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This isn't too surprising to me. An MBA doesn't teach you how to build anything, an Engineering degree does. The things that are important early on in most star
by RandallBrown 15y ago
This isn't too surprising to me. An MBA doesn't teach you how to build anything, an Engineering degree does. The things that are important early on in most startups are the engineering things, not the business things.
- dasil003 15y agoI wouldn't say that exactly. "Business things" are incredibly important, particularly sales. But the very word Administration in the title MBA indicates that MBA is about shepherding a successful business, not bootstrapping one from scratch. In this light, an MBA could be the most important person because if they are good they could take a company from 10m to 20m just based on improving efficiency, but that's of little use if your revenue is only 10k.
- tatsuke95 15y agoThere's far more to running a business than "building something". In fact, the reason that most entrepreneurs get buried is because they are good at building something, but can't run a business. They're both important skills, and neither has to be learned in school.