Whether or not to get an MBA is always a difficult decision. You either have to continue going to school after completing your Bachelor Degree, or you have to go back to school after having been in the workforce for a while. Either way, it’s a hard choice to make.
Is it really worth it? Can I afford it? Will I be able to keep working? Will it really help my career? Is it really worth it? (I know I asked that question twice but it keeps coming up!)
Only you can answer those questions. But don’t get ahead of yourself. The very first question you have to answer is the one that will keep coming up over and over again: “Is it really worth it?”
To help answer this question, I found a short video by Guy Kawasaki. He’s giving a presentation at Stanford University based on his book, “The Art of the Start.”
To get an MBA or NOT
Chapter wise video presentation of his book -The art of Start – by Guy Kawasaki at the Stanford university.
What he’s trying to answer in this video is basically the question, “Is it really worth it?” The short answer is, “Not if you think an MBA will teach you everything you need to know about business.” However, it will provide a wide variety of tools to help you manage a business.
One Very Important Note
Keep mind that the majority of people who recommend skipping an MBA and just getting into business usually already have an MBA. The point is that it’s not “getting” an MBA that’s important, or even relevant to today’s business. What’s really important is the type of person you become while you’re pursuing one. If you understand that subtle point, you’ll be able to keep your eye on what’s really important.
Hiram
MBA, University of Houston
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Great point about the people who tell you an MBA isn’t worth it. They all tend to have one!
Makes you wonder if they secretly want to keep the MBA “pool” from getting too crowded?
I don’t know. I know I went into an MBA program thinking it would teach me all there was to know about business. By the time I finished, I realized how naive that original goal was. The MBA itself didn’t mean that much to me by then. But boy, was I a different person having gotten one!
I guess that’s the point. It’s the journey that’s valuable, not the destination.
Hiram
yeah, but you don’t know that until you finish the trip!
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