McKinsey Alumni Outperforms PhDs in Founding VC-Backed Healthcare Startups

Recent data challenges Vinod Khosla&#x27;s claim that working at McKinsey might be a waste of time <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twitter.com&#x2F;vkhosla&#x2F;status&#x2F;1672678596778016768" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twitter.com&#x2F;vkhosla&#x2F;status&#x2F;1672678596778016768</a> .<p>In fact, McKinsey alumni are leading in venture-backed business creation, especially in the Healthcare sector, even outpacing tech giants like Google and Microsoft in other sectors.

The implication of Kholsa&#x27;s tweet is spending one&#x27;s working life at McKinsey. You&#x27;re talking about <i>alumni</i>, people who no longer work at McKinsey. A bit of a stretch there ...<p>My reading of the counter post is that McKinsey had something to do with the fact that those alumni founded or help found or provided venture capital to startups. Maybe it did, maybe it didn&#x27;t. A bit of false equivalence there.

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Founding a startup is one thing. But are those startups successful or sustainable? Will they be around in 5-10 years? Will they turn a profit? And will the McKinsey alums be the ones running those firms?

People with a business background and business contacts from a business consulting firm outperform those who typically don&#x27;t have any of that at starting businesses. Truly, deep insight here.