points by no_wizard 3 days ago | 0 comments
I feel like the MBA types spoiled everything
Venture Capital, working in the office, how companies operate.
The 1980s and 1990s were largely a scene of people who wanted to be there and were less concerned with KPIs and raising money.
They were engineers or designers first for the most part.
Today’s world one of the first things that happen to any startup is an MBA rolls in to “help get it off the ground”
[–] throwaway-blaze 3 days ago
[–] no_wizard 2 days ago
As noted, I said they ruined venture capital not that venture capital wasn’t a thing, or VC funding wasn’t a thing.
[–] coldtea 2 days ago
>Um, all of the companies mentioned in this comment thread (with the exception of the original company mentioned, NeXT) received VC investment.
Yes, but in a much less frenzier and more kept in its place VC capital mindset.
MBAs don't roll into startups to help get them off the ground. One of the good things about what YC has done to startup culture is remove the notion that engineers can't just run the company and do sales.