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“I no longer advise startups to hire M.B.A.s and I discourage students who want to become entrepreneurs from doing an M.B.A.”

Wall Street Journal

“A school cannot charge students $40,000 and then turn around and offer them online courses that they can get free or nearly free”

New York Times

“The Case Against Hiring M.B.A.s”

Wall Street Journal

“If you are the leader of a startup, consider this my parental advisory against hiring (most) M.B.A. grads”

Brad Keywell Co-Founder of Groupon

“Because the biggest potential drawback is that M.B.A. thinking doesn’t necessarily fit with a startup.”

David Cohen Founder of TechStars

“Skip the MBA. 3 Reasons why you should get real world experience instead.”

Ryan Holmes (co-founder of Hootsuite)

You have just paid about three times as much for your degree as did someone graduating 30 years ago. That’s in constant dollars — in other words, after accounting for inflation. There is no evidence that you have received a degree three times as good. Some would wonder if you have received a degree even one times as good.

Marketwatch