After Class 12: Need to run a business?

Class 12 or PUC II is a defining threshold in education. It also is a platform to take the leap in pursuit of your career ambitions. A lot of students come to me asking

  • What should be my education choices given that I wish to become an entrepreneur?
  • What should I study next to become eligible to carry forward my family business?
  • What should I study that will give me the confidence to start a small company, a startup?

You will need business and managerial skills to go down this path. Also, having the right technical competence helps to know the business you are in thoroughly. You can go down any of the following pathways

Pathway 1

  1. Pursue BBM – Bachelor in Business Management – 3 years.
  2. Follow it up with a MBA – Master of Business Management – 1.5 to 2.5 years.
  3. Onto job field

Pathway 2

  1. Do a technical course – B.E. (Bachelor of Engineering) (4 year course) or B.Sc.(Bachelor of Science) (3-5 years)
  2. Get some work experience and pursue MBA OR pursue MBA directly – 1.5 to 2.5 years
  3. Get to job field

Pathway 3

  1. Pursue BCA – Bachelor of Computer Applications (3 years)
  2. Get some work experience and pursue MBA OR pursue MBA directly – 1.5 to 2.5 years
  3. Get to job field

Professional TIP: If you have the luxury of time, do contemplate pursuing MBA after gaining 3-5 years of work experience in the field. A lot of top notch MBA colleges look for Work Experience before admitting students to their MBA courses. Also, the work experience will hold you in good stead as you pursue your MBA and even after you get back to job field.

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