Speaking as somebody that graduated from a lower-ranked school, I completely agree.
I learned a ton from my last failed startup. So much, in fact, that it took a six-month vacation afterwards to really digest the experience, and I don't think that I'm boasting when I say that one failed startup, one where you pour everything into it, is equivalent or better to an MBA.
What I didn't get, and I had to work for, was the credential.
The only people that recognize one of my schools (Waseda) as being anything special are all in either Japan or China.
So when I go to meet a client or a banker, I don't have the credential card in my hand, and have to rely on my network, history, and general ability to get along with pretty much everybody.
While these have gotten me along pretty well, I do regret making the naïve assumption that schools were about education, rather than about the people you meet.
I learned a ton from my last failed startup. So much, in fact, that it took a six-month vacation afterwards to really digest the experience, and I don't think that I'm boasting when I say that one failed startup, one where you pour everything into it, is equivalent or better to an MBA.
What I didn't get, and I had to work for, was the credential.
The only people that recognize one of my schools (Waseda) as being anything special are all in either Japan or China.
So when I go to meet a client or a banker, I don't have the credential card in my hand, and have to rely on my network, history, and general ability to get along with pretty much everybody.
While these have gotten me along pretty well, I do regret making the naïve assumption that schools were about education, rather than about the people you meet.