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The music industry is highly lucrative and insanely competitive. It takes more than musical talent to be successful. Many who are unfamiliar with the industry, underestimate the complexity of launching and successfully running a band. It comes with all the challenges of managing a regular business. Berklee trained Achyuth Jaigopal started ‘When Chai Met Toast’ … Read more
Aditya Vaze is a successful professional with over a decade of work experience who worked with MBA Crystal Ball to define his career path and made it happen with an admit to ISB PGPMAX – the executive MBA from ISB for senior professionals. This is the transcript of our our video Q&A with Aditya. Watch … Read more
Wondering how to get into MBB after MBA? The first and foremost step would be to get into a strong consulting feeder school. Komal’s journey should give you an idea of how it works. Her MBA story is impressive. She got into LBS with a Forte fellowship, completed a semester at Yale and graduated on … Read more
After 7 years of work experience, Bratati was at a crossroads in her career. She already had an MBA from IIT and had worked in SCM roles. The two top choices she was mulling over were a second MBA from an international business school versus a specialized masters degree. MIT offers 2 masters degree options … Read more
Raghavendra Polanki had an amazing ride from the startup world to the world’s most coveted company, Google. But his thirst for learning didn’t stop. He was convinced that an MBA would help him fuel his next growth phase. We interviewed him on our YouTube channel. Here’s the transcript. If you prefer watching the original video, … Read more
Roma Mishra, an IT professional, applied to the top 3 IIM one year MBA programs – IIM Ahmedabad (IIMA PGPX), IIM Bangalore (IIMB EPGP), IIMC MBAEx) – after a career break, and with a modest GMAT score of 710. She got into two of them, with one (IIMA) offering her scholarship. Check out her journey. … Read more
She took a voluntary career break for her little one. Now she is ready to spread her wings and fly again. Like most working women who take time off during pregnancy, Shini Narayanan wondered what it would take to not just get back to what she loved doing, but also help her accelerate the pace … Read more
The Cambridge full-time MBA is a 1-year intensive program from the one of the world’s most prestigious research universities associated with a rich 800-year old tradition. Studying in the vibrant and picturesque student city of Cambridge in UK places you at the heart of a world-class innovation and tech ecosystem – ‘Silicon Fen’ – valued … Read more
For decades, having an IIT + IIM combination on the resume has been the gold standard to gain respect in India. And then, the IIT + ISB combo joined the club. But trends and aspirations change over time. While IIT still remains an aspirational brand, many IITians pair it up with an international MBA degree, … Read more
Why do chartered accountants get an MBA? Isn’t the CA qualification good enough? What if you combine a CA with CFA – would that be better? Ananya Wadhwa had both qualifications on her resume (CA + CFA Level 3), but they didn’t seem enough for the career goal she had in mind i.e. getting into … Read more
Long-time followers of MBA Crystal Ball would be aware of the lucrative post-MBA jobs in consulting, big tech, banking, PE/VC where the compensation can scale dizzying heights. It may have prompted you to think about how you can get your hands on one of those lucrative roles that can touch $200,000 or even more. The … Read more
The option to get an international MBA after CA is becoming popular among professionals who were earlier happy to build their career on their chartered accountancy qualification. Janak Daswani joins the small but growing list of chartered accountants from India who have successfully cracked the international MBA admissions process. In fact, it wouldn’t be wrong … Read more