Hey Guys,
I'm currently heading marketing at a seed funded and well-established startup in India. In my current role, I manage branding, advertising, social media and special projects. In my current company, I have been working for more than 18 months.
My journey is a little complex so I have mentioned details in chronological order:
2007 - 2010: I started with BE in Computer Science and was an above average student. I always wanted to do things differently so built a website for students to download course material online, it became instantly popular.While I was maintaining the portal I kept on participating in the robotics competitions. Soon I started organizing paid robotics workshops for first and second-year students. I was selected as a student representative of OSUM (Open Source University Meetup) a SUN Microsystems Initiative.
2010: I cofounded a company in the 3rd year of college. We started generating revenue within a couple of months & were profitable within 6 months of operations.
Late 2010 - Mid 2011: In late 2010, the idea was incubated & we successfully pitched for seed funding. In 2010, we realized that market wasn't ready for our product, so dropped it.
Mid 2011: I finished my BE & joined an IT MNC for a corporate experience.
2013: In Mid 2013, I joined Symbiosis to do MBA in Marketing as I wanted to change my stream from Tech to Marketing.
Late 2013: While I was doing my MBA, I founded a company similar to my previous company. As the market had matured in 3 years I added more revenue streams along with old ones. Within 3 months of operations, the company started generating revenue with higher profit margins. I was mostly working in corporate sales, marketing, growth.
Mid 2015: I faced scalability issues so stopped the work and joined my current company.
I believe with an MBA from top business school will give me the necessary international exposure. I intend to do my specialization in general management.
I want your expert advice on the following:
1. Since I have already done my MBA and I'll be applying once again. How will this affect my candidature?
2. I have worked while I was studying, can I count that as experience while I am applying?
I am aiming at scoring 720.
Thanks in advance
I'm currently heading marketing at a seed funded and well-established startup in India. In my current role, I manage branding, advertising, social media and special projects. In my current company, I have been working for more than 18 months.
My journey is a little complex so I have mentioned details in chronological order:
2007 - 2010: I started with BE in Computer Science and was an above average student. I always wanted to do things differently so built a website for students to download course material online, it became instantly popular.While I was maintaining the portal I kept on participating in the robotics competitions. Soon I started organizing paid robotics workshops for first and second-year students. I was selected as a student representative of OSUM (Open Source University Meetup) a SUN Microsystems Initiative.
2010: I cofounded a company in the 3rd year of college. We started generating revenue within a couple of months & were profitable within 6 months of operations.
Late 2010 - Mid 2011: In late 2010, the idea was incubated & we successfully pitched for seed funding. In 2010, we realized that market wasn't ready for our product, so dropped it.
Mid 2011: I finished my BE & joined an IT MNC for a corporate experience.
2013: In Mid 2013, I joined Symbiosis to do MBA in Marketing as I wanted to change my stream from Tech to Marketing.
Late 2013: While I was doing my MBA, I founded a company similar to my previous company. As the market had matured in 3 years I added more revenue streams along with old ones. Within 3 months of operations, the company started generating revenue with higher profit margins. I was mostly working in corporate sales, marketing, growth.
Mid 2015: I faced scalability issues so stopped the work and joined my current company.
I believe with an MBA from top business school will give me the necessary international exposure. I intend to do my specialization in general management.
I want your expert advice on the following:
1. Since I have already done my MBA and I'll be applying once again. How will this affect my candidature?
2. I have worked while I was studying, can I count that as experience while I am applying?
I am aiming at scoring 720.
Thanks in advance
