Civil engineer / software engineer -> startup CEO here.
As others, I would nudge you towards testing the waters yourself first. Then hire people who complement you well. Then consider where you want to go from there.
It's risky to employ someone to do a piece of work you can't do yourself. How would you know what's good? It's way easier after having had a shot at it yourself, and then sharing the workload with others. It's also easier to recruit a good executive when you have already shown that someone wants your product.
> who can talk to investors, do the government paperwork, and other boring stuff
That sounds more like a secretary than a manager to me.
Why is your product valuable? To whom? I assume you're solving hard problems. Pitching the problem you solve to investors without understanding the problem is going to be hard.
As others, I would nudge you towards testing the waters yourself first. Then hire people who complement you well. Then consider where you want to go from there.
It's risky to employ someone to do a piece of work you can't do yourself. How would you know what's good? It's way easier after having had a shot at it yourself, and then sharing the workload with others. It's also easier to recruit a good executive when you have already shown that someone wants your product.
> who can talk to investors, do the government paperwork, and other boring stuff
That sounds more like a secretary than a manager to me.
Why is your product valuable? To whom? I assume you're solving hard problems. Pitching the problem you solve to investors without understanding the problem is going to be hard.