A good "business person" should be well-versed or at least dumb and ambitious in most of the following:
- Hiring
- Usability
- Accounting
- Copywriting
- Customer Service
- Project management
- Business development
- Knowledge of the market
- Website optimization
- Online advertising
- Fundraising
- Analytics
- SEO
And the biggest job of all is to make money. This is a skill that requires practice and time just like any other.
Most of the people schlocking their half-baked, consumer-oriented, web 2.0 knock-offs at these events are looking for "technical co-founders" because they have no money. If they haven't made it before, I wouldn't trust their ability to make it in the future.
Most of the people schlocking their half-baked, consumer-oriented, web 2.0 knock-offs at these events are looking for "technical co-founders" because they have no money. If they haven't made it before, I wouldn't trust their ability to make it in the future.