<story><title>Study Finds Engineers Far More Likely than MBAs to Build and Run Companies</title><url>http://blog.identified.com/2012/01/new-identified-research-reveals-engineers-far-more-likely-than-mbas-to-build-and-run-companies.html</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>jacques_chester</author><text>I think most MBAs are looking to work for a large company, climb the ladder and so on. The training focuses on that -- it&apos;s not called a Masters in Business &lt;i&gt;Administration&lt;/i&gt; for the heck of it.</text></comment>
<story><title>Study Finds Engineers Far More Likely than MBAs to Build and Run Companies</title><url>http://blog.identified.com/2012/01/new-identified-research-reveals-engineers-far-more-likely-than-mbas-to-build-and-run-companies.html</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>mathattack</author><text>I&apos;m not sure they&apos;re doing good stats...&lt;p&gt;A better first question is, &quot;What % of advanced degree engineers become founders?&quot; and &quot;What % of MBAs become founders?&quot;&lt;p&gt;From there you can go on to questions of size and success.&lt;p&gt;As listed, the answer tells us nothing.  For all we know there are 30x as many engineers as MBAs.  Or vice versa.  The conclusion could be the same as stated too.</text></comment>