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Interesting that Ryan has an MBA from Columbia business school, contrary to the typical founder in the valley.
by JamesAdir 9y ago
Interesting that Ryan has an MBA from Columbia business school, contrary to the typical founder in the valley.
- volkk 9y agoCan you expand on what you mean? What does the typical founder have? Is this better? Worse?
- pbreit 9y agoMuch of SV is wary of MBAs. But I don't think that view extrapolates to founders since they are a different breed than employees.
- pas 9y agoA friend of mine has an MBA, still works as a software dev.
- staticautomatic 9y agoI see people say this online a lot, but everywhere I look there are startups full of MBA's in SF and SV.
- tryingagainbro 9y agoEventually you will need the MBAs to "straighten you out." I'm sure Harvard, Stanford, Columbia etc would be forced to close their schools if they provided no value to their students, as no one would hire them. In SV they are derided and part of it, IMO, it's because all the investors want a brilliant guy with no sense of organizing. Investors will provide that, for an extra xx% :)
- throwayit 9y agoI guess it depends on how you define typical. 30% of unicorns are founded by an MBA and 80% of unicorns have an mba on their exec team: https://qz.com/176063/most-mbas-dont-found-billion-dollar-startups-but-they-certainly-build-them/ https://qz.com/176063/most-mbas-dont-found-billion-dollar-st...
- petra 9y agoIs there any data about the success rate of mba founders vs founders from other professions ?
- rokob 9y agoRyan is not the typical MBA in the ways that MBAs are usually denigrated in the valley.
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