thank you for the well thought out insight. i agree with how important the "marriage" of partners is.
also, i mean no disrespect to the hacker community. a tech company is surely nothing without the stud technologist.
it just seems to me that if i have operational experience and some capital i would be a good fit for the right hacker that is considering keeping an unfulfilling job or going to grad. school because they lack the money to take the leap.
I agree. You have something that many founders here don't - the experience of founding and exiting a successful startup, and of course the assets that go with a successful startup.
It just seems to me that you would do best in an angel/mentor position to a star hacker team. You obviously know your way around a startup, and you can find opportunities and network. This way, you are free to do what you do best, while the hackers are free to do what they do best. Then again, that might end up being the role you play as the non-hacker founder of a tech startup anyways.
Regardless, let us all know how it works out for you!
My experience with "stud technologists" is that they never call themselves "stud", "rockstar", "ninja", etc. The truly outstanding developers I have worked with were humble and a little on the shy, geeky side. Some may even have had Asperger's, which made socializing difficult.
also, i mean no disrespect to the hacker community. a tech company is surely nothing without the stud technologist.
it just seems to me that if i have operational experience and some capital i would be a good fit for the right hacker that is considering keeping an unfulfilling job or going to grad. school because they lack the money to take the leap.