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MBA here. I agree and I disagree. The MBA itself is pointless without considerable effort of the student to learn things related to startups. MBAs teach you
by ckluis 13y ago
MBA here.
I agree and I disagree. The MBA itself is pointless without considerable effort of the student to learn things related to startups.
MBAs teach you to be good middle to upper management in an organization with some structure. It teaches you how to navigate and mold an existing structure as needed for the course of business. It doesn't teach you how to build a company from scratch.
I would argue that a skilled business professional is useless for some startups and necessary for others. Want to tackle enterprise software? A few of those MBAs can provide insight and credibility.
Web guys are useless in a native world. Cocoa guys are useless in a Windows world. XAML guys are worthless in an Cocoa world. Right tool. Right job.
- kfk 13y agoI agree, although not 100% on the enterprise software point. I am the first to say you need a business guy for that, at least to correctly figure out the needs, but I don't see why an MBA here would be better than a business guy with experience.
- ckluis 13y agoDid you notice I didn't directly say you need an MBA? I said they could be helpful. An MBA is like a CS degree. Do you need a CS degree to be a good programmer? Does it help?