Till a couple of years back, investment banks and other lots used to do it, now they dont!  
 its simply a lot of overhead expense in a tie up with a B-school and paying for education. Every other person is an engg or an MBA.

Thanks, that does Make sense. I think sponsorship does exist in very few cases where the company decides you need to upskill in a traditional MBA, but definitely becoming much rarer

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Hi  I have not heard a lot about tech companies sponsoring MBAs for their employees in India but this seems to be slightly more common Stateside.  I am mainly interested in the postgrad programs sp...

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Hi

I have not heard a lot about tech companies sponsoring MBAs for their employees in India but this seems to be slightly more common Stateside.

I am mainly interested in the postgrad programs sponsorship policies of your companies or startups, is it different for those in software and those in product/business role? 

Note: While an mba is not essential for moving up the ladder in tech as much as in other industries, it could still be quite helpful for those moving into strategy or management roles within the company.

Does sponsorship work on a case by case basis in your company or is there a common policy for all?

Thanks! And sorry for the repost

Does your company sponsor employees for B school programs

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I have not heard a lot about tech companies sponsoring MBAs for their employees in India, though it seems to be slightly more common Stateside.

I am mainly interested in learning about the sponsorship policies in your company or startup for postgrad programs, is there a difference between how this works for Software engineers compared to those in business/product roles?

Note: While an mba is not essential for moving up the ladder in tech as much as in other industries, it could still be quite helpful for those looking to move into strategy or management roles within the firm

Thanks!

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I am looking for companies which can potentially sponsor US relocation from India (or through Europe maybe?).

Tbh, I had joined Uber in the hope that I would get a transfer but I don't see that happening now given the company dynamics has changed. So, I am looking for a switch asap.

Have seen people taking transfers through Rubrik. Is it still the case? What about other mid to large size companies? Or Any startup?

TC: 60L 
Role: SWE 2
YOE: ~2 years

Companies sponsoring US relocation from India

Software Engineer

Me: APM with almost 2 years of experience looking to do an MBA to fast track my career.

Post-MBA roles:
- Product Management
- Strategy Roles
- Program/Project Management
- General Management
- Other similar roles

Long term goal: To stay in India; fine with working 2-3 years abroad.

Query 1: Considering an average profile with 9/8/8 in high school/intermediate/college, tier-1 undergrad and 2 years work-ex at a start-up. Do I have a chance to bag an MBA admit from the following with little scholarship:

- LBS
- Insead
- HEC Paris
- Oxford
- Cambridge
- SDA Bocconi
- NUS Singapore
- IESE
- ISB

I'm targeting 1 year programs only for cost purposes, hence the US is out of the picture. Feel free to suggest good 1 yr US programs

Query 2: How much GMAT is required for my profile to get into these schools?

Query 3: Are 2 year IIM Programs more advisable for me and should I leave abroad colleges altogether. At the maximum, I can't wait more than 3 years of work-ex at the time of applying due to personal reasons.

Please guide me🙏🙏🙏🙏

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Product management

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Hey everyone, excited to be doing this AMA!

A brief about me, I work currently as a Director of Product at an Indian unicorn startup 

About my career: 
- Did my undergrad from IIT and then masters from an Ivy league school
- Have been in product for almost 10 years now - across 2 Indian unicorn startups and a publicly listed company

Would love to take questions on what it means to be a PM, growing within the role, building your career, and other things :) 

Will be back here at 4 pm and start replying
Shoot away!

AMA 🎙️: Hey all, I am pmsprint, Director of Product Management at a Unicorn in India!

Product Manager

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I want to get into a program management kind of role or something like strategy

Can the good Samaritans help me 

Also how do you generally apply to jobs ?

Which startups are hiring ?

3 years in Google
16+ years of experience
8+ years of EM experience
Google hiring committee member

Ask me anything

EM at Google, AMA

Software project manager

Hello everyone,

I'm Varun, the co-founder of Mesa School of Business. We’re Asia’s first startup focused business school focused on fostering the next generation of startup leaders in India.

Prior to Mesa, I was a Sr. Product Manager at Amazon in Seattle, and did my MBA from Kellogg School of Management.

I'd love to chat with you folks about my journey in building Mesa, my thoughts on higher education, 0-to-1 building, amongst other things.

