I’m not a big fan of MBAs, though it can be good for people who are not naturally business oriented and have minimal business experience.  For entrepreneurs, I’ve often recommended reading this book:
The Portable MBA in Entrepreneurship

I read this when I started my first company out of college (here’s an old story on it: GrapeApe) and it helped me greatly.  It covers key areas the MBA covers, and it’s from Babson College, home of the original entrepreneurship MBA program.

Between this book and having the experience of starting a business, I felt after my first business that I had better experience earned “in the trenches” than I would have obtained through an academically oriented MBA program.  I have plenty of friends with MBAs and I think they would have been better served investing the money into starting a business and learning on the job.  That approach is not for everyone, but it sure is educational if you can stomach it, and can be quite fun as well (not to mention, no academic homework!).

If you want to read Uncle Saul’s take on getting an MBA, you can view his post here. For those who don’t know Uncle Saul, he’s a fellow blogger and friend to FastSpring whose blog we enjoy.

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