Over the years I've heard and read a lot of advice on how to get a technical co-founder. Having a mostly non-technical background myself, I've been facing the issues of having a "great" startup idea without having the technical chops to build it myself (although I have more programming experience than most business students). In the last year or two a lot of the advice have centered around learning to code yourself....
An important success factor when running a Lean Startup is your ability to pivot when you discover key information about your business. As a general rule you can expect that your original product idea is not what potential customers want. Hopefully you will be able to discover what they really want, and then do a successful pivot. As you probably know, a pivot is when your startup has to abandon its whole or at least parts of its product, but still being true to the original vision....
I'm currently reading the book The Lean Startup by Eric Ries. It's one of the best books I've read in a long time, and if you're into or at least curious about entrepreneurship you should read it too. Or at least watch this clip and read his blog to get a feel of the subject :)