janakan91 wrote:
I got few serious reservations! After engineering graduation, I joined my father's firm, which is a small scale enterprise in a small town. am working for four years and now want to pursue a full time MBA ( preferably abroad ). The main aim is for learning the nuances, exposure and scaling up our firm back home after somwtime.
My doubts
1. What is the most suitable stream in MBA for me?
2. Since I don't have work experience from a reputed company, will it affect my chances from getting into top universities?
Please guide me. I have made serious efforts to find answers and yet I am unclear.
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janakan91 - I think that an MBA would be a good move. I am working with someone in your almost exact situation - joined small family biz post-grad, wants more education to help scale the business. However I will mentioned that he has a 760 GMAT and is underrepresented. He received interview invites from Stanford, MIT, Booth, Kellogg and Haas so I don't think the lack of a big brand name employer exactly torpedoed his candidacy. I wouldn't advice the same schools for someone overrepresented or with a lesser GMAT but still, it's an indication that this is not a deal breaker.
I think you would do some online research on the family business center at Kellogg. As far as the most suitable stream, well I would recommend something like the growth and scaling pathway at Kellogg, or entrepreneurship. However you will need finance and marketing (especially marketing strategy) as well. So, general entrepreneurship and if offered, growth/scaling.
Hope that clarifies things. Do move forward, now is a good time for you to do this.
Best, Farrell
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10 Mar 2017, 02:01
