You don't need an MBA to become a product manager

Related Note: Personal MBA by Josh Kaufmann a helpful read. Here&#x27;s his presentation @Google &gt; <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;youtu.be&#x2F;fp8H8EMm464" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;youtu.be&#x2F;fp8H8EMm464</a>

You don&#x27;t need an MBA to become anything. In fact, it often makes it harder.

Definitely agree that you don&#x27;t need an MBA to become a Product Manager - the training for Product Management can be quite different to most of what you learn in more traditional Business Administration courses.<p>That said, I do feel that one can benefit the other - MBA&#x27;s teach a lot about practically running a business, background learning that can really assist when running a product development and management cycle or team, even if only for the fact that it gives you a better ability to understand and build relationships with other areas of the business.