The Recovering MBA

Don't hate the player or the game

Posted on Nov 28, 2011 5:06:00 AM by Jeremy Crane in Entrepreneurship, in Corporate Strategy, in Organizational Behavior

Hating MBAs is in fashion these days. I'm sure by now you've heard of Guy Kawasaki's famous adage .

For a rough approximation of your valuation, circa 2004, you can also use Kawasaki's Law of Pre-Money Valuation: for every full-time engineer, add $500,000; for every full-time M.B.A., subtract $250,000.

Every developer I know that wants to start a company thinks this is the greatest formula ever developed. Truth be told it's pretty amusing and probably not far from the truth. As I've said before there are no absolutes .

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I used work for a really big company (Ford Motor Company).

Then I got an MBA (University of Michigan) and worked for a not so big but big enough company (Stoneridge).

Then I discovered startups (Compete) and the joy and pain of tiny little companies trying to grow.

Then I had to forget everything I learned before to build a new company (oneforty).

Now I'm helping to transform marketing by building a world class SaaS product (HubSpot).

I'm mostly interested in startups, technology businesses, learning every day and finding things to be passionate about. Every now and then I find time for the important stuff in life; skiing, cycling, friends and family.

The Recovering MBA

Don't hate the player or the game

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