Financial hydrogen bombs built
Financial hydrogen bombs built on personal computers by 26-year-olds with MBAs. Felix Rohatyn
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The last few decades
The last few decades have belonged to a certain kind of person with a certain kind of mind-computer programmers who could crank code, lawyers who could craft contracts, MBAs who could crunch numbers. But the keys to the kingdom are changing hands.The future belongs to a very different kind of person with a very different … Read more
We don’t have much
We don’t have much in the way of a business strategy. Like no business plan. Which I say to torment all my friends who are VCs or MBAs. That’s always entertaining. The deal is, it’s a mixture of luck and persistence. Craig Newmark
Tommy moved on. Lash,
Tommy moved on. Lash, your people have been oppressed for hundreds of years. It’s time to strike back. Look, you don’t have your MBA yet – they haven’t completely juiced you of your usefulness yet. Would Martin Luther King back down from this challenge? Malcolm X? James Brown? Don’t you have a dream? Don’t you … Read more
When it comes to
When it comes to success in business, an MBA degree is optional. But a GSD, which is only earned by Getting Stuff Done, is required. Christine Comaford-Lynch
An MBA doesn’t impress
An MBA doesn’t impress me. A GSD does. GSD = Gets Stuff Done. Christine Comaford-Lynch
I’ve been among their
I’ve been among their critics [MBA programs]. Much of what I’ve seen in business schools is quite non-rigorous. Anecdotal histories are stretched to illustrate favored slogans. Evidence of their effectiveness is similarly anecdotal. Charles R. Morris
My daughter has fulfilled
My daughter has fulfilled all of my dreams, because she has a BA and MBA in business. She’s both a financial analyst and a plus-size model. She has the best of both worlds because, in modeling, you have to have something to fall back on. Beverly Johnson
I really had to
I really had to decide why I was writing. I had no interest in going back to law; I very briefly – for about six hours – considered going to get my MBA, but in the end, I realized that the only work I really wanted to do was write. Ben Fountain
Successful entrepreneurs may hate
Successful entrepreneurs may hate hierarchies and structures and try to destroy them. They may garner the disapproval of MBAs for their creativity and wildness. But they have antennae in their heads. When they walk down the street anywhere in the world, they have their antennae out, evaluating how what they see can relate back to … Read more