Non-MBA Graduate experience with Search Funds?
June 24, 2020
by a searcher from McMaster University in Toronto, ON, Canada
I was wondering if anyone would be able to their feedback and experience with Search Funds if they haven't graduated or going to graduate in the future with an MBA degree. Any advice or tips you can give would be greatly appreciated!
My background has 3 years of Engineering experience with primary focus on Manufacturing of Water & Wastewater Treatment Systems. Though I am considering sticking to Manufacturing but I am also interested in various other industries such as Tech and Healthcare.
from The University of Chicago in Vancouver, BC, Canada
1. to build a strong and reliable network outside of my industry and function.
2. to be in an immersive ecosystem that organically promotes professional and individual growth.
3. to leverage the resources available at good MBA schools- career services, leadership coaching, start-up accelerators, clubs, world class faculty etc.
4. To help open doors with "traditional" managers who consider a MBA degree to be a half-decent proxy for experience.
While all kinds of educational content is available in MOOCs nowadays, I felt that certain concepts, frameworks etc. would be better suited to learning in a collaborative environment through dialogue, team-work, and experimentation etc.
MBA is just a means to an end. You should ask yourself- what do you lack in your professional (and personal) life that an MBA can help with and are there other avenues that can lead you to the same destination without an MBA? I think there's enough data out there to show that one can succeed with or without an MBA.
from Stanford University in Honolulu, HI, USA