Do We Need Steve Wozniak? It's not clear you need technical co-founders anymore for most startups. The tech is not the moat. Still need a strong core : a solutions architect (maybe). But, the marginal hire is as close to the customer as possible. In fact, we’re now hiring product managers over engineers. A smart PM can run 3x faster than engineers since they have clear vision and customer feedback. *The distance between the customer and the CEO is shrinking* If you play it out, the feedback a CEO might give to a PM could simply flow directly to an AI. So, why not let the CEO run the AI? 1) Latency & opportunity cost of time 3) Need for iteration with customers 4) Domain expertise ('context') In the fullness of time, even the PM role may not be necessary. What you would need th
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