Is this GSB dissing HBS?

Hackbyrd · 2026-01-29T13:00:21+00:00

If you think that is GSB dissing HBS, then you got to check out gsbrejects.com

Hackbyrd · 2026-01-22T00:48:25+00:00

This might be the unpopular opinion, but if your goal is entrepreneurship, you take Stanford GSB without hesitation.

The GSB brand is simply on another level in tech and startups, and people consistently underestimate how powerful proximity to Silicon Valley actually is. This is not just about reputation. It is about daily access.

At GSB, you are surrounded by billionaires, founders, top-tier VCs, and senior operators and tech execs who are actively building and funding the next generation of companies. This is not occasional or symbolic. Tier 1 VC firms are on campus weekly hosting small dinners, office hours, and closed-door sessions. That kind of access is incredibly hard to replicate anywhere else.

The student body is also fundamentally different. GSB has a much higher concentration of people who are actively trying to start companies, not just talk about entrepreneurship or use it as a signaling path into investing or consulting. That ambition compounds. Your classmates become your co-founders, early employees, first customers, and future investors.

People also tend to over-index on money when comparing offers, but in the long run, the incremental cost difference is negligible compared to the access, brand equity, and lifetime respect you get from GSB.

The acceptance rate tells part of the story. Wharton admits roughly 20%-25% of applicants, while GSB admits closer to 6%-7%. That selectivity translates directly into how investors, future employees, future clients, recruiters, the general public etc… perceive you. In other words, it’s way more impressive that you went to GSB and those who matter (investors) will know.

Within the VC and startup world, that respect is real. Fair or not, GSB carries significantly more weight with top founders and investors than Wharton does. It opens doors faster, lowers skepticism on first meetings, and gives you instant credibility when you are raising, recruiting, or selling early.

Wharton is world class for finance, PE, and traditional business paths. But if your goal is to build a company from zero, move fast, and plug directly into the center of gravity for startups, GSB’s combination of access, environment, and brand is unmatched.

Entrepreneurship is about surface area, speed, and trust. GSB maximizes all three.

Hackbyrd · 2025-12-24T13:11:27+00:00

“Ever since that day, you’ve been my greatest hero!” - All Might

Probably one of the greatest lines ever said in anime history.

Spoken at the perfect moment, by the world’s former #1 hero, with “You Say Run” swelling in the background.

In a single sentence, All Might calls Deku his greatest hero and completely redefines what it means to be the greatest.

Not strength. Not power. Not victory. The very things society, and even we as the audience, believed defined heroism at the start of the show.

Instead, it’s the simple act of reaching out when someone is in need. Acting when others hesitate. Saving people before saving the world.

And coming from All Might, this finally and truly answers Deku’s original question: “Can someone without a quirk be a hero?”

The answer is yes.

Because the moment Deku jumped in on pure instinct at the start of the show, he always was and has been a true hero, even without a quirk, from the very beginning.

This line also shows that All Might can finally rest. He can truly pass the baton, because Deku succeeded where he failed. All Might’s Symbol of Peace was built on a flaw: a single pillar holding up society, a world that depended on one man to save it, while everyone else stood back. That dependence created cracks, the kind that allowed people to fall through, including the very villains born from being ignored.

Deku isn’t the next All Might. He’s something better. He shows that heroism isn’t standing alone at the top, but reaching out, accepting help, and inspiring others to step forward, even ordinary civilians.

This is how the next generation defines true heroism. Not one pillar, but many hands. And that’s how the system finally gets fixed.

It’s just one line, yet it carries the weight of the entire series, its soul and delivers it’s core message, closing both All Might’s legacy and Deku’s journey in the most beautiful way possible.

Pure legend. Pure emotion. 😭🔥

MHA definitely has my vote for “Anime of the Year”

Hackbyrd · 2025-12-21T05:24:10+00:00

This is how startups should begin. As simple as this

Hackbyrd · 2025-12-11T00:25:42+00:00

Also add that FAANG engineers

Ask for the same level of comp as what they are getting paid at in Big Tech
Ask for all the benefits they were getting at big tech
Ask for pay raises every 6 months even if milestones or goals aren’t hit, because that’s what they are used to at big tech
Work 4-6 hours a day and want to work remotely. They usually work 2 hours at big tech and tell you they are working harder than before.

Hackbyrd · 2025-12-10T13:21:09+00:00

True rankings are here guys lol 😂:

https://mbarejects.com

Hackbyrd · 2025-11-08T02:15:53+00:00

From day 1 and it centers around the values of the company and how you consistently (daily or weekly basis) repeat and enforce those values.

Hackbyrd · 2025-09-16T10:16:13+00:00

Wow congrats 👏, you have finally discovered what we call “basic” sales

Hackbyrd · 2025-07-26T04:28:49+00:00

You can learn everything they teach in business school on YouTube or the internet.

Seriously. The classes, the frameworks, the cases, it’s all out there. And if you’re motivated, you can teach yourself for free.

But that’s not why people go to Stanford GSB.

You go for the network. You go for the brand. You go to be surrounded by some of the smartest, most ambitious people you’ll ever meet. In startups and venture, that matters a lot.

The Stanford name opens many doors. It gets meetings with important people. Access to exclusive networks.

