The business case for women getting an MBA
Today’s guest contributor is Frances Kweller, entrepreneur and founder of Kweller Prep, a learning incubator specializing in advanced test preparation in New York City.
Ideas are nothing. Execution is everything.
While women may have many ideas for starting their own businesses, or for improving an existing business, the problem is that far too few of us can execute those ideas.
To succeed in business requires more than just a brilliant idea, or even the courage to execute the idea. It requires a specific skill set.
As obvious as that sounds, too often women do not appreciate the value of an MBA degree.
According to data collected by the Graduate Management Admission Council in 2011, women (23%) are nearly twice as likely as men (13%) to have considered pursuing any kind of master’s program, but men (61%) were much more likely than women (47%) to have considered an MBA.
