The MBA-to-VC pipeline remains a very real thing. But that path is a little shakier than it once was, according to PitchBook reporting and new academic research. Harvard placed 50 of its 1,004 MBA graduates into VC roles in 2024, with a median starting salary of $177,500. Stanford placed around 30 from its smaller class. More than 10,000 Harvard, Stanford, …
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The Elite MBAs Ditching Corporate America
In the summer of 2019, Dan Schweber was grinding through yet another career pivot. Straight out of college, he landed what he thought would be a dream job as a healthcare consultant, only to discover that he couldn’t stand being a nobody in a giant bureaucracy. So he joined a tiny healthtech startup, until it was acquired by a series …
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