<p>I n my near future, I am considering going to college to get an engineering degree at the fourth best entrepreneurship school in the nation as ranked by entrepreneurship magazine. (brownies to whoever guesses what school it is correctly).</p>
<p>Anyways, I was wondering what to do with such a degree if it was paired with a mechanical engineering major, and maybe a finance minor or major, as well. My end goal is to run my own management consulting firm, and I will get an MBA.</p>
<p>If your goal is to own a management consulting firm then why are you even interested in a mechanical engineering major? If you want to pair a business degree with a technical major then I would pair it with math or accountancy.</p>
<p>The idea is to go to a school where top management consulting firms hire. To get the credibility to have your own firm, it will be important to work at top firms. That said, I don’t know of any school with an entrepreneurship major that top MC firms target. Your best bet is an ivy or equal or top LAC.</p>
<p>Good Job, Milhouse! Those brownies are coming soon (a picture, of course)</p>
<p>Also, the main reason why I would want to do a mechanical engineering major is so I could work for the family business, and actually my top choice to pair a entrepreneurship major with would be a finance or management major. </p>
<p>As for being a management consultant…</p>
<p>I know I mentioned it, but I am definitely not 100 percent sure. Do you think that obtaining a bachelor’s in entrepreneurship would help or hurt my chances for becoming a management consultant in the future? (assuming that I get a master’s in a subject that pertains to management consulting)</p>
<p>You are so far away from heading up a mgt consultant company that I see no point in getting an Entrepreneurship degree. Such a degree may provide you some insight, but it won’t help your career. Also, you will probably get an MBA in the future, in which case you can take entrepreneurship courses at that time. </p>
<p>Personally, I think engineering is a good route to take. Work for the family business (if you want). Then get your MBA. Then become a strategy consultant. Then start your own firm if you still want to.</p>
<p>VW is right. Still, I love the gusto in young minds and the dreamer in all new grads.</p>
<p>Entrepreneurship isn’t really about starting a company, it’s about risk taking. You can be a risk taker in a large company, making waves to help the company grow and innovate. An entrepreneur is a leader and a change agent. These skills or rather mindset will not make you a great manager of a company nor will they make you a great management consultant, at least not for all companies.</p>
<p>If you really want to pair ME with Entrep. then go for it. Then, my advice, would be to get a job as a business analyst, work up to Sr. Analyst. Go get an MBA, come out and work for a management or strategy consultant firm until you make principal. Then work as an executive at a company or two for a decade or so. Then, start your management consulting firm.</p>