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10 Apr 2022, 10:06
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Hi all,
My career goals are the followings:
Plan A: get a company off the ground and get at least seed funding while at school.
Plan B: get a VC job if company can’t get off the ground (I have 5 year private equity investing experience and 2 years buldge bracket experience think Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs etc..).
I have been fortunate to have the following options below. here is a summary of my offers:
Columbia Business School (No Scholarship - at least for now. Still waiting to hear back)
Berkeley Haas (No Scholarship - but currently reconsidered for a merit scholarship)
Booth ($100k Scholarship)
Kellogg ($120k Scholarship)
If you were me which school would you pick?
Thanks so much in advance!
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My career goals are the followings:
Plan A: get a company off the ground and get at least seed funding while at school.
Plan B: get a VC job if company can’t get off the ground (I have 5 year private equity investing experience and 2 years buldge bracket experience think Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs etc..).
I have been fortunate to have the following options below. here is a summary of my offers:
Columbia Business School (No Scholarship - at least for now. Still waiting to hear back)
Berkeley Haas (No Scholarship - but currently reconsidered for a merit scholarship)
Booth ($100k Scholarship)
Kellogg ($120k Scholarship)
If you were me which school would you pick?
Thanks so much in advance!
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10 Apr 2022, 10:51
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Congratulations. We have had someone else in a pretty similar situation though with a lesser degree of experience in IB or PE.
The question is what’s the primary purpose behind the MBA. Validation and access to capital or network? A bit of both?
I always recommend taking the scholarship offer for entrepreneurs. It is always easier to start your own venture without a financial pressure or with a lesser degree of it.
historically Booth has been a bit more focus on entrepreneurship with the Polski grant/center and the new venture challenge - that is a great experience. But You will find a number of like-minded individuals at Kellogg as well….
The gut reaction would be Booth but I think you could consider Kellogg equally strong.
Not sure I would go after Haas and the location. I can see value in being in the valley while looking for seed funding but there are literally thousands of people doing the same. I don’t think you will get a conversation with investors only because you got to Haas or because you live in The Bay Area and if you have a good product, getting through new venture challenge is a great validation.
PS. Do you envision your Startup being in SF area or anywhere?
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The question is what’s the primary purpose behind the MBA. Validation and access to capital or network? A bit of both?
I always recommend taking the scholarship offer for entrepreneurs. It is always easier to start your own venture without a financial pressure or with a lesser degree of it.
historically Booth has been a bit more focus on entrepreneurship with the Polski grant/center and the new venture challenge - that is a great experience. But You will find a number of like-minded individuals at Kellogg as well….
The gut reaction would be Booth but I think you could consider Kellogg equally strong.
Not sure I would go after Haas and the location. I can see value in being in the valley while looking for seed funding but there are literally thousands of people doing the same. I don’t think you will get a conversation with investors only because you got to Haas or because you live in The Bay Area and if you have a good product, getting through new venture challenge is a great validation.
PS. Do you envision your Startup being in SF area or anywhere?
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10 Apr 2022, 13:51
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Thank you so much for your quick reply! I’m mostly doing b-school for validation and funding. I do envisage to live post MBA on the West Coast (Bay Area or Southern California).
My worry with Booth is that I wouldn’t find an ecosystem of founders and tech talent in Chicago as deep as I would in the Bay Area and UC Berkeley in particular to kick start my company. I agree on the money for sure. I come from Europe and student loans are indeed not common
at least not las it is in the US
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My worry with Booth is that I wouldn’t find an ecosystem of founders and tech talent in Chicago as deep as I would in the Bay Area and UC Berkeley in particular to kick start my company. I agree on the money for sure. I come from Europe and student loans are indeed not common
at least not las it is in the USPosted from my mobile device
