As MBA tutors who prep students for b schools in statistics and math boot camps we get asked a lot of pre MBA questions. One of those ‘Does where you go to b-school matter?’ is almost an age old question. Questions related to this include: How important is the b-school brand name? Are rankings important? …
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MBA students: $20 Amazon.com gift card for $10!
Most of us as MBA tutors or MBA students, buy plenty of books from amazon.com. Here is a little gift from Amazon.com and Living Social. Buy a $20 gift card for $10! Thats a 50% discount for you.
Investing in distressed assets
Investing in distressed assets requires great skill and talent. I would even consider investing in distressed assets to be a profession by itself!
Is Renting Textbooks Really Cheaper Than Buying?
MBA text books are very expensive. At least most of them! Today Mint.com blog post has an interesting article on the question “Is Renting Textbooks Really Cheaper Than Buying?” Its a good article with talks about the various options and the pros and cons. The answer really depends. Read the full article here.
Valuation Multiples with Google’s Groupon offer! (part 2)
Multiples based valuation requires comparable companies to start with. Comparable companies are similar companies or companies that are in the same business, with similar characteristics, growth rates, profit margins, etc. These financial and operating metrics are used to arrive at valuation multiples.
Business Valuation with Google’s Groupon offer! (part 1)
How did Google arrive at Groupon’s business value. business valuation principles direct us to use either the discounted cash flow method orvaluation multiples method to arrive at business valuations.
For Profit Education: Getting out of debt or into debt!?
Jeremy Dehn a professor shares his thoughts on the recent hearings on the money making machine the for profit universities have been accused of being.
Best Executive MBA (EMBA) Programs
Are the EMBA rankings really meaning full? Check out the methodology too? What in your opinion should really matter?
Is college worth $50,000+
A yahoo finance article on college tuition lists out a few colleges that charge $50,000+ per year! Is college worth this much? Maybe yes. But why would you pay this much when you have plenty of other great options that will cost you only a fraction of this price!
Executive MBA vs. Full time MBAs : Tuition
The economist has an interesting article on the cost difference between Executive MBA programs and the Full time MBAs programs. The articles indicates that some of this difference can be justified by the higher expectations and demands of the senior executives. We can attest for that. We tutor MBA students both full time students and executive students at www.graduatetutor.com and can tell you that the executive students really expect more.