My first and second "start ups" (90s) were peopled by very technical people and no "professional class" (e.g., HR, BizDev/Sales, etc.) beyond finance. I joined a third as an executive and it, too was missing HR and Sales.
We added sales (later HR, sigh) and it was (eventually) transformative.
My point is that you can have the greatest technical team and lack of sales and shitty toxic culture will mean no growth/stagnation/running out of cash.
You can also be (this is probably the default state) a pure MBA-play where you are a "sales driven organization" that has shitty product and shitty technical culture.
You can rarely have a successful business (unless you are large enough!) without some degree of both. So stating that "business cofounders" or "technical cofounders" are less valuable/overrated reads like low effort click bait that resonates with really inexperienced "professionals".
We added sales (later HR, sigh) and it was (eventually) transformative.
My point is that you can have the greatest technical team and lack of sales and shitty toxic culture will mean no growth/stagnation/running out of cash.
You can also be (this is probably the default state) a pure MBA-play where you are a "sales driven organization" that has shitty product and shitty technical culture.
You can rarely have a successful business (unless you are large enough!) without some degree of both. So stating that "business cofounders" or "technical cofounders" are less valuable/overrated reads like low effort click bait that resonates with really inexperienced "professionals".