I completely agree that 100k is a very steep price for the coursework/books. If that is all you aim to get out of a MBA, you will not get value from the MBA.

I completely agree that 100k is a very steep price for the coursework/books. If that is all you aim to get out of a MBA, you will not get value from the MBA. It is now everything else besides the coursework/books and framework of teaching that is now valuable for a budding entrepreneur: access to additional funding, VCs, and a structure to support you. Indeed, and I may have been remiss in mentioning this before, for an entrepreneur, some MBA programs provide a very safe opportunity to pursue your initial idea. You have two years with a large amount of unstructured time, amazing resources (including funding) and typically a strong financial support network (feed, house, cloth you). At the end of your two years you can have built either a successful initial idea or indeed cycle through 2 or 3 ideas. And at the end? If you haven't made it, you will have a strong position to re-enter the workforce - with some great stories to tell. That a MBA is purely coursework/books is very myopic.