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Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk says the biggest problem with corporate America today is that too many business school graduates are running the show."I think that there might be too many MBAs running companies," Musk said Tuesday at the&nbsp;This "MBA-ization of America," isn't great, Musk said, especially when it comes to product innovation. Big corporate CEOs often get caught up in the numbers and lose sight of their mission, which is to create " products or services, according to Musk."There should be more focus on the product or service itself, less time on board meetings, less time on financials.""A company has no value in itself. It only has value to the degree that is [an] effective allocator of resources to create business services that are of a greater value than the costs of the inputs," Musk said.This thing they call "profit," Musk added, "should just mean over time that the value of the output is worth more than the inputs."Musk said the biggest mistake he has made as a leader of both Tesla and SpaceX was spending too much time in meetings looking at PowerPoints and spreadsheets, instead of being out on the factory floor."When I go spend time on the factory floor or really using the cars or thinking about the rockets...that's where things have gone better," Musk said at the .He finds that if he is engrossed in the details of the issues, it boosts morale and his team is "more energized."Musk urged CEOs to "get out there on the goddamn front line and show them that you care, and that you're not just in some plush office somewhere."Musk the second richest person in the world as Tesla's have grown over the last several months. He is currently worth an estimated $157 billion, according to .Don't miss:How Apple gets you to spend money

Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk says the biggest problem with corporate America today is that too many business school graduates are running the show."I think that there might be too many MBAs running companies," Musk said Tuesday at the&nbsp;This "MBA-ization of America," isn't great, Musk said, especially when it comes to product innovation. Big corporate CEOs often get caught up in the numbers and lose sight of their mission, which is to create " products or services, according to Musk."There should be more focus on the product or service itself, less time on board meetings, less time...

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