Comments on: The Personal MBA http://www.singlefounder.com/2006/10/04/the-personal-mba/ Musings on software and startups from a single founder Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:54:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mike Taber http://www.singlefounder.com/2006/10/04/the-personal-mba/comment-page-1/#comment-71 Mike Taber Wed, 25 Oct 2006 14:32:21 +0000 http://miketaber.net/archive/2006/10/04/107.aspx#comment-71 It sounds like a pretty good idea. The underlying issue that you need to overcome is the motivation to actually go through with the personal MBA program and do the work that's necessary. The other problem that may or may not need to be addressed is the credibility of the program. Employers certainly won't care that a candidate went through the program for anything more than seeing that the candidate is motivated to grow.<br /><br />After several years, if it's very popular it would be a very valuable program to have started and would have the potential for a lot of money. But there's always the chance that it could catch a grassroots tailwind and become extremely popular. It's not as if adult education has any governmental prerequisites (at least not in the US).<br /><br />On the downside, online degrees from places like the University of Phoenix don't hold a lot of weight. Your experience is more important than that degree.<br /><br />It's got good points and bad points that I can think of. In the end, it would come down to implementation I think. It sounds like a pretty good idea. The underlying issue that you need to overcome is the motivation to actually go through with the personal MBA program and do the work that’s necessary. The other problem that may or may not need to be addressed is the credibility of the program. Employers certainly won’t care that a candidate went through the program for anything more than seeing that the candidate is motivated to grow.

After several years, if it’s very popular it would be a very valuable program to have started and would have the potential for a lot of money. But there’s always the chance that it could catch a grassroots tailwind and become extremely popular. It’s not as if adult education has any governmental prerequisites (at least not in the US).

On the downside, online degrees from places like the University of Phoenix don’t hold a lot of weight. Your experience is more important than that degree.

It’s got good points and bad points that I can think of. In the end, it would come down to implementation I think.

]]> By: Parag Shah http://www.singlefounder.com/2006/10/04/the-personal-mba/comment-page-1/#comment-70 Parag Shah Wed, 25 Oct 2006 12:56:32 +0000 http://miketaber.net/archive/2006/10/04/107.aspx#comment-70 While reading this post, I just had an idea. How effective would it be of someone created their own startup (as a lab) for their personal MBA? The books take care of the theory (maybe complimented by MBA podcasts from good universities) and the startup provides a lab for practice. <br />Offcourse not everyone can do that. There will be a lot of people with day jobs too.<br />Just a thought. While reading this post, I just had an idea. How effective would it be of someone created their own startup (as a lab) for their personal MBA? The books take care of the theory (maybe complimented by MBA podcasts from good universities) and the startup provides a lab for practice.
Offcourse not everyone can do that. There will be a lot of people with day jobs too.
Just a thought.

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