Should entrepreneurs get an MBA? By Mario Luis Tavares Ferreira

CMN 432, Management, MBA, Personal, Security No Comments »

ORIGINAL SOURCE HERE

26th March 2009

mba_letters-300x290 Should entrepreneurs get an MBA?I was reading a polemic if entrepreneurs should, or not, get an MBA and I would like to put forth my idea about the matter.

We are always learning and will continue until dead. There is always something that could be improved and, to figure out, knowledge will facilitate the process.

I agree that many entrepreneurs develop their business skills with blood, sweat and tears, as I did. I co-founded two high tech start-ups and, after 25 years of

Tags: , , , , , , ,

Persistence

Music, Personal No Comments »

, , , , , , ,

Advice for new managers: part 2 (by By Scott Berkun)

Management No Comments »

By Scott Berkun, June 1, 2006

In part one, I covered getting started, why managers are different and other essentials. Here in part 2 we get into tactics you need for the first few weeks.

Getting acclimated

The AlpsSurvival training of any kind teaches you one thing: before you act, know where you are. Say, for example, I dumped you, blindfolded and dehydrated, in the Swiss Alps. Your first move wouldn

Tags: , , , , , , , , , ,

Advice for new managers: part 1 (By Scott Berkun)

Management No Comments »

By Scott Berkun, January 25, 2006

The central mistake new managers make is egoism. On the surface, the change is all about you: you

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , ,

Top ten reasons managers become great (From The Berkun Blog)

Management, Personal No Comments »

As a positive counterpoint to my list of why managers become assholes, and as a counterbalance to my tendency to write cynically,

Tags: , , , , , , ,