Eric Ries, for example, might differ that you can't formalize learning about startups. Almost every job has quite a bit "on the job" learning that you won't ge

Eric Ries, for example, might differ that you can't formalize learning about startups. Almost every job has quite a bit "on the job" learning that you won't get in your academic studies. An MBA still teaches a lot of the skills, whether they be in finance, business planning, networking, IP issues, or presenting, that are useful for entrepreneurs. I imagine an MBA focused specifically on entrepreneurship would have even more useful stuff in the curriculum. Would be great if someone with such a qualification could chime in. A friend of mine with an MBA had one course where the main project was to basically to development a business from scratch and pitch it to real investors. Several students went on to launch those businesses after school.