While I agree that a good business person is invaluable, I just read moneyball and I think the following quote captures what I see as a difference between the biz people and the tech people (but in terms of baseball staff and baseball players):
"Anyone who wanders into Major League Baseball can’t help but notice the stark contrast between the field of play and the uneasy space just off it, where the executives and scouts make their livings. The game itself is a ruthless competition. Unless you’re very good, you don’t survive in it. But in the space just off the field of play there is no level of incompetence that won’t be tolerated. There are many reasons for this, but the big one is that baseball has structured itself as a social club."
"Anyone who wanders into Major League Baseball can’t help but notice the stark contrast between the field of play and the uneasy space just off it, where the executives and scouts make their livings. The game itself is a ruthless competition. Unless you’re very good, you don’t survive in it. But in the space just off the field of play there is no level of incompetence that won’t be tolerated. There are many reasons for this, but the big one is that baseball has structured itself as a social club."