The Role of Business School
The Role of Business School
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In response to a question about the value of business school for aspiring entrepreneurs, Graham expresses skepticism. He argues that business schools primarily teach management, which is only relevant after achieving some level of success. Instead, he suggests that practical experience and product development skills are more beneficial for startup founders.
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"effectively contribute to a startup um well if the startup is if the startup is working in some domain um if it's not a pure technology startup but is working in some very specific domain um like if it's Uber right and and the and the non-technical founder was an expert in the limo business then actually the non-technical founder are probably doing most of the work recruiting drivers and doing whatever else Uber has to do right and the technical founder would be just writing the iPhone app which is probably less well iPhone and Android app um which is less than half of it um if it's a purely technology startup the the non-technical found ER does sales and brings coffee and"
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