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I think that is a gross generalization, and I think in large corporations like the ones we are referring to, their is room for MBAs. Better there then in start-ups ;)

There is no rule that an MBA can't 'get' technology.

It isn't about building technology either, it's about proving something people need and want, and getting them to pay for it. Technology is only a component of that.

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> it's about proving something people need and want, and getting them to pay for it.

HP sells more stuff that people want than almost any other company (printers, desktops, etc.). Yet they're failing.

Successful technology companies (Apple, Amazon, Facebook, Google, Dell, Oracle) have business and technology interwoven like yin and yang. Business fuels technology, technology drives the business. You get there by building your business and your technology hand in hand. If you stop building, you'll fail on both. That's what you don't learn in an MBA.

There may not be any codified rule, but it does seem to be the rule.

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