With ever more programmes offering enterprise education, Donata Huggins asks whether a university can teach you to build a successful startup business Donata Huggins DO not let Steve Jobs’s gown fool you in this photo. The recently departed, near-legendary founder of Apple and Pixar never finished his undergraduate degree, let alone got an MBA. In this picture, he is giving Stanford University’s 2005 commencement address. In the speech, he told his audience that he “couldn't see the value” in doing a degree and that the dropping out allowed him to follow interests that led to his eventual success. He’s not the only one either. Bill Gates, Michael Dell and Mark Zuckerberg are all university dropouts too.
This is not exactly the best advert for MBAs. Yet many of the UK’s most prestigious institutions are now offering courses or facilities for building startups. Cass Business School, for instance, is investing in a business incubator and the London Business School is offering electives in new creative ventures.
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