<story><title>How old were you when you decided to start giving up?</title><url>http://blog.inklingmarkets.com/2010/02/how-old-were-you-when-you-decided-to.html</url><text></text></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>coffeemug</author><text>I would argue that the only skill a business owner &lt;i&gt;really&lt;/i&gt; needs is the skill to identify, hire, and lead talent. Everything else is probably secondary. If you&apos;re not good at programming, learning to program in order to do it yourself is ridiculous advice - unless you spend ten years learning full time, you&apos;ll end up with a mediocre product.&lt;p&gt;Delegation works. Just do it.</text></comment>
<story><title>How old were you when you decided to start giving up?</title><url>http://blog.inklingmarkets.com/2010/02/how-old-were-you-when-you-decided-to.html</url><text></text></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>tron_carter</author><text>This was an inspiring article for someone like me with an  business degree and aspirations for creating a startup but without the programming ability. Would starting out learning a language like python be recommended as a good one in general for putting an idea into action?  After some iteration and traction, I&apos;d bring on a capable coding partner to do it right. FWIW, I&apos;ve also heard that Python is useful for making scripts for automating tasks or improving productivity.</text></comment>