This article is really asking: Why haven't more designers become VCs and Angel Investors? He does a pretty nice job of answering this question.
I hire a lot of talented graphic design interns. We encourage them to think: "What skills can I learn to make myself more valuable?" The answer I always tell them is hacking. A suprisingly large amount of them don't know much about the hacker / startup world. They don't realize that being an awesome designer and an awesome developer could make them all-powerful.
This holds particularly true when thinking about this article's final point regarding "me-too products".
I hire a lot of talented graphic design interns. We encourage them to think: "What skills can I learn to make myself more valuable?" The answer I always tell them is hacking. A suprisingly large amount of them don't know much about the hacker / startup world. They don't realize that being an awesome designer and an awesome developer could make them all-powerful.
This holds particularly true when thinking about this article's final point regarding "me-too products".