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MBA

also referred to as: mbas

3 statements across 3 episodes · 2 bullish · 1 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Jul 15, 2017 by Marc Andreessen · across every show →

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Jul 15, 2017 positive
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Andreessen: VCs prefer engineers who learn business over MBAs hiring engineers
“The much better model is for the engineer to have the business skills for the engineer to be a top flight engineer, but also have the business skills to be able to start a company, and then the engineer hires the MBA as, you know, the head of marketing, or the…”
Marc Andreessen Jul 15, 2017 ▶ 31:46 Marc Andreessen and Chris Dixon
Jan 2, 2019 positive
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Andreessen: Top engineers with business skills should found companies and hire MBAs
“The much better model is for the engineer to have the business skills. For the engineer to be a top flight engineer, but also have the business skills to be able to start a company. And then the engineer hires the MBA as, you know, the head of marketing, or th…”
Marc Andreessen Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 32:05 a16z Podcast | The Role of Academia in the Startup World
Oct 16, 2025 negative
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Rabois: Gross margin percentage focus is the worst MBA fallacy
“This is the worst one is, like, the gross margin, especially percentage.”
Keith Rabois Oct 16, 2025 ▶ 41:06 Keith Rabois: Israel, OpenAI, Opendoor, and DOGE
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