Can Entrepreneurship Be Taught?

StartUp Journal:

Should aspiring entrepreneurs pursue M.B.A.s? There’s been a long-brewing debate among academics and entrepreneurial minds over whether business school is worth the hefty price tag for those looking to go into business for themselves.

British entrepreneur Anita Roddick wrote recently that entrepreneurs “are people who imagine things as they might be, not as they are, and have the drive to change the world. Those are qualities that business schools do not teach.”

Going to business school, she adds, may even squelch “what entrepreneurial flair you have as they force you into the template called an M.B.A. pass.” Instead of flocking to business school, she urges aspiring entrepreneurs to focus on building their creative energies and learning to evaluate risks.

Plenty of others disagree, claiming M.B.A.s give prospective entrepreneurs a chance to learn the ins-and-outs of running a business in a classroom environment without the high price of failure you’d get in the real world.

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