For an entrepreneur, how useful is an MBA?
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An MBA teaches you all aspects of running a business. If you are a doctor, you are already pretty good in your field of health; but it is not expected that you would ace finance or marketing, strategy, etc. these are key elements of running a business and that's where an MBA plays a key role. It educates you with the essentials and you develop good connections with business coaches that can help you.
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Yeah, it is a good idea, U shall get a better job after doing an MBA
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I would recommend to do an MBA course in one of the top 10 institutes. It broadens your horizon on the job market and also gives you an edge among peers. Simply put, you mature to the needs of the industry
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You sure need a good graduation degree for your MBA. B.Com is a good option. Try to do it from a good college, take part in extra-curricular activities and be an active member of your collge teams.\n\nAlso needless to say, if you join one of the coaching classes like IMS, Career Launcher, et al during your final year of college, it would help a lot.\n\nBest of luck.
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my condolances on your engineering. i was an engineer years ago and it was boring most of the time. paid well, but boring. an mba will open up more lucrative and interesting doors, but you got to want to do mba'ish stuff.
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Yes, but MBAs typically don't do anything to really help business.
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If I were you, I would be working as a consultant.\nGet your rolodex (I'm old school paper, but till use technology) in order and know who you can rely on for info and info gathering.\nI would highly recommend that you work towards that MBA.
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Now, the technology is straight forward.  When you do the MBA you will learn what business rules you need to create. Since you already would know how to write them (SAP) you will be a star
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An MBA from a top school is a great way to change fields and to increase salary.  The average student at top schools make six figures coming out of their MBA programs -- which represents an increase of between 50%-100%.\n\nThere is a little bit of a dropoff in the increase once you get past the top 15, and a big dropoff once you get past the top 40 schools.\n\nMy opinion is that it is not worth getting an MBA in a full time program unless you can go to a top school.  But for those students, it is well worth it.\n\nMy opinion is biased, but informed.  I have an MBA from Duke, a PhD in Business Administration (Finance) from Berkeley and have taught at MIT and Wharton.
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http://www.daylon.com/mba/\n\nthat site may have some useful information regarding your question.
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It must be very good. Mainly if you are in administration college. After all, why are you in college? Isnt it to own money? So, why not start it right now? \n\nThe only problem is that to start a business, you need money... thing that you usually dont have on college
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http://www.daylon.com/mba/\n\n\nhope that helps...
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The best advice I've received about management is to find first what I'm interested in managing.  The principles of economics and management you've learned are great, if you're interested in the domain of the work itself.  This came from an exec-vp while I was starting my undergraduate work.\n\nFurther, your MBA won't have much use for you until you choose such a domain.  An MBA is best put to use once you hit a glass ceiling of some sort (usually five to ten years into a management track).  That is, if you're interested in working in the corporate world.\n\nI earned my MBA from my love of entrepreneurial ideas.  So, I didn't need someone's approval of my education to do my own thing, but I wanted a broader background than the one I had.  I had 5 years of work experience before I started my MBA, and 7 after I finished it (I went the executive route).  I would say that this is the bare-minimum for actually putting the MBA to use.  I was the youngest of my MBA class, most were execs of mid-sized companies or running their own companies.  We'd discuss a concept in class on a Tuesday, and then review how it worked the following Thursday.  That was incredibly powerful, and a better experience than most MBAs get.  \n\nThat said, depending on your grades and background, you may get some good traction in some of the consulting firms.  Their undergraduate positions are pretty humble, but they'll get you in contact with some great people, and they'll encourage your MBA when its time for that.  \n\nBottom line: I'd start with a business domain that interests you and develop some traction there.\n\nGood luck!
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I can safely say that my MBA did help me a great deal with my career. My boss likes me because I am able to construct very comprehensive but easy to read reports. So, I use my grad degree. My college degree was a B.A. in History and it hasn't done anything. Only 40% of college grads end up working in their field. That is partly the fault of the students, and partly the fault of the colleges. If you graduate with a business degree and you don't have well developed Excel and quantitative business skills.... then you're going to be pretty worthless in most entry level positions. And that's the fault of the colleges. But if you go to college and you don't want to be "number cruncher", then guess what... 90% of the jobs are just that. Certain degrees like education, engineering, some of the applied sciences are very specific and will give you the foundation for doing the job in those fields. But, if you get a B.A. and go into business, then... of course your college degree won't mean anything, but that's probably because you didn't know what you wanted to be until after you graduated. If I had to do it over again, I would have been a mechanic, tile installer, or a plumber. They make more money than I do, and I have an MBA.
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Bcom Entrepreneurship and then go post graduate with an MBA
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An MBA is very expensive upfront, but generally pays for itself in no time through the higher salary earned. If a management career is what you wish to pursue, then I'm sure the MBA will be very valuable. I would recommend going for it if you can. You should be willing to go into debt now if necessary, as I'm sure you will be able to pay it back. It will be much harder to save up money to do MBA later, as it is hard to return to study after working & earning money for while, quite apart from the difficulty of getting back into study habits. \n\nI gather from your question that you would be moving to the UK for the course. Having the opportunity of studying abroad is fantastic. You will meet so many people from different cultures & I'm sure it will be enriching. The UK has an excellent reputation with its universities.
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You should look into an MBA...\n\nhttp://www.daylon.com/mba/\n\nThat link contains everything you need to know about an MBA and links to places where you can get your MBA.