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Where should I apply for an MBA? Not sure on safety + reach 14 May 2014, 12:21
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Hi peers,

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 and struck a joint venture deal with two other large companies
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, like a JV with Canada's largest grocery chain

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.)
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Wow! You have one amazing profile. Starting with academics, 750 on the GMAT with an undergraduate GPA of 3.8 can help you get into any of the top 10 schools. Seeing your work experience, I doubt you are short of leadership experience. One thing which I need to know, are you still involved with your earlier two startups? Even your extracurriculars have you involved in plenty of leadership roles. I am really curious as to why you want to pursue an MBA? If your startups are so successful, I think there is no point in wasting two years on an MBA when you can do wonders by working on your ideas. This is just my view. What i feel is that business schools would love to have you as a candidate, unless you screw up on your essays or any other part of the application.

Go through this list of schools which have good programs for entrepreneurs : https://www.interviewbay.com/blog/top-20 ... reneurship

Good Luck!
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