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“In the business world, there is no gray. Either you are black, or you are white-washed.”
― Sameer Kamat (Author), Business Doctors: Management Consulting Gone Wild

“Cliché: "The MBA changed my life."

What it really means:
"A fantastic career, a great social life and a healthy bank balance...three of the things I had before I started the program.”
― Sameer Kamat, Beyond The MBA Hype: A Guide to Understanding and Surviving B-Schools

“Woody sat on the edge of the table and looked intently at one of his goons. “Ray, what do you do when your tooth hurts real bad? “I use a spanner, and yank it out real hard. The big ones you get at Walmart for $19.99 work really well.” Woody shook his head in despair. Ray wasn’t exactly a top contender for Mensa membership. This was going to be more difficult than Woody had thought.”
― Sameer Kamat, Business Doctors - Management Consulting Gone Wild

“The MBA system isn’t all shiny and perfect. The road to Utopia is far from smooth. It is dotted with speed-breakers. Good schools help in easing some of those road-bumps, but can’t eliminate them totally. The mediocre ones could, in contrast, make these speed-bumps look like mountains. There’s always the very real possibility that the common objectives – getting a good education, a great network and a decent return on investment – could all end up as wishful thinking, if you aren’t careful enough. A”
― Sameer Kamat, Beyond the MBA Hype: A Guide to Understanding and Surviving B-Schools

“Step 2: Build up a list of parameters that are important to you, such as the geography (country/city), duration of the programme (two years vs. one year), career goals, target companies (check”
― Sameer Kamat, Beyond the MBA Hype: A Guide to Understanding and Surviving B-Schools

“According to him, management is neither a profession nor a science – it is a practice. For him, there seems to be no doubt that the top schools are to be blamed for the recent financial meltdown, as they have been teaching a totally dysfunctional form of management practice for several years. Another”
― Sameer Kamat, Beyond the MBA Hype: A Guide to Understanding and Surviving B-Schools

“a good job in hand today could be worth more than an uncertain (and unguaranteed) job after the MBA.”
― Sameer Kamat, Beyond the MBA Hype: A Guide to Understanding and Surviving B-Schools

“Getting your points across solidly requires a combination of clarity of thought, confidence, vocabulary and lucid speech delivery.”
― Sameer Kamat, Beyond the MBA Hype: A Guide to Understanding and Surviving B-Schools