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Re:Would the economy be better off without MBA students? by ikono on Wednesday November 28, 2012 @09:09PM (#4845912)
Just thinking out loud here but is it possible that places like Y Combinator will end up fulfilling this role in the future?
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Re:Would the economy be better off without MBA students? by theorique on Thursday November 29, 2012 @08:11AM (#4847471)
Yes and no, IMO.

YC is like a new elite graduate school / bootcamp for startup entrepreneurs. Just like not everyone gets into HBS or Saïd or INSEAD, not everyone gets into YC.

B-school is getting more startup and entrepreneurship oriented, but is still aimed, for the most part, at general management at mid-sized and large mainstream firms.

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Re:Would the economy be better off without MBA students? by lhnz on Thursday November 29, 2012 @03:37AM (#4846796)
They're too small and there's not enough of them to fulfil that role. Additionally there aren't very many non-tech areas with yc-type programs for them.
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Re:Would the economy be better off without MBA students? by ikono on Thursday November 29, 2012 @01:55PM (#4849574)
That doesn't mean it has to be that way, does it? I wasn't implying that the yc model is a replacement today, just that it perhaps could be in the future for at least some subset of people that are currently going to business school.
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Re:Would the economy be better off without MBA students? by lhnz on Thursday November 29, 2012 @03:36AM (#4846794)
They're too small to fulfil that role.
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