Ask me anything! :)
I'll be back at 5 pm and start answering.

I'm Varun, Co-Founder at Mesa School of Business. Ask me anything!

Founder

Hi everyone,
I'm working in a pre-sales role at IBM. I completed MBA in 2023 and I feel that IBM is bit slow and bureacratic. I was hoping I would be able to switch to a startup. But I have a few questions -

1. Do startups pay well for MBA based roles too or is it only the dev team that get paid well? My comp at IBM is 25 LPA and I would like to be within similar range.

2. How do you find primarily about jobs in startups? Is LinkedIn the best source or are there other more effective methods to know about openings?

3. Do startups hire MBA folks with ~1 years of experience in MNCs or do they primarily look for fresh out of college people only? Is profile switch possible (i.e. from sales to finance/operations/supply chain etc)

Jobs for MBA freshers in startups

Sales

Hi, so I graduated two years back with a bachelor's in management studies (bba basically) but I was hell-bent on entering the development (social) sector for work which I eventually did a few months after graduating but unfortunately things didn't work out for me and so I chose to finally leave the sector due to the meagre salaries being provided. I've been working as a copywriter for the past 5 months since I was not able to get any calls from other industries as they deemed my social sector exp irrelevant. Turns out that even the ad industry is a low-paying one, so I have decided to try for Product Management roles since the responsibilities align with my interest and the pay is great. But as I do not have a tech degree or exp, is it even possible to enter the industry? Is there any way to leverage my social sector experience since a prerequisite for the social sector is to be able to empathise with the beneficiaries which is akin to understanding the pain point of users in corporate?

Career Switch from Social Sector

Folks,
I am currently in the market looking to gather ideas and help to make my.move into strategy &partnerships/ product roles into startups. I have recently completed a MBA from FT40 ranked program in UK and looking to move back with 6+ years into economic advisory experience and currently working with a startup accelerator in UK. Hoping to hear back a few thoughts.

FT40 UK MBA move to strategy/partnerships role in Indian Startups

hey guys - Im product manager for 6years with good companies in india. im non mba but iit grad. 

how to approach for product manager role at google or microsoft? or they only need mba grad?

non mba trying to enter google/microsoft as product manager? please advise

People, who gone through the journey of GMAT, tier-1 MBA college India or US, how do you assess whether or not to join a early stage startup right after college, does it affect chances of getting in? keeping in mind I don't come from engineering background or tier-1 college.

Also, where did you study for GMAT? I gave it once after prepping for a year to score around 650. Any recommendations?

GMAT&MBA query

Intern

What's preferred in MBA? What do people optimize for? 
Is ISB good?
For getting into Finance or Consulting, what would you recommend - IIMs vs ISB?

IIMs vs ISB - 2Yr MBA vs 1Yr

Consultant

Questions:

1. What was your job title pre and post MBA? 
What kind of an expectation did you have before going for an MBA?

2. How did the degree help you in terms of career growth, salary hikes?

3. Anybody who's started up post the MBA? If yes, how did it help?

Any Product Managers with an MBA degree from ISB or any other ivy league abroad? If yes, please comment. 🥺🙌

I’ve been working in Saas sales for the past 5 years at global org and startups and currently exploring the option of an MBA in order to move to the US. My reasons for the same are - better pay, more opportunity and developing management skill set.

Is it a wise move? Anyone here who has done this before and can advice? 

PS - I’m a BBA grad with good grads from a private uni.

MBA for people in SaaS Sales?

Business Development Manager

Has anyone here done double MBA? 
I am currently thinking of doing another MBA(outside India). Did my MBA from top 15 Bschools in India 10 years back.
Reason: Honestly want to move out of India.

Double MBA

Head of Growth

Background: I completed my engineering degree from a tier 3 college in India and have been working as a software engineer in multiple early-stage startups in India and UAE for the past 7 years.

I have always had a desire to start my own company, and though I attempted it twice in the past, unfortunately, those endeavors didn't succeed.

I don't have any prestigious affiliations or connections. Neither have I worked for a renowned company nor attended a prestigious college. Consequently, I also lack a strong professional network. This makes me wonder if pursuing an MBA from a reputable college would be beneficial for my entrepreneurial aspirations.

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