in a very early stage, when you're still testing the water, trying to validate the very basic hypotheses? If so, what kind of skillset does this person have to have?