Tag: mba

Observations
Sam

In Praise of the Generalist

In a world of increasing specialization, it’s not always easy to be a generalist. The MBA is not the favored degree of Silicon Valley, and perhaps rightly so. Those who have more technical backgrounds in

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Startup Mind
Sam

More Thoughts On MBAs And Startups

Charlie O’Donnell’s recent post for MBAs considering working at startups drew some harsh reactions, but also raised some excellent points. I wanted to add my own thoughts since I have an MBA and know the

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Entrepreneurship
Sam

Books I Frequently Recommend To MBAs

Note: This post contains updates I am frequently asked by MBA students I work with what books I recommend. Many of these students are like myself: generalists interested in startups, entrepreneurship and venture capital. This

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The Most Powerful Business Model

Years back a professor drew me a diagram of what he called the most powerful model in all of business: Tonight while I was thinking about business models, the web, some friends ideas and workstreamer

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