Malik: MBAs make sense primarily for entering structured corporate paths
Raman Malik · Raman Malik: Inside Perplexity’s Growth Machine: What Worked, What Did Not Work | E1226 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings · Nov 15, 2024 · at 2:14
Raman Malik, Head of Growth at Perplexity, outlines who benefits most from an MBA program during an interview on 20VC.
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“I think MBAs make a lot of sense for people who are trying to break into a specific industry. Like if you are trying to break into private equity or you want to be a PM at Amazon or go into McKinsey, then MBAs have like your preset path and you just follow your guidelines. You have a community to work with and prep for. And you'll hopefully get in. So it's a very, like, expensive bridge to breaking into one of those fields, but for many people, that's an incredibly valuable, valuable journey.”
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