Are there any examples of successful companies where the founders aren't flexible enough to expand their knowledge of the other disciplines?
I'm not convinced that a successful team can be built upon a founding team with a technical founder that doesn't understand some sales/marketing and a sales/marketing founder that doesn't understand some code/tech.
For that reason I think this post is marching down the wrong path and is just as wrong as one which would state: "Technical People: Stop falling for 'founders have to sell'".
Obviously both need to be done as they're both pretty critical tasks. Someone on the founding team has to take ownership of each and to function as a team they can't operate in silos.
I'm not convinced that a successful team can be built upon a founding team with a technical founder that doesn't understand some sales/marketing and a sales/marketing founder that doesn't understand some code/tech.
For that reason I think this post is marching down the wrong path and is just as wrong as one which would state: "Technical People: Stop falling for 'founders have to sell'".
Obviously both need to be done as they're both pretty critical tasks. Someone on the founding team has to take ownership of each and to function as a team they can't operate in silos.