Hi. Quick introduction - my name is Dennis and I am a 24 year old serial entrepreneur. I have founded / co-founded three companies since I turned 18. I finished my bachelor's degree in innovation and entrepreneurship January 2020 and I am now looking for taking a master's degree. During my bachelor's degree I finished an internship at a small tech start-up and was hired as their innovations consultant afterwards.

Initially, I decided on pursuing a master's degree in innovation and entrepreneurship. In fact, I have got offer for such programmes at: Warwick University, Edinburgh University, Antwerp Management School and Trinity Dublin.

But after a quite long reflective processes I think that these programs might be too repetitive to me.. I have a lot of experience managing start-ups and small companies, but I really want to get a foot in bigger cooperates now.

Now, I also received a conditional offer for the Trinity College Dublin MBA program. I need to take the GMAT before I get an unconditional offer. I also am wondering whether this particular MBA is recognised and that good? As far as I understand it didn't manage to be AACSB-accredited, is it that important?

But I am highly considering to take this MBA now instead, as I hope it will boost and kickstart my career within consultancy and general management especially.

I know what some of you might think now.. I am 24 years old, it's way too young to go for a MBA.. I do agree that it's young, but I don't quite see the point in taking a MiM for instance, and then have to take the MBA later on.. Then it will become repetitive as well.

I have future plans on taking a DBA also, before I turn 35 preferably.

This is a lot of information, I am sorry, but I wanted to give you a clean picture of my situation so that you can advice me accordingly.

I really don't want to make a misstake when it comes to such an important decision..

Hope you can help me with some thoughts..

Trinity makes sense at first glance, but what are your goals? 

Thank you for the reply - well I don't plan to work full-time in my own business now. I want to get a career within management and/or corporate entrepreneurship or in consulting. These are my goals and what I would like to start my career with after a master's / MBA.

Trinity makes sense at first glance, but what are your goals? 

It's a better path than the MSc options. A better MBA would be better, naturally. See https://find-mba.com/board/general-forum/best-mbas-for-international-students-placement-35651

It's a better path than the MSc options. A better MBA would be better, naturally. See https://find-mba.com/board/general-forum/best-mbas-for-international-students-placement-35651

AACSB is only an issue in the USA, especially if you want to do some part-time teaching. It is a useful quality sign but, c'mon, Trinity is the Oxbridge of Ireland. 

PS If you want to live and work in Denmark you will be better off taking a Danish qualification, maybe the CBS HD online, and learning Danish. There is very little demand for MBAs, even from Nordic schools, in the region as a whole, because of the collegial business culture.

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AACSB is only an issue in the USA, especially if you want to do some part-time teaching. It is a useful quality sign but, c'mon, Trinity is the Oxbridge of Ireland. 

PS If you want to live and work in Denmark you will be better off taking a Danish qualification, maybe the CBS HD online, and learning Danish. There is very little demand for MBAs, even from Nordic schools, in the region as a whole, because of the collegial business culture.

Well, the MBA makes more sense than the others. And Trinity isn't a fairly good business school: it's a _very_ good business school. But I still wonder if it's the right school for your goals. 

Ah! I didn't realise that you are Danish. That means you already suffered learning to speak that language :)

Why Ireland? If Germany is the major trading partner of Denmark and, honestly, a much more interesting place, then why not study there?  

Well, the MBA makes more sense than the others. And Trinity isn't a fairly good business school: it's a _very_ good business school. But I still wonder if it's the right school for your goals. 

Ah! I didn't realise that you are Danish. That means you already suffered learning to speak that language :)

Why Ireland? If Germany is the major trading partner of Denmark and, honestly, a much more interesting place, then why not study there?  

This all makes sense to me :)

This all makes sense to me :)

Trinity certainly isn't a bad choice. I think a top German or Dutch MBA would give you much better lifetime value and a much more useful network. WHU is an obvious option because it does have slightly younger students.