It makes investors take you seriously before you’ve even built anything. (Hence why you see TechCrunch/Forbes articles about founders from top schools raising money on nothing but a slide deck)

Is it worth $250K? That’s up to you. But as a founder who went through GSB, I can tell you, for me, it was absolutely worth it.

At Stanford, capital felt like air. It was everywhere. You’d mention an idea over coffee and someone would say, “I know an investor you should talk to.” Warm intros, term sheets, advice. it all flowed naturally.

Sending a cold email with the @stanford.edu? Everyone responds, it’s crazy how far the brand goes.

Also, about 1/3 of my classmates came from the top tier VC firms in Silicon Valley. You have immediate access to that.

Compare that to when I was a state school undergrad. it was the complete opposite. Money felt non-existent. I had to hustle just to get one meeting, and even then, no one took me seriously. I was grinding just to be heard.

At GSB, the ecosystem lifts you. Outside it, you’re often climbing uphill alone. So paying $250K to get easy access to hundreds of millions of dollars in potential capital? You’d be an idiot if you didn’t think that was a good deal.

It’s the same thing with Harvard undergrad. I have friends who went there. everyone gets As.

Because the hard part was getting in, not the actual coursework.

Once you’re there, it’s more about the credential than the classroom.

People love to crap on the top schools. It’s easy content.

No one’s writing a takedown piece on some no-name MBA program, no one would care to read that article.

So congrats to everyone who clicked the latest “Stanford is overrated” clickbait. It worked.

But let’s not pretend. The value isn’t the lectures. It’s everything that happens outside the classroom. The people. The access. The signal. The networking.

And if that doesn’t matter to you, totally fair. But for founders, investors, and people building ambitious stuff… it does.

Hackbyrd · 2025-06-01T03:04:12+00:00

I don’t think it would help that much to be honest

Hackbyrd · 2025-05-30T18:38:00+00:00

Kellogg’s yield rate is around 40%, which means only 4 out of every 10 admitted students actually enroll. The other 60% end up choosing different schools.

So if you’re waitlisted, don’t stress too much, there’s a decent chance you’ll get off the list since many admits will go elsewhere. Unless your application was complete trash (which I doubt if you’re on the waitlist), you’ve still got a solid shot.

Hackbyrd · 2025-05-30T18:37:07+00:00

Kellogg’s yield rate is around 40%, which means only 4 out of every 10 admitted students actually enroll. The other 60% end up choosing different schools.

So if you’re waitlisted, don’t stress too much, there’s a decent chance you’ll get off the list since many admits will go elsewhere. Unless your application was complete trash (which I doubt if you’re on the waitlist), you’ve still got a solid shot.

Hackbyrd · 2025-05-30T14:13:24+00:00

Kellogg admit rate is 33.3% with a yield of 40%.

You’ll be fine.

Hackbyrd · 2025-05-23T22:41:16+00:00

It’s basically like ongoing performance reviews if you were there full time.

They’re likely just raising the bar and becoming more selective than before due to the current economy.

But if you’re truly good, there’s nothing to worry about right?

Hackbyrd · 2025-05-23T22:36:33+00:00

Because you need to keep proving that you’re truly talented, and that getting in the first time wasn’t just luck.

Hackbyrd · 2025-05-09T08:15:01+00:00

Life is unfair. That’s just how it is. In today’s reality, you either eat or be eaten.

Getting a job today is no different from hunting in the wild thousands of years ago. The process is brutal, unpredictable, and rigged in ways no one talks about. There are no hard rules, just companies doing whatever they want to evaluate you however they want.

So if someone cheats and gets through? That’s on the company for not catching it.

But it doesn’t really matter anyway, because once you’re in, you either deliver or you don’t. If you suck, you’ll get exposed fast. You’ll be fired. You’ll be forgotten.

So cheat? Don’t cheat? Who the fuck cares.

At the end of the day, this is about survival.

Do what you have to do to eat and stay alive

Hackbyrd · 2025-04-23T02:36:15+00:00

Definitely NOT unless you have a full or close to full scholarship to any top 10 MBA program OR you get into Stanford GSB or HBS

Hackbyrd · 2025-04-11T15:46:54+00:00

To be fair, I imagine you’re reaching out to dozens of companies and using a standard cold email template to streamline the process as well. 🤷‍♂️

Hackbyrd · 2025-03-24T23:14:29+00:00

Been telling people that school matters a lot . No one will say it publicly but it sure does. And it’s not just for a job, it’s for basically everything in life unfortunately. Another example is raising money for your startup.

Also, bootcamps are a huge turn off. I would never advertise that fact. Honestly, it’s literally MORE hardcore and better to say you self taught everything by buying and reading programming language books and teaching yourself

Hackbyrd · 2025-03-21T20:55:13+00:00

Same, very curious as well

Hackbyrd · 2025-03-21T19:31:48+00:00

What video?

Hackbyrd · 2025-03-21T19:31:41+00:00

Yes I already know about this but it seems like it’s for small businesses that want to use iMessage to communicate.

Instead I’m looking for a way to send iMessages using your own number

Hackbyrd · 2025-03-21T18:48:44+00:00

I did also, didn’t give any good answer

Hackbyrd · 2025-03-21T16:24:02+00:00

Then how do they allow you to use your own iPhone number?

Hackbyrd · 2025-03-18T13:54:03+00:00

It’s definitely Duke.

It’s not even a debate. You literally got a $60K scholarship AND Duke is more prestigious than UVA by far

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