What are the pros and cons of getting an MBA when you're already in product marketing/marketing and looking to stay in this field and under what circumstances does an MBA help?
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Howl VP of Product Marketing | Formerly Google • 3y
Most of my career has been spent in Marketing and I used my MBA to transition industries (from CPG to Tech) and location (from Latin America/regional teams to the United ...
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Freshworks Vice President - Global Product Marketing | Formerly Klaviyo, Qualtrics, Microsoft, MckInsey • 3y
MBA certainly provides access to a network and usually a world-class quality education and introduction to marketing frameworks which are useful in any marketing job. But...
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It really depends on your goals and the current situation. In my humble opinion, the value of an MBA is likely to be higher if one or a few of the following things are tr...
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Boxford Capital Managing Partner | Formerly Barracuda, SilverSky, Digital Guardian, OpenPages, Cybertrust • 8y
Perhaps this is controversial, but I would say there are zero pros and many, many cons. MBAs can be useful if you're looking to switch fields. Otherwise, I'd much rathe...
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Chainguard Senior Director of Product Management • 5y
If you are literally looking to stay in product marketing or marketing (and already have a job in the field) then I would agree with the other posters that an MBA is not ...
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Blue Yonder Product Marketing Director • 8y
MBAs are definitely great if you are switching fields. They are also great from a networking perspective. There are plenty of people who studied business or marketing...
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Groove Senior Director of Product Marketing • 3y
The MBA is a classic example of selection bias. The type of person likely to get an MBA tends to be more motivated and talented than average. Thus if you take a pool of M...
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