Got BBA?

[SampaGuy]

Entrepreneurial minded is good, but you don't need to waste several years getting a management degree to be successful in your own business.

Well, I don't see education as a waste of time. I'm not studying just for the piece of paper that I get in the end (though yes, it does have its value), which is also why the OP would do an mba even if he started his own business, to get educated, and perhaps get more results from his business.

Sidenote - You don't really see people in top positions at companies holding Management degrees. Hell, our managerial science professor last semester claimed it was a completely useless degree, and hes a higher up @ Delta so he's got some experience and credibility.

My friend's stepdad is a millionaire and he majored in european history or something like that at GSU. I know that your major is not going to make or break you, I just think that CIS or accounting really narrows down your expertise.

[ironchef]

Well, I don't see education as a waste of time. I'm not studying just for the piece of paper that I get in the end (though yes, it does have its value), which is also why the OP would do an mba even if he started his own business, to get educated, and perhaps get more results from his business.



My friend's stepdad is a millionaire and he majored in european history or something like that at GSU. I know that your major is not going to make or break you, I just think that CIS or accounting really narrows down your expertise.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not knocking getting an education. I'm all for that. I just think that a management degree is completely useless. If you get a CIS or accounting degree you have a speciality thats always in demand generally, particularly CIS. Management is just too broad and vague to be actually useful.

As far as the MBA goes you gotta think about it in financial terms.

Would benefit of getting the MBA outweigh the cost of graduate school + time spent for school that could've been spent on the business + lost wages through say reduced working hours, and so on.

Its great to have an education, but without any experience to put it to use, its rather useless.