[PaulHoule]

I do not know about the BBA.

I know people who have been through the MBA route and I'd agree with the conventional wisdom on that topic.

That is, people who work in business management, take a break to do an MBA, then get back in to management are on the right track to get a C-level job in an existing large business. It also is a good path for people who are likely to take a role in a moderate-sized family business.

Another path is school to MBA to being a junior at McKinsey which is an education in itself that will leave you settled somewhere in industry. People with engineering backgrounds often do great that way.

B-schools recognize there is a market for learning about entrepreneurship (and are developing products to serve that market) but MBA programs are focused on what you need to know to run large and established firms (which is a lot). The attitudes you'll get acculturated in as an MBA won't serve you well in a startup; in fact, once you have an MBA, you'd probably look at any particular startup as being poorly paying, poorly run, etc.

If you are serious about business, I would say look for a job as startup cofounder or as one of the first few employees of a startup (someone who is in line for VP of Engineering.)