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I have a joke that I use all the time. "I don't do MBA. I hire MBAs". If you want to run a business, MBA nas nothing to do with it. Go start a business and whil
by codegeek 4y ago
I have a joke that I use all the time. "I don't do MBA. I hire MBAs". If you want to run a business, MBA nas nothing to do with it. Go start a business and while you try to run it, you will learn things that will be your MBA.
Running the business IS the MBA. Nothing else.
MBA degrees are nice to get in consulting or other areas with top employers. Perhaps you will meet a few great people as well if you go to the top ones. But that's it.
If you want to entrepreneur, entrepreneur. Everything else is just feel good stuff.
PS: I run a business for 8+ years with no MBA. I do have a Bachelors in CS but that's it. Not even a Masters in anything.
- akulbe 4y agoI came here to say this. I'll add to this… the MBA is not worth the debt you will incur to get the paper. You can earn multiples of that getting straight to work and skipping the pedigree part. What you learn by doing the work will be more valuable than the theory in class. You can get a few books that'll cover MBA curriculum, much cheaper. How am I qualified to speak on this? Business Management undergrad. Can definitely tell you it's not worth the money. I am successfully self-employed and have earned in the mid 6-figures each year for the last ~7 years.
- muzani 4y agoYou can be successful without one, but I wonder how much more successful you'd be with one. I ran a business for a year, but my flaws were reading financial statements and closing deals with investors, both skills that would be strongly aided by a MBA. A lot of people in the region who were Founding CEO of a unicorn had a MBA.