The VC and the Geek.  Do VC's only care about 'management team'?
pedalpete: I believe you are wrong. 
It isn't about degrees as far as I understand, but it is about the ability to sell the idea, manage it through production and growth.When a VC says they fund a team, they don't mean they fund degrees. Funding a team will often mean funding people with experience, or some other factor that lets the VC know that this is the right horse to back.Lots of engineers get funded, but they don't get funded for 'projects that languish in notebooks due to lack of capital'.So that's the problem first. You need to be able to sell your idea, and likely you should probably be on the road to building it or have something built before looking for funding.Pick up Curtis Carlson's book "Innovation: the Five Disciples to Creating What Customers Want". 
It will help you put together the proper positioning for your idea and get it ready to be heard.----- EDITED -----
I REALLY liked Sama's response (which wasn't there when I wrote my original response above).My response is probably focused on steps. You can't go right from idea to VC (unless you have some serious connections and likely some very serious successes in your past as well).An idea is just an idea. It is a management team (which might need a good engineer) which brings the whole thing together.Rarely (though it does happen) is an engineer the best person to lead a business. Think Apple - Woz was the engineer, Jobs the manager/marketer. 
You might need to find your Jobs if you're Woz (okay, that's not the way the history works, but you get the jist).By the way, I'm in your boat (kinda) I'm the engineer of my start-up and also trying to be the management guy. It's tough going it alone, once you're in it, you'll likely understand why VC's focus on the team aspect.