Should a tech founder look for a non-tech co-founder?
tom: All of the skills you mention are valuable if you can find someone with "seasoned startup experience".  They're not growing on trees (last I looked from my perch).  A couple of questions for you to think about.Do you have the experience in the space you are trying to attack?  If not, you best be looking for someone, either technical or not, who does, who can speak to the market, and investors about the market (or angels FROM the market).  Also, what's your next milestone?  Is it your first paying customer, or is it a demo that will not be launch ready?  What will his/her first milestone be?  Is there enough work at present to keep a biz person busy in exchange for the equity?  There will ALWAYS be enough todo's on the list of the developers...  In short, are you sure you're ready for a non-technical founder?BTW: my cofounder is non-technical (I'm sure he'd love to see me describe him as such).  I asked him aboard before I'd written even a hundred lines of code.  Why?  Because he knows the market well and has professional experience / knowledge that I, or likely any other hacker, couldn't hope to pick up in any reasonable amount of time.  If that's what you need - then get looking ... they are worth their weight in gold and very, very hard to find!