In his new book, author and consultant Josh Kaufman not only explains the reasons he chose not to pursue his MBA but does a rather masterful job of eviscerating the program in general.
Spending around $250,000 or more, says Kaufman, to get an MBA from a top business school is a lousy investment and completely unnecessary. In fact, the whole biz-school deal is essentially a money-making enterprise for educational institutions, he says.
Kaufman is canny enough to know that just reading this book in a linear fashion — one chapter after another — is not necessarily the best way to go, so he encourages browsing, skimming and skipping around. I’d add, in fact, that reading it sequentially is downright boring, so after about 125 pages, I abandoned the effort and skipped around, as suggested.
I think Kaufman is a very smart guy, and maybe his collective nuggets would resonate more with other audiences, though it didn’t quite make it with me. Richard Pachter, McClatchy Newspapers
