The Application Process

songqianru wrote:Dear Mr or Ms consultant,

I am in a dilemma so I want to hear some opinions from you.

Last year I began to make some research because I want to become an entrepreneur, and finally I bought a licor store. I have to work after my main full-time work until now. The business has a market price 250000 dollars. Currently I want to design well the space, improve the inventory system, add more non-licor product and train well my staff, so I am pondering if I have to quit my job to do such things. At the same time, this year I want to apply to top MBA programs in the US and focus on topics such as social entrepreneurship and venture capital. Being an entrepreneur gives me a lot of ideas to help "older" people in their retirement and immigrants to settle them down (because I am an immigrant) in a new country.

Therefore I am facing with MBA preparation, business management and full-time work (financial sector) at the same time. I want to quit my job, and as a result i will lose a recommendation letter from my current workplace (it is hard to find a recommendation letter for an entrepreneur). However, if I continue to work I will miss my business and MBA preparation. My question is if quitting the job will hurt my MBA application, and If I quit the job I will ask who can write a recommendation letter for me?

I appreciate very much for any help

Kindly, Song

songqianru wrote:Hi Jon,

Thank you very much for your response. In my previous email, I talked about what I want to do after MBA study: social entrepreneurship and venture capital, and both topics make me become an indepedent entrepreuner or a staff in some corporates.I am pretty sure that I want to get a MBA degree in the US top university. What I am doing is to have some real business practice in the field of entrepreneurship.

More information about me:

I stayed in China until that I finished my high school.Because of my father`s job, I and My mom had to come to Chile.I majored in Economics with a minor in Business Administration for my undergraduate degree in the best university in Chile, and then got a Master degree in Economics in the same university.I worked in the Central bank and the best university in Chile as an economist, but I turned down to an offer for PhD. Economic in the US because I want to obtain a MBA degree in a top school in the US. Currently I am working in a big Pension fund company in Chile as a strategist. I appreciate very much for my experience as an entrepreneur. In fact, I have worked for my business as least one year, and now I want to dedicate myself more time for that. Moreover, I have helped other Chinese entrepreneurs start their businesses and settle them down in a new country. Do you think if this experience will help my application or quitting the job before my application will hurt my MBA pplciation? In the info I gave to you,Who could be the best recommedator except my boss in my current workplace?

Thank you very much for your orientation

Kindly, Song