Comments on: What is More Important To Succeed Online: Business or Technical Skills?

By: medyum

medyum — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 12:30:21 +0000

Go with business. All the tech stuff you can learn pretty easily. Also, there are tons of freelance designer/coders looking for work and for a reasonable fee too.

By: 70% Think That Business Skills Are More Important Than Technical Ones

70% Think That Business Skills Are More Important Than Technical Ones — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 20:07:06 +0000

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By: Market Secrets Blogger

Market Secrets Blogger — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 17:02:55 +0000

Business skills definitely…you can always jv or hire ppl with the technical skills. Now techies may claim the same thing -that they could always hire those w business skills- but in actuality they can’t get too far and will sooner or later need someone to manage things just so they can keep pumping out the “gadgets,widgets,etc.”

Of course, a good balance of both skills is ideal

By: Shirley

Shirley — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 00:26:56 +0000

You really need both. However, I’d probably opt for the technical route. If you’re technical, you never have to worry about startup costs, and you can afford to fail.

For example, if you are hoping to build the next big website, all you need to invest is $10 for a domain, and $100 a year for basic hosting.

If you’re just a business guy, you need to invest your own cash or pull in some investors which will likely have a lot to say in the final product, and breathe down your neck if the idea isn’t taking off.

By: LEADSExplorer

LEADSExplorer — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 14:57:16 +0000

You need both.
Probably the best is to have 1 Businessman and 2 Developers/CTO
The businessman needs to set out how to make money and sell it.
The developers/CTO need to design and make a product or solution that works.