It seems like "in a vacuum" you'd think that MBA skills should be able to augment any business (even a startup), but because MBA programs self-select a certain

It seems like "in a vacuum" you'd think that MBA skills should be able to augment any business (even a startup), but because MBA programs self-select a certain subset of the population, you end up with the reality where the overwhelming majority of MBAs are characterized by pointy-hair-manager-ness. It's almost like MBA programs aren't the problem, but the people who apply/selected are.