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Re:Why startups don’t die at large hedge funds by plinkplonk on Friday February 12, 2010 @07:35PM (#1122248)
"This is one of the areas of business where the MBA graduates of this century can and should really focus on: restructuring the modern corporation to allow for proper incentives and encourage innovation."

MBA grads might be the worst people to attempt this. A typical MBA grad is no shape to make innovative changes in a corporation.

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Re:Why startups don’t die at large hedge funds by krav on Saturday February 13, 2010 @01:58PM (#1123345)
Sorry to be harsh about this - but this is borne out of the reality of having worked with MBAs at startups and huge corporations: If you want innovation, first step - fire the MBAs.
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Re:Why startups don’t die at large hedge funds by ig1 on Sunday February 14, 2010 @12:05PM (#1124846)
Or maybe you should learn to hire innovative MBAs ? - a lot of stupid MBA bashing completely ignores the fact that there are a lot of MBAs driving very successful start-ups and large tech companies. Especially if you look at business rather than consumer focused start-ups.

There are crappy MBAs just as there are crappy programmers. Thinking that all programmers are crappy because you've only worked with crappy programmers is a logical fallacy.

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