Ten Blogs To Help You Earn Your MBA 2.0
MBA 2.0 class is in session
I won’t knock folks who worked hard to get their MBAs–or masters of business administration. It’s a tough program that teaches lots of important lessons. And it’s become a standard for entry into some prestigious positions.
Unfortunately, MBAs aren’t specifically designed to make you successful; they’re designed to make you moderately financially successful. They’re not designed to make you financially free, either; they’re designed to make you dependent on a job–a company man or woman. Executives with MBAs tend to be the heavy lifters on the corporate plantation; not innovators and idea guys.
Truly wealthy–and I mean wildly wealthy–people usually don’t have an MBA. Why? Because business training instructs you what not to do–not what to do–to make money and enjoy your wealth. It teaches you how to not make mistakes; not how to explore.
A business degree can fill you with limitations.
If you have an MBA, though, don’t despair. If you don’t have an MBA, rejoice. The web has more financial information and tools than all the MBA programs in the world combined. You can find a lot of that keen financial insight, typically limit-free, in blogs, for example.
Here are the top ten blogs that I believe can serve as a foundation for your MBA 2.0:
Paul Kedrosky gives you insights into the market and the economy.
Howard’s got a unique style and solid wisdom. He comes at things from a venture-capital, trader stance. He’s probably funnier than 99 percent of your MBA profs, too.
The author of the Psychology of Trading offers his input for free. The web is great, right?
Great blog (and cool service, too) and lots of valuable information from the other flank of the financial equation: how to spend your money wisely.
Looking for more in-depth analysis of personal finance issues. Here’s your blog.
Common sense advice from several perspectives: running a business, earning money, and saving money. Oh, and enjoying life.
Tim talks a lot about the “new rich.” It’s essentially a new way of looking at wealth not as something to be accumulated, but as something that can be leveraged to get more out of wealth.
Everything I ever learned about marketing I learned from Seth Godin. Every time I messed up my marketing, it was because I didn’t listen to Seth Godin.
Do they teach how to make money by publishing your musings online in MBA classes? They do here.
Malcolm Gladwell, the author of Blink and The Tipping Point, has a contrarian, asymetrical, but dead-on way of analyzing challenges and explaining them.
OK, class. Let’s hit those blogs.
There will be a test every day as you proceed on your journey to financial freedom.
Class dismissed.
Extra credit: For my own international MBA 2.0, I’ve been reading a new friend of this blog, In Business, UK.
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is one of my favorite financial books of all time. It's an allegory about a guy who has a terrible job, and how he overcomes challenges to achieve his dreams.
Okay … I admit it, a four hour week appeals to me! There is someone else who has built his business based on a 4 hour working week and he uses online labour abroad to do most of his work and keep his costs down … will post again when I remember his name.
Thanks Steve.
Yes, please do. I’d love to hear more!