[pshin45]

I find it fascinating that, with YC and HN, PG has essentially created a "business school for hackers" that is free, open to anyone, and makes it faster and easier for any hacker to gain a solid understanding of business and marketing principles.

And yet on the flip side, I see no one in the MBA/business world who is effectively doing the opposite i.e. creating a forum and/or institution in the mold of YC/HN for "business guys" to develop a fundamental understanding of (and respect for) technical leadership and software engineering concepts. I wonder why... Is it because it's more difficult, or more because business people just don't care and never will?

People often say that YC changed the VC industry, but in a way I think the YC and HN models together are slowly but surely disrupting the "business education industry" as well.

Thoughts?

[bickfordb]

My experience is that many product managers (who often are originally software engineers / in technical roles) end up in MBA programs

[cm2012]

A lot of "business people" read HN.