Whats the most important subject did you learn from your MBA studies?

Nation building via learning and being the best in business

Is it strategy, financial management, marketing?

Early on in my career as a businessman, right after MBA, and fresh from stint as a marketing guy in a Filipino pharma multinational, we decided to put up a business.   And this post was frantic on what essential skills and knowledge must I be prepared with to handle the unknown task ahead.  Was it strategy, HR, marketing, finance or operations?    No.

I weighed things  and said it was Entrepreneurship.   I had only one book on the subject and it was even based in USA and not with practical PHL examples.  Thats all I had.

And there was this Regional Head of a computer company  who decided she will marry and reside in USA.  She will put up a business.  What skills will she need?    Entrepreneruship.  And thats what I taught at GSB.

Thats what you need as a start up -  knowledge of ENTREPREURSHIP