Re:Business School is a Joke
by jason_tko on Sunday February 14, 2010 @09:45PM
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Background : I started a business and managed to build it out with no formal education at all.
I often wonder whether formal education in business would have helped me, or hindered me.
I'm certain the structured information contained in a structured business course would have been useful.
At the same time, when I was starting out, I did a lot of things that no reasonable educational institution would advocate just to get through the month and make payday. During all of this, I was reading and learning as fast as I could about all of the numerous knowledge gaps I began to realise I had, as I came up against various walls.
After years of experience in running a business, when I read books about business/sales/marketing/economics, it's far easier to process and understand the theory.
I think any kind of education about business is valuable, but I also think it's 10 times more valuable if you have some kind of real-life experience to which you can map the theory.
I often wonder whether formal education in business would have helped me, or hindered me.
I'm certain the structured information contained in a structured business course would have been useful.
At the same time, when I was starting out, I did a lot of things that no reasonable educational institution would advocate just to get through the month and make payday. During all of this, I was reading and learning as fast as I could about all of the numerous knowledge gaps I began to realise I had, as I came up against various walls.
After years of experience in running a business, when I read books about business/sales/marketing/economics, it's far easier to process and understand the theory.
I think any kind of education about business is valuable, but I also think it's 10 times more valuable if you have some kind of real-life experience to which you can map the theory.