I have a system: I assume that anyone who uses the word 'hustle' non-ironically lacks any form of 'hustle'.<p>It's an awful, awful word.<p>To make a point relevant to the article - what if the non-technical chap has deeply relevant domain knowledge and valuable contacts within the industry?<p>I can't say it bothers me enormously, but I do find the idea that all non-technical cofounders have to be wizards who magically hustle themselves into meetings with people who don't really want to meet them to be both funny and misguided
"Business guys" are people who can make business happen, i.e. make sales, strike partnerships, raise financing, etc.<p>What is described in this article are neither "business guys" or founders but hapless/clueless "idea people" - of which the startup community attracts a lot since it's much better to say "I'm working on a tech startup" than to say "I'm unemployed".<p>As a general rule of business, avoiding clueless, unmotivated, wind-bag'ish people is a good rule - "business guys" or otherwise.
I agree with most of what Patrick is saying here.<p>One thing I'd add is that it's not just the non-technical founders job to do a great communicator that can get people to do things. A CTO needs to be able to do this to recruit a team and get them moving forward.