I think the core of the question is can you start a technical company if you have a MBA. Yes you can, but you have to have a strong technical founder. Sun Microsystems had Andy Bechtolsheim and Bill Joy. EA had David Maynard. Genetech had Herbert W. Boyer. Macromedia had Marc Canter. Akamai started from technical founders ... etc. etc. Having a MBA doesn't preclude from being a founder (i.e. Intuit), but you better start finding a good technical co-founder.
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Lots. Of the "old school" ones Electronic Arts, Sun Microsystems, Extreme Networks, Macromedia, 3Com, Genentech, Fast Company, Handspring.
From the web generation Akami, Geocities, Salesforce.com, Keyhole, E-Trade, MySpace, aSmallWorld, Doostang.
I think the core of the question is can you start a technical company if you have a MBA. Yes you can, but you have to have a strong technical founder. Sun Microsystems had Andy Bechtolsheim and Bill Joy. EA had David Maynard. Genetech had Herbert W. Boyer. Macromedia had Marc Canter. Akamai started from technical founders ... etc. etc. Having a MBA doesn't preclude from being a founder (i.e. Intuit), but you better start finding a good technical co-founder.