2 Minute MBA!

[ratewhore]

It's simply that when I look at the people I meet who have MBA's I struggle to believe that they have had to apply the same academic rigour as I apply to getting an MSc.

I got me an MSc. They ain't all that...

[Mich the Tester]

I got me an MSc. They ain't all that...

Mine woz reelly 'ard, innit.

[TheFaQQer]

better put, a company is in business to make a profit

I beg to differ.

"A company exists solely to make money for its shareholders".

is much better put that your attempt, milan.

[Board Game Geek]

There's a very good quote about profit and sanity or vanity that would be good to expound right now. I can't remember what it was though.

[TheFaQQer]

There's a very good quote about profit and sanity or vanity that would be good to expound right now. I can't remember what it was though.

Sales is vanity, profit is sanity and cash is reality?

Turnover is vanity, profit is sanity but cash is king?

Volume is vanity, profit is sanity?

Production is vanity, profit is sanity?

Any one of those, I guess.

[PM-Junkie]

Sales is vanity, profit is sanity and cash is reality?

Turnover is vanity, profit is sanity but cash is king?

Volume is vanity, profit is sanity?

Production is vanity, profit is sanity?

Any one of those, I guess.

The actual quote is "market share is vanity, profit is sanity, cash flow is reality"

Sorry to be boring.

[TheFaQQer]

The actual quote is "market share is vanity, profit is sanity, cash flow is reality"

Sorry to be boring.

Depends on who you are quoting, doesn't it

All of mine are the top few hits from a Google search for profit and vanity...

[PM-Junkie]

Depends on who you are quoting, doesn't it

All of mine are the top few hits from a Google search for profit and vanity...

Mine is attributed to Baruch, who is generally accepted as being the originator of that little gem. I'm not entirely convinced though...

[Gonzo]

..... but making money continually over a period of many years involves a more developed way of thinking, involving an understanding of technology, the outside world, human relationships, social expectations and norms, political developments and so on and so on. A business which loses the goodwill of society is on the wrong course......

But I am a shareholder NOW, not in many years' time.

So I want the profits NOW, not in many years' time.

How do we overcome that?

[MPwannadecentincome]

But I am a shareholder NOW, not in many years' time.

So I want the profits NOW, not in many years' time.

How do we overcome that?

You must be in a hedge fund?