Value of an MBA

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  1. Mustang

    Mustang New Member

  2. manjuap

    manjuap New Member

    This might change your thoughts !

    http://www.business2.com/articles/mag/0,1640,13169,00.html



    Philippe Kahn, co-founder and CEO, Starfish Software In the real world the toughest challenge is "The Business Model and its execution." An MBA provides a solid foundation. Yet it must be coupled with innovation, teamwork, and commitment.

    Andrew Beebe, co-founder and CEO, Bigstep.com An MBA definitely stands as a good backdrop to the right experience and background. But we're always looking for real experience first. Our world is moving too fast to be taught in schools.

    Jim Rose, co-founder and CEO, Accompany You could make it into a party hat, an airplane, origami, or other fun shapes. Or you could use it to take notes, because you never can have enough scratch paper.

    Alain Rossmann, founder and CEO, Phone.com For the first few years after my MBA I thought: What a waste of time and money. Later, as VP of marketing and sales at my first startup, I faced tough strategic issues.... I found myself digging back into my MBA textbooks, from
     
  3. Mustang

    Mustang New Member

    The articles that are in this link are mostly against obtaining an MBA.

    I think there is significant value in an MBA or other postgraudate degree. However, I still wonder about the cost.

    Fred
     
  4. Rich Douglas

    Rich Douglas Well-Known Member

    That is the argument made by Caroline Bird in The Case Against College almost 30 years ago. She took a look at lifelong wage differences and compared them to what one would earn by investing the college expenses.

    What are ignored in this line of thinking are the intangibles like quality of work, prestige, self-satisfaction, etc. (This article tries to bring some of that out.) Of course, those can be found without the benefit of a higher degree as well. My point is that this isn't just a numbers question.

    BTW, the link doesn't work as written. Try clicking HERE instead.
     
  5. Mustang

    Mustang New Member

    Rich

    I agree and thanks for fixing the link.

    Fred
     

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