I agree with you in some points.What I was trying to say is, we should stop the thinking that we, as technical people, have the best ideas and the best thinking and we are the ultimate SELECTORS when it comes to building a team and creating a startup.

Now, I don't know how everyone sees an "idea guy".For example, for me an "idea guy" = someone who is not involved in the startup/business world at all and suddenly comes up with a "brilliant idea" in a domain he does not understand at all.Now, of course I wouldn't work with him.But if a non-tech guy comes to me with a clear idea and he knows his stuff around the product and his familiar with the startup/tech scene, of course I would work with him.What I want from him is not really programming but insane passion, creativity, dedication, hungry to learn anything relevant to his product etc. And let me tell you, I rarely fail with this strategy.But who asks these questions nowadays?Nobody.Everyone is interested if the non-technical guy is a technical guy...No wonder there is so much terror when it comes to these people.