Tarun’s forum pseudonym (MoneyMoney) highlights what he focussed on during the MBA admissions process. His objective was pretty clear. He wanted to minimize not only his admissions costs, but also the cost of attending the MBA program. His strategy paid off.

The Carlson MBA offered by the Carlson School of Management offered him a 100% scholarship (full tuition waiver). The Simon MBA program at the University of Rochester gave him a 45 percent MBA scholarship.
Out of the 14 bschools he applied to (yup, a lot and he admits it), he paid the application fee only for three. We had no clue how he did it. So we asked him to write a post and share his strategies.

What is the average age for MBA in India, USA, UK, Singapore (add your favourite MBA destination here)? Apart from the statistical relevance of the question, there’s also an introspective aspect. The first one is easier to answer as most MBA portals and business school websites list this in the MBA Class profile section along with the other data like average GMAT scores. The other part is what that might mean for you, as an MBA applicant to a specific category of MBA colleges.

Let’s tackle the two separately.

In the previous post we cover the basics of venture capital. If you missed it here’s the post – What is Venture capital?

In this post we list down the prominent venture capital firms in India. Many of these These are the firms with the most active and multiple venture capital funds i.e. in terms of investments made.

Venture Capital Firms in India

Some of the venture capital firms in India operate out of multiple locations. So we have categorised it based on the primary city for each.

The topic of average GMAT score for ISB Hyderabad (Indian School of Business) gets discussed a lot. We published an article about an MBA applicant who got into ISB with a low GMAT score of 610.

This time we consider another aspect of GMAT scores i.e. the limited utility of a high GMAT score.
Ritesh had an impressive GMAT score of 760. You’d think such a score would make life easy for any MBA applicant at any of the top b-schools.

Far from it, as Ritesh got rejected twice. So what was it that finally got him an admit and a scholarship from the same bschool that had rejected him twice?

The Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) successfully ventured into the world of GMAT based 1-year programs in India by launching IIMA PGPX (IIM Ahmedabad), IIMB EPGP (IIM Bangalore) & IIMC PGPEX (IIM Calcutta). And soon enough the demand for these shorter duration MBA courses shot up. And so did the confusion about Executive MBA in India vs MBA for Executives.
The average GMAT scores, the average work experience and the overall calibre of students who join these one year IIM MBA programs in India demonstrate the quality of these courses. During IIM placements, the average salaries for graduates after completing the MBA program from these IIMs is significantly higher than the conventional 2-year progams in India.
Like thousands of Indian MBA applicants, Shiv Mallya was one of the hopeful Indian IT Male Engineer candidates who set his eyes on the IIMs. The earlier rejections from top 1 year MBA programs wasn’t exactly the best start he could’ve expected to his MBA admissions journey. But he evaluated and analysed what went wrong and took another shot. This time he got admits from…not one, not two, but all 3 IIMs that he applied to. Here’s how he managed to juggle his day-job, deadlines and diapers.

In our mini-series on venture capital jobs, we covered the basics of VC (What is Venture Capital?) and the money involved (read – Venture Capitalist salary range in India & USA). You might be wondering how you could get a venture capital job. Unfortunately, given the attractive nature of the industry & the fantastic perks at stake, thousands of extremely capable folks like you are doing the same. In fact, many have gone beyond just pondering about it. They have been exploring all possible avenues to break into the best venture capital firms in India and abroad. And they’ve been doing this for years.

So what is it that makes getting venture capital jobs so damn difficult?

The GMAT exam is as much about speed as it is about accuracy. If you know all the tips to tackle the GMAT syllabus, but you don’t know how to crack GMAT questions in time, the scoring algorithm will penalise you. In this MBA Crystal Ball post, the experts from GoGMAT provide ideas on how to solve difficult GMAT questions that may seem simple at first.

You remember our friend Achamba – The Super MBA, don’t you? Oh c’mon, just because he’s been busy with some important MBA work that lesser mortals like you and I can’t fathom, doesn’t mean we write him off.

We bumped into him on Facebook when he shared this picture that seems to have gone viral.

Our highly effective Crystal Ball tells us that you’d like to earn a venture capitalist salary and retire early. Correct? If the answer is No, just wait till you finish reading this post. Before you go and talk to the venture capital firms in India or USA or anywhere else, it’s important that you do your homework.

We started the journey with an overview of venture capital. Here’s the post (What is venture capital?). In this post, we get into a typical venture capital firm and try to understand the pecking order i.e. the various designations, who does what and how much they can earn.

GMAT Maths questions are considered (primarily by engineers) to be easier than GMAT verbal questions. But underestimating the difficulty levels of the GMAT Maths section is frequently the reason why many test takers score low on the quantitative section. GoGMAT continues the GMAT preparation series on MBA Crystal Ball, by taking up sample questions related to Remainders.