Thanks, your response was very helpful and appreciated.

> Caveat if you don't have the skills required to start the company, then there's no opportunity cost and the opportunity cost exists somewhere else if you have other skills. I did notice how several founders were very good at fundraising, instead of writing code -- and it was equally important.

Totally agree, but that's why I brought up the example of the AirBnB cofounder. I'm assuming among the three of them that probably Brian Chesky and/or Joe Gebbia were the fundraisers and Nathan was the engineering mind (don't know if that's true). I just don't understand why engineering folks would "sell themselves short" if the contribution is as equally important as fund raising, business acumen, etc.