Im currently active duty marine corps, before i get out i want to get an MBA. The reason i want to get an MBA is because i want to start a cyber cafe (become an entrepreneur) when i get out of the Marine Corps or if that fails work for a large corporation. I want to know if it is worth the time and money to attend an online MBA course, If so what college should i use. Thank You
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Great question.
I have an MBA, and so do a few of my friends. We talk about starting businesses constantly.
Your question already assumes that an online MBA course will give you the info you need.
I think you have other options.
Usually, a class is lots of formality, with only a little substance.
You’ll be focused on jumping through the professor hoops to get your high grade.
There are other (and i think better) options.
Go to Amazon.com, and type in ‘entrepreneur’ and ‘small business’. There are lots of books there.
One i really like is “The Portable MBA in Entrepreneurship”
Another is: “Beating the odds at small business”
Unless you plan to finish your MBA, learn from these books first. Then, you’ll have a better understanding of what info you’ll need.
You should focus on actions that will get you direct info to your task, and will help you network.
Even with my MBA, the best course i took was after i finished it. It was funded by the US Dept of Commerce, and it was a 13 week course on writing your business plan. It was hosted by U of Wisconsin. It only cost me $200, because the gov’t paid the extra $700 because it’s a job creation program.
You can also look at these free online MBA classes from MIT:http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/home/home/…
Best of luck to you.
I hope you become very rich.
Source: MBA, and BS in computer science.