Short answer: Definitely not. At least Bill Gates, Larry Ellison, and 20 successful business people don’t think so. Guy Kawasaki, a famous venture capitalist, recommends founders:

I don’t think an M.B.A. matters very much for starting a company. A much better educational background is an engineering degree. You can always hire MBAs, but if you don’t have the ability to conceptualize and deliver a product, you’ve got nothing.

Now onto my long answers, with my thoughts: (more…)

Several months ago, we launched the Stepcase corporate site with very little information, a homepage and a job page—just lean enough to get us started. Today, we’re launching another set of content, mostly to provide more information about Stepcase as a company and its offerings. We are working hard on our web application suite, Stepcase Apps, which will also integrate with this site later. Exciting times!