PwC - Online Mini MBA ($2300)

https://www.pwc.com/me/en/services/pwc-mini-mba.html

Price
Price per participant:

Standard price: 9200 PLN ($2,300 USD) + VAT

Registration deadline:

4 June 2020

Download PDF brochure:
https://www.pwc.rs/en/academy/MNE-Academy/Mini-MBA-brochure-CG-ENG.pdf

 

Here's a link to their online version mini MBA:
https://www.pwc.pl/pl/pwc-academy/innowacje-i-biznes/pwc-mini-mba.html

Regional PwC’s Mini MBA online

 

Good - there's an online version. I was reading the other one while you made the second post and I thought "Holy cow. Tuition isn't bad at all but throw in a trip to Montenegro and buy a few raznice for lunch etc. and the final bill could be like the Rutgers mini-MBA!"

 

Thanks you for sharing.

 

Hello!

There has been an university which offered extemptions for the PwC MiniMBA in the past. See here: http://www.northampton.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/PwC_MBA_brochure.pdf. As far as I know, the curriculum of the PwC MiniMBA did not change since then. Well, maybe someone with the time and the willingness to dig deeper can find out if this is still the case and tell us the results?

Best regards,
Mac Juli

 

I checked the online PWC page and there it was --- gone. Can't tell if there have been any changes on the main page. In any case, I don't see why one would choose this Montenegrin offer over a domestic product.. It isn't an MBA degree and I fail to see how it's a better credential than any of us could likely earn for the same money in our own countries. These mini-things are as common as canned peas. And just as interchangeable.

That said, when I buy canned peas - I prefer Rolnik - a Polish brand, sold here. But a mini-MBA -- no.

 

https://www.polish-shop.ch/en/vegetable-preserves/841-canned-green-peas-rolnik-400g.html

 

This is a continuing education program, from an obviously reputable source. It's not a degree, or even a for-credit university certificate. Personally I can't imagine why this would be worth $2300, but there's a big market for these, so someone clearly finds value. A "mini-MBA" as a credential to me only shows "I can spend serious money for this". For people who wonder if this is worth investment: if you are not sure, it doesn't. It's insider thing for a sub-sub-industry; I wouldn't be surprised to learn most students are PwC consultants. It's a big firm.

P. S. my wife does CE for her CPA license for more than a decade now; so far, she finds free or low-cost options for vast majority of required hours (consistent exception is Florida Ethics refreshers; these she must pay for). Yet, other CPAs go to conferences and pay thousands of dollars, for the same requirements. It doesn't mean there's no value in this, for THEM. Same here.

 

Awesome.
There's a Polish warehouse store in GTA area we shopped regularly, called "Miami" (apparently, the name of a bif food distributor in Poland). Excellent pork pierogis and other yumyums. Sadly, nothing like that here in Corpus.

 

There's a fairly big supermarket called Starsky's a couple of miles from me. They have a very few stores in their chain - I think they are all in GTHA incl Burlington. They have just about everything Polish, plus Ukrainian, Belarus etc. Some Italian & German too. Also carry beer and wine - from overseas and local. Only place I know where you can get Kvass. Sorry about Texas. Thought they had everything. Polish jam is exceptional - and much less sugar. All European canned goods are different - they taste like FOOD. Quite a shock, at first!

 

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Shopped there, too (Mississauga store), especially for meats and sausage. They also have the very same Polish kind of pork pierogi (as well as potato, cottage cheese, blueberry, and sour cherry varieties) and packaged foods; Miami is just slightly cheaper, being a warehouse store.

