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14 May 2014, 12:15
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Hi mbaMission,
I'm looking to get a sense of where I should apply for my MBA. I'm an entrepreneur looking to go back to school to specialize in a few areas that I think will help me expand my skill set and improve my team (management, strategy, marketing).
GPA: 3.8 (top Canadian university, finished first in graduating class for my degree - finance/econ)
GMAT: 750
Work Experience:
1 year as investment banking analyst @ NY elite boutique (was top bucket prior to quitting to do startup A)
1 year co-founder / COO of a startup that does $5M in revenue and is big in the social impact space (startup A)
2 years as co-founder/ CEO of a startup that has $10M in revenues, where I raised a >$1M venture capital financed seed round (startup B) at an 8 figure valuation
1 year as co-founder and VP Corp Dev of a startup that went public at a $30M valuation, raised $6M financing round and acquired startup B which was consolidated (startup C). Im the one that took it public + raised the cash + acquired startup B+ am working on a couple pretty sweet other deals
Startup A is in the retail/fashion space and Startup B/C is in the genetics+personalized technology+lifestyle medicine spaces
Extracurriculars:
-Board of Directors of a pretty solid/large Canadian nonprofit aimed at helping younger kids become entrepreneurs
-founder of a nonprofit that raised $100K to help inner city kids get training as entrepreneurs
-founder of program which helps put students in touch with entrepreneurs
-ton of **** during university (president of clubs, etc.)
Id be grateful if you could point me in the right direction of what schools are reasonable to go for. Ill need help putting my application together because I dont have a ton of spare time.
I'm looking to get a sense of where I should apply for my MBA. I'm an entrepreneur looking to go back to school to specialize in a few areas that I think will help me expand my skill set and improve my team (management, strategy, marketing).
GPA: 3.8 (top Canadian university, finished first in graduating class for my degree - finance/econ)
GMAT: 750
Work Experience:
1 year as investment banking analyst @ NY elite boutique (was top bucket prior to quitting to do startup A)
1 year co-founder / COO of a startup that does $5M in revenue and is big in the social impact space (startup A)
2 years as co-founder/ CEO of a startup that has $10M in revenues, where I raised a >$1M venture capital financed seed round (startup B) at an 8 figure valuation
1 year as co-founder and VP Corp Dev of a startup that went public at a $30M valuation, raised $6M financing round and acquired startup B which was consolidated (startup C). Im the one that took it public + raised the cash + acquired startup B+ am working on a couple pretty sweet other deals
Startup A is in the retail/fashion space and Startup B/C is in the genetics+personalized technology+lifestyle medicine spaces
Extracurriculars:
-Board of Directors of a pretty solid/large Canadian nonprofit aimed at helping younger kids become entrepreneurs
-founder of a nonprofit that raised $100K to help inner city kids get training as entrepreneurs
-founder of program which helps put students in touch with entrepreneurs
-ton of **** during university (president of clubs, etc.)
Id be grateful if you could point me in the right direction of what schools are reasonable to go for. Ill need help putting my application together because I dont have a ton of spare time.
17 May 2014, 18:01
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Hi there,
Thanks for posting. Your vast entrepreneurial experience, excellent GMAT and GPA, quantitative skills, and leadership experiences all should position you well for consideration at all top business schools. At this point, since your question is mainly on where to apply, I would spend some time assessing what is important to YOU in a school.... for example:
- match with your career goals: if continuing to focus on entrepreneurship, all of the elite/top schools are great options-- Stanford, HBS, Wharton, MIT. Next tier for entrepreneurship option may be Haas, then Ross. And safety options, could look at McCombs, Babson (Babson often ranked #1 for entrepreneurship, worth investigating, likely scholarship opps there for your level of candidate too).
- LOCATION: this can be big. Not sure where your current business/es are or where you plan to be based after b-school, but location can make a vast difference for many reasons, including the biggest one-- it's easier to get a job or internship, or network, or foster your own company/ies, etc in the city you've been living in during b-school, and secondly, your overall experience of 2 years of your life may vary greatly if you go for a big city vs smaller town and other factors related to geography.
