Naval Ravikant explains why startup founders should be able to code
Naval Ravikant argues non-coding founders lose to small hacker teams. A coding founder costs $25,000 upfront versus hiring developers. Competitors iterate 20 times a day while non-coders manage one or two cycles.
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About $25,000.
Two to four dedicated hardcore hackers.
One or two cycles per day at best.
About 20 cycles a day.
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