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Is an MBA worth it? (alien.top)

submitted 2 years ago by Future_Court_9169@alien.top to c/entrepreneur@indiehackers.space

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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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[–] boxofshroomies@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

MBAs specifically teach knowledge which is not applicable to starting a new business. Empirical research is done on scaled businesses by definition so they often learn how to scale things once a bunch of foundations have already been set. Hence why a lot of people end up employed at big corporations—they can’t apply their skillsets to something much smaller.

But you can also learn about scaling by getting a position as a middle manager or lead in development and your knowledge would be more applicable.

If your goal is to start something but you don’t feel ready to just jump in (which I think you should do), you would get more value out of a program focused on designing a product which meets a demand like “Design Innovation” or industrial design. Not only for the applicable practice with your engineering skills but for the network.

To be clear: not saying you should do this. I would just start the thing. There are tons of incubators that can bridge the gap for you.