>I have enormous respect for business people who have no technical knowledge, and behave accordingly.
Conversely, if you know that you know nothing about parts of what I do, then why do you feel it's necessary to have input into it?
I agree, I think this ties back to what icey mentioned in his/her parent comment.
I definitely know my strength doesn't lie within the technical side of things, but I do know that a proven model of success for a technology start-up is for the founders to have some sort of technical background. You need to be able to understand the problems that happen which can hamper the growth of the business. That is why learning how to code is important to me.