"I'd always wanted to do an MBA. Job listings asked for them, colleagues seemed to get promoted because of them, and I came to see them as a cheat code for reaching the top of the corporate world. But when I was laid off in 2022 from a tech job in my late 30s, I used my mid-five-figure severance package to launch a startup. I 100% believe that I've learned more from my startup experience than I ever could have in a classroom."
"After graduating with a degree in Sports and Business Management in 2005, I knew what I wanted: a corporate career, a skyscraper office in London or New York, and to one day make the C-suite. I spent three years at Anheuser-Busch and then nearly nine years at FedEx, where I learned the fundamentals of running a business. In 2021, I joined G-P, a private equity-backed HR technology company, where I started a side project in my spare time: building an HR tech marketplace."
Sam Perry pursued a corporate career after graduating in Sports and Business Management, working at Anheuser-Busch, FedEx, and later at G-P. A side project building an HR tech marketplace began as a learning exercise. After winning an industry award with his team, he was laid off in 2022 and chose to use a mid-five-figure severance to launch a startup instead of pursuing an MBA. He evaluated expensive MBAs like Harvard and Wharton and cheaper alternatives, but concluded that building and selling a company taught him more practical skills and provided stronger differentiation in the job market.
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