Getting an MBA is not getting a degree in entrepreneurship, although there are schools who have tracks for entrepreneurship. Often times, you are learning othe

Getting an MBA is not getting a degree in entrepreneurship, although there are schools who have tracks for entrepreneurship. Often times, you are learning other things that are not terribly related to a pre-revenue software startup. In my opinion, it is much like law school. You should have a pretty good idea of what you want to get out of it before you go, otherwise, when you finish you still won't know what you want to do with the degree. If you want to jump from your current engineering job to a different field, getting an MBA can be a good transitioning point. If you want to go into quantitative finance, getting an MBA can also be very useful. Just don't confuse getting and MBA with figuring out how to get your startup off the ground. * I recently finished a "mini-MBA" at Kellogg. While I very much enjoyed the experience, and I do say that certain things we learned added some foundational theory to things such as pricing and strategy (ever wonder where tiered pricing comes from?), the experience has not given me some "magic key" to turning any idea into startup gold. Everyone here should already know that there is no silver bullet for that. If you don't know that, I don't think an MBA will help you.