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Part of the problem is that an MBA can be a lot of different things even within a schools. I, for one, am working on learning how to solve problems that startup

Part of the problem is that an MBA can be a lot of different things even within a schools. I, for one, am working on learning how to solve problems that startups face, problems that can't be solved by code. I'm not saying that hiring an MBA would have been a magic fix for Everpix, but when looking at the business as a whole, the product looked great (despite its lack of support for non-JPEG formats, but that's more of a personal nitpick) and there was engineering talent to continue building the product. However, the part of the article I quoted above indicates that the team lacked the business talent to successfully find a market for the product (or to identify that there wasn't a market and pivot while they still had cash left).

dm8 13y ago
Is working at a startup mandatory as part of curriculum then? Also, every startup has tons of different problems at micro level even though macro themes are consistent (e.g. getting new customers etc.). It will be hard to generalize problem solving across startups. I agree that Everpix couldn't find scalable business model for their product. But what I'm saying is you may not necessarily need MBA to find market/business model.
- untog 13y ago
  Also, every startup has tons of different problems at micro level even though macro themes are consistent (e.g. getting new customers etc.). It will be hard to generalize problem solving across startups. I don't see why. Startups aren't some magical beast unmatched anywhere else in the world. They're small businesses.