- Student culture: talk to current students & alum, visit schools if you can.... some schools feel more competitive, others more collaborative; what are students into and passionate about? what activities are popular? etc. There's a certain subjective feeling that can make a difference that you may get by visiting and reading blogs and talking to students.
- Class size: something not everyone thinks about, but being one in a class of 850 vs one in a class of 200 is quite a different experience (pros and cons to each).
-Potential classmates: who are they? You do a lot of your learning from others in the class, looking at typical profiles can be interesting (among different schools).
- Employment statistics/hiring profiles/companies that recruit often etc (though may be less relevant if you are continuing as an entrepreneur)
And there are SO many other factors to consider too! For more on choosing schools, check out our free download at: https://info.mbamission.com/Selecting-Yo ... ram-E-Book. Also if you narrow it down, the Insiders guides that our staff put together on each school are really excellent with lots of in-depth info, https://www.mbamission.com/guides.php?category=insiders.
As you start working on application prep, you'll want to focus on making sure you have a compelling explanation of just WHY you want this MBA, how you'll use it, and why that particular school is right for you. Lots of things you can begin brainstorming on now. As for needing help, we'd be happy to work with you during this application season, just let us know when you'd like to start or any questions you have, we have a team of very experienced admissions consultants who help clients through the entire application for given schools, as much as is needed. If you'd like a free 30 minute initial consultation, we offer that at your convenience, it's entirely a chance for you to ask questions and receive feedback and answers, and you can register at https://www.mbamission.com/consult.php. You can also drop by here for additional q's anytime.
Good luck on the process!
Thanks for posting. Your vast entrepreneurial experience, excellent GMAT and GPA, quantitative skills, and leadership experiences all should position you well for consideration at all top business schools. At this point, since your question is mainly on where to apply, I would spend some time assessing what is important to YOU in a school.... for example:
- match with your career goals: if continuing to focus on entrepreneurship, all of the elite/top schools are great options-- Stanford, HBS, Wharton, MIT. Next tier for entrepreneurship option may be Haas, then Ross. And safety options, could look at McCombs, Babson (Babson often ranked #1 for entrepreneurship, worth investigating, likely scholarship opps there for your level of candidate too).
- LOCATION: this can be big. Not sure where your current business/es are or where you plan to be based after b-school, but location can make a vast difference for many reasons, including the biggest one-- it's easier to get a job or internship, or network, or foster your own company/ies, etc in the city you've been living in during b-school, and secondly, your overall experience of 2 years of your life may vary greatly if you go for a big city vs smaller town and other factors related to geography.
- Student culture: talk to current students & alum, visit schools if you can.... some schools feel more competitive, others more collaborative; what are students into and passionate about? what activities are popular? etc. There's a certain subjective feeling that can make a difference that you may get by visiting and reading blogs and talking to students.
- Class size: something not everyone thinks about, but being one in a class of 850 vs one in a class of 200 is quite a different experience (pros and cons to each).
-Potential classmates: who are they? You do a lot of your learning from others in the class, looking at typical profiles can be interesting (among different schools).
- Employment statistics/hiring profiles/companies that recruit often etc (though may be less relevant if you are continuing as an entrepreneur)
And there are SO many other factors to consider too! For more on choosing schools, check out our free download at: https://info.mbamission.com/Selecting-Yo ... ram-E-Book. Also if you narrow it down, the Insiders guides that our staff put together on each school are really excellent with lots of in-depth info, https://www.mbamission.com/guides.php?category=insiders.
As you start working on application prep, you'll want to focus on making sure you have a compelling explanation of just WHY you want this MBA, how you'll use it, and why that particular school is right for you. Lots of things you can begin brainstorming on now. As for needing help, we'd be happy to work with you during this application season, just let us know when you'd like to start or any questions you have, we have a team of very experienced admissions consultants who help clients through the entire application for given schools, as much as is needed. If you'd like a free 30 minute initial consultation, we offer that at your convenience, it's entirely a chance for you to ask questions and receive feedback and answers, and you can register at https://www.mbamission.com/consult.php. You can also drop by here for additional q's anytime.
Good luck on the process!
