The original mafia is a lot bigger. You cant beat traditional MBAs.
True! the ads are haunting me still!
Loved their newsletters tbh. Very articulate
content agency becoming mba school.
They push down a 2yr intensive course within 12 weeks and call themselves alt MBA - don’t think that really went well with students . Their only differentiator was cost which actually makes very less sense . Also , there was hardly any data shared on placements and alumni network of STOA
I think the positioning was also kind of off. "Alt-MBA" itself anchors it to the term MBA and the comparison is something that just doesn't go away.
Or perhaps it was just a ZIRP era phenomenon that many overfunded companies recruited from such places (as well as the open job market) in numbers and reality hit soon enough.
Core positioning was built around quashing MBAs - which can work in bull run, but when it comes to real world hiring & network building - your alma mater is the king.
They could have gotten actual veterans & legacy companies associated to build long term trust - like Masters Union.
Heard from some ex employee that their dues are pending and everyone fears the one time challenger Neo-MBA Alternative company has no funds and will to continue.
Is it shutting down? Or are they pivoting again! ??
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