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Name:   MartiniMan The author of this post is registered as a member - Email Member
Subject:   I bet Bill Gates wishes he had and MBA
Date:   5/8/2010 12:29:57 PM

The problem with the MBA is not the degree itself. You can learn a great many things from MBA courses. I would say though that in the last 11 years of running my own business that many of the principles I learned from the coursework just don't make sense in reality or are extraneous and useless. The exception would be accounting although I still maintain debits and credits are reversed. My CFO tells me I have to get it over it but I just can't let go.

The problem with the MBA is that those that have one (and as I told you I have several that work for me) believe it somehow confers on them some special insight into the world of business that those that are practitioners will never understand. It is just that arrogance and condescension from a piece of paper obtained after having been taught by people, the majority of whom have never been in business.

And having run a multi-million payroll for the government is a far cry from having to make a multi-million dollar payroll. One is pushing a button, the other is laying awake at night hoping the client pays tomorrow because you don't have enough left on your line of credit (which you have personally guaranteed with everything you own) to cover the money the payroll company is going to debit from your account at 2pm the next day. That my friend is business. And that's why when the government adds more bull crap on top of all the other bull crap we get angry.
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More of What They Didn't Read - MrHodja - 5/6/2010 6:53:37 PM
     #2 is a tax on white folks - Lifer - 5/6/2010 7:49:36 PM
     More of What They Didn't Read - Talullahhound - 5/6/2010 8:37:46 PM
          More of What They Didn't Read - GoneFishin - 5/6/2010 9:02:57 PM
          Hound, you don't know squat about business - MartiniMan - 5/6/2010 9:12:17 PM
               er, I'm an MBA - Talullahhound - 5/6/2010 10:48:37 PM
                    er, I'm an MBA, without a clue. - Lifer - 5/7/2010 7:46:53 AM
                         Lifer - water_watcher - 5/7/2010 1:34:12 PM
                              your absolutely right of course. - Lifer - 5/7/2010 4:46:12 PM
                    er, I'm an MBA - MartiniMan - 5/7/2010 8:25:42 AM
                         Actually only took them 4 years - MartiniMan - 5/7/2010 8:27:58 AM
                    er, I'm an MBA - MrHodja - 5/7/2010 8:29:05 AM
                         Maybe - Talullahhound - 5/8/2010 9:44:49 AM
                              I bet Bill Gates wishes he had and MBA - MartiniMan - 5/8/2010 12:29:57 PM
                    er, I'm an MBA - Barneget - 5/7/2010 11:15:01 PM
          More of What They Didn't Read - Summer Lover - 5/6/2010 10:32:31 PM
               If - Talullahhound - 5/6/2010 10:55:52 PM
                    If - Summer Lover - 5/6/2010 11:13:51 PM
                         If - Talullahhound - 5/8/2010 9:47:08 AM
                    If - comrade - 5/6/2010 11:16:33 PM
     More of What They Didn't Read - Summer Lover - 5/6/2010 10:16:48 PM
     The other side of the coin. - Lifer - 5/7/2010 9:29:07 AM
          All I can say is..... - lamont - 5/7/2010 12:14:09 PM
               HEY MM - GoneFishin - 5/7/2010 5:51:16 PM
                    A Little More Than That - MrHodja - 5/7/2010 9:37:20 PM
                         A Little More Than That - GoneFishin - 5/7/2010 10:48:05 PM
                              A Little More Than That - MrHodja - 5/7/2010 11:37:07 PM
                         Ah Yes - Talullahhound - 5/8/2010 10:05:33 AM
                              Overseen, reviewed, studied..... - MartiniMan - 5/8/2010 12:10:10 PM
                                   Wrong. - Talullahhound - 5/8/2010 9:35:23 PM
                                        No, you wrong. - MartiniMan - 5/9/2010 8:42:28 AM
                                             MM is ABSOLUTELY RIGHT - Barneget - 5/9/2010 4:53:56 PM
                                                  I'm not Embarassed - Talullahhound - 5/9/2010 5:41:30 PM
                                                       I'm not Embarassed - Barneget - 5/9/2010 9:47:39 PM
                                             No, you wrong. - Talullahhound - 5/9/2010 5:36:41 PM
                                                  Its not important - MartiniMan - 5/9/2010 5:51:13 PM
                                                  One sentence says it all - Lifer - 5/10/2010 10:45:19 AM
                                                       One sentence says it all - MrHodja - 5/10/2010 11:15:20 AM
                    HEY GF - MartiniMan - 5/7/2010 10:48:36 PM
                         HEY GF - GoneFishin - 5/7/2010 11:01:37 PM
                              HEY GF - comrade - 5/7/2010 11:17:25 PM
                              CHALLENGE - MrHodja - 5/7/2010 11:40:13 PM
                                   HEY COMMIE - GoneFishin - 5/8/2010 12:41:41 AM
                                        HEY COMMIE - comrade - 5/8/2010 12:58:54 AM
                                             HEY COMMIE THIS LESS VEILED - GoneFishin - 5/8/2010 1:21:02 AM
                                                  HEY COMMIE THIS LESS VEILED - comrade - 5/8/2010 1:28:40 AM
                                        HEY COMMIE - comrade - 5/8/2010 1:16:23 AM
                    MM - Talullahhound - 5/8/2010 9:57:37 AM
                         I prefer a puffer fish - MartiniMan - 5/8/2010 11:53:05 AM
               Never got an advanced degree Lamont? - Talullahhound - 5/8/2010 9:54:23 AM
                    Never got an advanced degree Lamont? - Lifer - 5/8/2010 12:38:14 PM
                         Never got an advanced degree Lamont? - MrHodja - 5/8/2010 6:49:17 PM
                         business vs. government. - Talullahhound - 5/8/2010 8:23:30 PM
                              Clarification - Lifer - 5/9/2010 8:05:20 AM
          You Know. - Talullahhound - 5/8/2010 9:52:29 AM
               You Know. - comrade - 5/8/2010 10:17:21 AM
                    No - Talullahhound - 5/8/2010 10:26:47 AM
                         No - comrade - 5/8/2010 7:26:30 PM
                         No - MrHodja - 5/8/2010 8:09:07 PM
                              Yes - Talullahhound - 5/8/2010 8:25:47 PM
                                   Yes - MrHodja - 5/8/2010 8:48:03 PM
               You Know. - comrade - 5/8/2010 10:17:22 AM
               You Know. - MrHodja - 5/8/2010 12:06:37 PM
                    I Don't - Talullahhound - 5/8/2010 8:33:37 PM
                         I Don't - MrHodja - 5/8/2010 8:49:52 PM


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