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I am thinking of going into business and would like to get an MBA. I have 8 years of experience writing software professionally and a background in CS. My goal is to learn about business, running them, scaling them, raising money, etc.

Will getting an MBA help me achieve this goal?

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[–] vanchica@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

No. I have one, it teaches no more than a community College level understanding of running a business. Read Joshua Kauffman's book, The Personal MBA first. THEN: Take a biz or Entrepreneurship certificate.

UNLESS you want to be a NON-OWNERSHIP corporate executive. That's when it's useful NOT for specific knowledge, which again is superficial, but for clout. You don't even learn about employment law for managing employees in a legal way, you don't learn how to get financing, you don't learn anything you can't get out of a business certificate class