That's just your limited view of an advisor and one reason I suggest we call them something else. Why can't they provide "execution support". I've had several advisors work in that capacity.
I will prefer having co-founders instead of advisors in that case. I have advisers only because I need some one to always think about what we are doing and how we are doing it in a very objective and third-party sense. Once some one gets their hand dirty in doing it, it becomes very difficult to remain objective about it.
