"but if you want to build a good company, an MBA will be a great help along the way." An easy way to see if this is statistically valid, or just something that

"but if you want to build a good company, an MBA will be a great help along the way." An easy way to see if this is statistically valid, or just something that MBAs tell themselves, is to make a list of 'good' companies (by your personal definition of 'good') and see if the folks who built them had MBAs. The results might be surprising (either way).