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Philosopher Versus MBA

Reid Hoffman

TOP DRAWBACKS OF AN MBA PROGRAM. When I decided I wanted to start a company, I realized that I needed to pick up certain skills first, like product management, knowledge of online services, and a practical understanding of commercial software development. You can listen to the podcast of this discussion here.

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Philosopher Versus MBA

Reid Hoffman

TOP DRAWBACKS OF AN MBA PROGRAM. When I decided I wanted to start a company, I realized that I needed to pick up certain skills first, like product management, knowledge of online services, and a practical understanding of commercial software development. You can listen to the podcast of this discussion here.

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How to Start a Startup

www.paulgraham.com

Microsofts originalplan was to make money selling programming languages, of all things.Their current business model didnt occur to them until IBM droppedit in their lap five years later. Hackersshould do this even if they dont plan to start startups, because its the only real way to learn how to program. Thats nonsense.

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