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I'm a non-technical founder who's founded one startup, joined another, and am now an Advisor at TechStars - before I go back to B school to get an MBA. And tha
by sachinag 16y ago
I'm a non-technical founder who's founded one startup, joined another, and am now an Advisor at TechStars - before I go back to B school to get an MBA. And that's after I did a business degree in undergrad.
To me, getting an MBA is all about option value. If I want to go to a big company, it's a prerequisite. If I want to do startups, it's not. If I want to jump back and forth, then it's a prerequisite again. I'm willing to pay $150,000 to have the option value of jumping back and forth for the thirty years after I graduate, not to mention the experience of the two years there, the network I'll have, and the other attendant benefits.
I wrote about this decision last week; maybe it'd be useful to some people here: http://www.sachinagarwal.com/why-this-startup-guy-is-going-back-to-busines http://www.sachinagarwal.com/why-this-startup-guy-is-going-b...
- tullius 16y agoExactly the kind of the logic that people use to justify going into the corporate world instead of a startup. For people serious about building a successful startup the possibility of going back to a cushy corporate job if things don't work out should be the last thing on their mind.
- mwerty 16y agoSo should health insurance by that logic.