I think you might be underestimating the knowledge/skills gained from an MBA. A lot of non-MBA folk don't move up very fast in organizations (in business roles

I think you might be underestimating the knowledge/skills gained from an MBA. A lot of non-MBA folk don't move up very fast in organizations (in business roles I suppose), one reason I think is because they don't completely understand how to manage people, I suppose you could learn it on the job, but it would be a lot easier and more structured if done through an MBA program. Now that doesn't mean everyone should go get one, but I do think it helps to a certain degree. I'm not just talking about it from a startup perspective, but just a company/managing people perspective. A lot of the bigger tech companies Microsoft/Google/Amazon etc do tend to hire a lot of MBA's each year though.