I worked in product marketing management for a couple years, as a break from software development, alongside MBAs. Every MBA I met I asked that question to, and every one of them said that there was value in the networking, but not much value in the education itself.
If you're thinking about building a career in early-stage tech companies, I'd also worry that the rules are changing too fast for a curriculum to track them, and they are bending more in the direction of software development than in business arcana like Porter's 5 Forces.
Accounting courses, though. Being able to work with cash flows. People have told me that was valuable. Of course, you can get that without paying for an MBA.
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I worked in product marketing management for a couple years, as a break from software development, alongside MBAs. Every MBA I met I asked that question to, and every one of them said that there was value in the networking, but not much value in the education itself.
If you're thinking about building a career in early-stage tech companies, I'd also worry that the rules are changing too fast for a curriculum to track them, and they are bending more in the direction of software development than in business arcana like Porter's 5 Forces.
Accounting courses, though. Being able to work with cash flows. People have told me that was valuable. Of course, you can get that without paying for an MBA.