Almost all the PM jobs you'll see will require years of PM experience, but in actuality, if you have a good story to tell (remember your bschool applications and how you convinced the AdCom to accept you?) and can link up your past experience to key skills needed for the job, the MBA will do the rest for you.

Heck, my manager gave me the job description she wrote for my current job, and I was thinking, "um, I'm soooo not qualified for this."

In short, getting an MBA is "good enough", if you have the right background or work hard at building credibility (see all my other posts).
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heres a great article from wet feet, I worked in entertainment and its right on the money, cant speak on the sports info but it's probably right too.

http://www.wetfeet.com/Careers-and-Indu ... ports.aspx
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any suggestion for people who cant get into haas? any 10-20ish schools you see gaming companies might be interested in? Tepper seems to be a decent tech school. I think easing in Sony/MS/Nintendo is also a great plus since they have their fingers in all aspects of gaming...
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The entertainment industry sure is impressive, especially with the schools listed.
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Hi Guys/Kryzak,
Hoping to get your inputs in time for my applications.

Hi Cole,
I too am on this boat. A career switch is my reason for pursuing an MBA. I am targeting BD positions. What about you?

There is a lot of chatter on this thread about "jobs that don't exist" for MBA grads when talking about the film and tv industries. While I agree that this has, and still is for the most part, the reality within the industry, that reality is starting to fracture a bit. I am an actor in NYC and LA - have done over twenty tv shows, films, video games, you-name-it - and the reality is that the industry is changing - fast. The most profitable current model for a film company is Pixar, which is structured almost like a start-up company. Netflix, Hulu, and down the road, Apple and Google I'm sure, are going to start generating their own content. It is currently the wild west for innovative new film/tv business models. Having an MBA going forward may (notice I say 'may') pay off down the road as studios, et al, try and navigate some uncharted tech, distribution, and global market waters. Going to Stanford, Haas and MIT may actually be a better bet than trying for the quant/creative type-thing at UCLA, NYU, USC. One of the big Hollywood agencies just opened up an office in Silicon Valley, and they don't know their tech heads from a whole in the ground. Some tech savvy MBA film geek may actually find themselves a nice home in Hollywood (though I think Hollywood might become Siliconwood pretty soon). Stay tuned ...
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