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I received my MBA in international business at the University of Miami. At the time I worked at FedEx, but last year I started my own business (www.thomasinatafur.com). It was an executive MBA program so the classes were “locked and loaded” and there were no elective choices. Although I loved my experience, looking back I would have appreciated a specific course in venture capital or entrepreneurship. The two classes that did prepare me best for my new venture was a finance class and a law class. I am currently finishing a program at Wharton which has been instrumental in my new venture. Specifically I just returned from a class titled: Creating Value Through Financial Management. It was designed for CFO’s to help them make better decisions about funding projects and mergers/acquisitions.
I completely agree that more focus should be devoted to the subject of entrepreneurship in B-schools. I have a number of clients who come to me with a “great idea”, but understand little about what it takes to “fund” those great ideas. Specifically, they need to address the importance of share holder value, and creating economic profit AND growth at the same time.

Thomasina Tafur