There are many places to get Kvas in GTA. Starsky's has a variety of brands, including ones from Ukraine (I wouldn't buy Russian variety simply on principle). The best one is brewed locally in Toronto, by outfit iirc called "Star Bakery" or some such. This one is the real deal, made of real bread crumbs; other brands are mass-produced, from concentrate.
There are some foods sold in Starsky's and the like with political connections. The range of products are from M-C Dairy and Future Bakery - these companies are owned by a Ukrainian/Canadian politician Borys Wszeznevsky (sp?), who is a former Liberal MP from Etobicoke Centre. My wife worked for him; we dislike the guy enough to force us vote NDP (and avoid buying his stuff). Also, there's a whole range of candy and sweets of Roshen brand - made by former President Petro Poroshenko's famed chocolate empire. These might be the best in their inexpensive price range. I like his take on milk fudge, "Korovka" (retro Soviet brand, as is much of what he sells) - better than the Polish variety that's also widely available. I soured on Poroshenko enough not to buy much of his wares anymore, too.

 

Wow! Glad that politics hasn't put me off food. I don't eat those brands you mention - so, nothing to give up.
Good thing Trump was never in the food biz. People who don't like him might have had to give up eating! Can you imagine anything more unappetizing than that bloated orange face glaring at you from a cereal box in the morning?

...And the "Metropolitan Wiki" tells me that guy's name is Borys Wrzesnewskyj - that rz gets people every time, I guess.

 

He was. Trump water, and Trump stake, not to mention various restaurants in his properties. There is still a Trump vineyard, IIRC. What's true is that Trump failed at these businesses. Poroshenko, in contrast, is highly successful. If one is into Soviet nostalgia brands, he is sort of the only choice, and may be the only one whose versions of these sweets are actually BETTER.

 

Sometimes it seems, the least likable business people go into the wine business. Snob value, self-inflation, I guess. I haven't drunk alcohol for about 15 years now, but it doesn't stop me reading labels occasionally. Kevin O'Leary (Shark Tank etc.) has a wine business. He doesn't need me giving the link. "Mr Wonderful's" abrasive self is linked to here: https://www.kevinoleary.com/ Can you imagine working for someone like him? Might be a pretty good teacher in an MBA course, though.

 

Around here, wine country starts about 10 miles from my front door - and I've met owners often, Yes - nice people. But "Mr. Wonderful" - Kevin O'Leary? - C'mon! You can't be serious...

Anyway, I'm not sure Mr. O'Leary actually owns a vineyard. No evidence of that. His wines are made in various vineyards owned by others. Perhaps that's best. Nobody gets the privilege of working directly for him, maybe.

 

What I meant to say is they're grown from grapes that come from various vineyards - and by various wineries that neither he nor his company owns. At least, that applied to all of the ones I checked on.

And, Steve, when I said the "least likable people" I said "sometimes" and referred specifically to Mr. Trump and Mr. O'Leary. Yes, in general, those in any end of the wine business are nice folks. Goes with the territory. But those "nice old men" in rocking chairs you see in the TV ads - they're fiction.

Real story of those guys here: https://www.amazon.ca/Blood-Wine-Unauthorized-Story-Empire/dp/0671649868

 

Also "Gallo Be Thy Name" here: https://www.amazon.ca/Gallo-Be-Thy-Name-Dominate/dp/1597775908
And "Ernest and Julio: Our Story" - here: https://www.amazon.ca/Ernest-Julio-Our-Story-Gallo/dp/0812924541

 

Further notes: I looked up everything I could find. According to some sources, Kevin O'Leary DOES own at least one vineyard - I think in California. I couldn't find the exact location. Some of the wines he sells DO come from his own grapes. Others don't. Sorry for the error. And his famously rough edges are reserved for Shark Tank. I remember a similar Canadian show he was on - and he had the same persona there. Apparently, that's all "made for TV" - they say. That makes him a pretty good actor, I guess.

One thing I CAN say, unequivocally for him. Kevin O'Leary has fine chops as a rock guitar player. To me, that's very important. He grabbed an electric guitar on a show one night and "wound out" VERY credibly. So maybe all this stuff that I've seen and heard is just television BS. He is a true wine expert, well-educated, loves photography and plays good rock guitar. And everybody I read said he was really a very nice guy. What's not to love?