YES.
And every team is impacted by HQ's in ability to explain that. Helping run a team is like running a small business, and well almost all aspects are covered. Your product, which is where engineering comes into place is where all the focus is, but clearly all the press we get is about the engineering aspect. I would love to hear somebody at the top of the house discuss how FRC is great for a business career, because I will tell you that it is, and it isn't that hard to sell people on that concept. (Yes I know we have the entrepreneurship award, honestly it doesn't do the business aspect justice)
Also, for as long as I have been involved I haven't heard too much from
KPCB and they got one hell of a resume on their hands, they brought you
AOL,
Amazon.com,
Navigenics,
Citrix,
Compaq,
Electronic Arts,
Genentech, Genomic Health,
Geron Corporation,
Google,
Intuit,
Juniper Networks,
Nebula,
Netscape,
Sun Microsystems,
Symantec,
Verisign,
WebMD and
Zynga all at a very early stage, seeing that they back FIRST really speaks to how well the program is designed too.