Can an EMBA Help an Entrepreneur?

From the time it was first conceived in 1943 by the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, the Executive MBA has traditionally been a degree offered by large corporations to their top executives. Times have changed though and, especially over the last decade, the background of the typical EMBA participant is no longer reserved for corporate climbers. Doctors, lawyers, NGO professionals, creatives and entrepreneurs often make up today’s EMBA cohorts alongside more traditional demographics. The causes for this are varied, but it noteworthy that these diverse professionals are increasingly taking their future into their own hands.

... This was certainly the case for Pascal Lépine, McGill-HEC Montréal EMBA class of 2012 alumnus. Lépine has something of track record for taking his future into his own hands; in his early twenties, he founded Atypic (www.atypic.ca) which has since evolved into Quebec’s first consulting firm in strategy, communication, management and fundraising for organizations in the plural sector. 

Read full article: QS Top MBA, November 3, 2014