Thanks for starting this thread
souvik101990!
Quick background - Undergrad in engineering + Postgrad in marketing and communications; 6 years of work exp.(in marketing research, advertising, and tech product marketing) going into business school.
My primary motivation is to use the MBA and the 3-5 years post-MBA experience to launch my startup. For me, entrepreneurship seems to be an excellent way to find my
ikigai and bring together my passion for problem-solving and being enterprising, and tech and business skills to help society (and make money in the process
).
Particularly, with a history of playing multiple sports at competitive levels and currently part-timing as a Crossfit trainer, I consider sports as a massive influence on my life and values. And so, I’m interested in using tech to scale this passion and provide accessible sports and fitness training to people, with a focus on underprivileged kids.
So for my post-MBA job(s), I’m considering two paths. Path A is to work as a tech product manager (I’ll be primarily targeting FAANG/big tech companies but also look for specific PM opportunities in Nike and sports tech startups such as Hudl, Aaptiv, etc.). Path B is consulting, wherein I will try to either directly recruit into the digital/sports consulting practice of a top-tier firm or try to make my way internally (full disclosure: I don’t like the consulting lifestyle).
Besides this, in the next 10-15 years, I want to build a good enough corpus to not be worried about money for later, climb one 8000m peak, finish one Iron Man, own a Crossfit gym as a side hustle, travel, and write fiction. All this will be quite an exciting challenge, given my entrepreneurial ambitions!
Happy to hear thoughts and suggestions - what am I missing? What else should I be considering?