If you are the idea guy and you are not bringing in new ideas then what are you contributing to the startup?
I think it is a bad idea to have a designated idea guy.
We are all idea guys in one sense. The reason I've been referring to one guy as the "idea guy" is that he's not a coder and if I were to gauge the number of ideas each of us has put forth, he would easily take the highest percentage. So because he mostly talks to clients on the phone, does other PR-related things, and brainstorms ideas, I find it easy to refer to him as the "idea guy".