The Visual MBA: Your Shortcut to a World-Class Business Education
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- Author：Jason Barron
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Summary
Learn an entire MBA course without spending thousands and waving goodbye to two years of your life
If you want to succeed in business then an MBA programme is the best way to build expertise， knowledge and experience。 But an MBA programme at any top school is an enormous investment in time， effort and money。 In The Visual MBA， Jason Barron offers a radical solution， explaining all key business school concepts through illustrations。
When Barron started his MBA course， he decided to draw all his notes so that other people could benefit from them。 And it's a good thing he did， because research shows that more than 65% of us are visual learners and that our brains process illustrations 60，000 times faster than text。
From Marketing， Ethics and Accounting to Organisational Behaviour， Finance， Operations and Strategy， The Visual MBA distils the most important principles of an MBA into an accessible， informative and easily-digestible guide。
Jason Barron is a product manager and illustrator who helps people realise their creative ideas through visual learning。 He spent 516 hours in class and countless hours studying at home completing his MBA。 Along the way， rather than taking notes that he would never read again， Jason created sketchnotes for each class and has turned them into an interesting and engaging resource so that you don't have to sit through another class again！
If you want to succeed in business then an MBA programme is the best way to build expertise， knowledge and experience。 But an MBA programme at any top school is an enormous investment in time， effort and money。 In The Visual MBA， Jason Barron offers a radical solution， explaining all key business school concepts through illustrations。
When Barron started his MBA course， he decided to draw all his notes so that other people could benefit from them。 And it's a good thing he did， because research shows that more than 65% of us are visual learners and that our brains process illustrations 60，000 times faster than text。
From Marketing， Ethics and Accounting to Organisational Behaviour， Finance， Operations and Strategy， The Visual MBA distils the most important principles of an MBA into an accessible， informative and easily-digestible guide。
Jason Barron is a product manager and illustrator who helps people realise their creative ideas through visual learning。 He spent 516 hours in class and countless hours studying at home completing his MBA。 Along the way， rather than taking notes that he would never read again， Jason created sketchnotes for each class and has turned them into an interesting and engaging resource so that you don't have to sit through another class again！
Reviews
Pongsatit Isarankura Na Ayuthaya
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Totally recommend， the visualize help you to easy understanding and easy recall the memory。
Jill Frederickson
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Lots of information in engaging sketch format。
Katherine McVey
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Love the concept。 The general manager chapter was so interesting， talked a lot about change and how people deal with it。 Brief mention of incentive systems too， cool。 This is a wonderful overview of what you learn in a Business Administration undergrad as well。 A nice summary， and good review。 Don't expect to delve deep into any topics。 If that's what you're looking for， this is not the book for you。 Love the concept。 The general manager chapter was so interesting， talked a lot about change and how people deal with it。 Brief mention of incentive systems too， cool。 This is a wonderful overview of what you learn in a Business Administration undergrad as well。 A nice summary， and good review。 Don't expect to delve deep into any topics。 If that's what you're looking for， this is not the book for you。 。。。more
Valia
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Συμπαθητικό。Παίρνεις μια ιδέα。
Sunny Flynn
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I am off to start my MBA at INSEAD in 4 months， but with little prior formal business education， I decided to read up before classes start。 The concepts in this book are interesting but it is indeed a summary， not a shortcut。 I will be taking this book with me to France and re-reading each chapter congruently to studying it （perhaps even taking notes to add to Jason’s doodles）。
Su Myint Myat Moe
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This is not really academic reading and I don't think I've learned anything special。 But I love all the graphics and the visual thinking of abstract ideas。 This is not really academic reading and I don't think I've learned anything special。 But I love all the graphics and the visual thinking of abstract ideas。 。。。more
Lou Anelli
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One of the best。
Summer
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This book is more of “getting to know the basics of business opreations” rather than fully comprehending the 2-years MBA course。 It’s really simplified & that’s why I like it。
Massimo
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I did not really expect the whole MBA knowledge to be packed in this book。 But I expected to learn， at least， something。For me， learning does not mean memorizing formulas or acronyms， but understanding how to use some instruments （may these be formulas or frameworks or whatever）， when to use them， and why。This book does not provide any of this for most of the content presented。 It is like reading a colored Table of Content of a manual。 I finished it， and felt like "Ok， now what？"。 Maybe it can b I did not really expect the whole MBA knowledge to be packed in this book。 But I expected to learn， at least， something。For me， learning does not mean memorizing formulas or acronyms， but understanding how to use some instruments （may these be formulas or frameworks or whatever）， when to use them， and why。This book does not provide any of this for most of the content presented。 It is like reading a colored Table of Content of a manual。 I finished it， and felt like "Ok， now what？"。 Maybe it can be useful for MBA's holders， but not for people seeking a high-level MBA knowledge， and not for people seeking to understand if an MBA is a good fit for them （I belong to the latter two）。 。。。more
Noon
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Good recap of important concepts for MBA students
Kate
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This was an easy to understand book。 Some of the picture notes helped understand the more difficult topics especially。 I can't wait to apply all of this to my new business I'm planning。 This was an easy to understand book。 Some of the picture notes helped understand the more difficult topics especially。 I can't wait to apply all of this to my new business I'm planning。 。。。more
Nurul Inayah
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Baca ini malahan setelah sidang， bukan pas lagi kuliah MBA。 Recommend buat semacam rangkuman dari yang diajarin di kuliah
Jordan Byers
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I will continue to come back to this book！First off， as a creative， sketchnotes intimidate the heck outta me， but now I really want to try to take notes this way！ So it definitely inspired me in that way！Second， business-peeps & marketers easily fall into a trap of saying lots without actually saying anything at all。 I feel like this book occasionally falls into that trap， but having taken marketing classes （advertising major， here） I know that's also kinda just how the classes are。 I feel like I will continue to come back to this book！First off， as a creative， sketchnotes intimidate the heck outta me， but now I really want to try to take notes this way！ So it definitely inspired me in that way！Second， business-peeps & marketers easily fall into a trap of saying lots without actually saying anything at all。 I feel like this book occasionally falls into that trap， but having taken marketing classes （advertising major， here） I know that's also kinda just how the classes are。 I feel like he does the best he can while being vague enough for every business。It's a great book， that makes your realize how disappointing an MBA program is， haha！ But， like I said， I'll be going back to this！ There are a lot of great things （like all the equations） where my brain kinda glosses over， that I'll need to look over again and research more。All in all， I'll be recommending it to a lot of people and keeping it on my shelf！ 。。。more
Christina Gomez
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The images are cool， and its a veeerryyy basic introduction to MBA basics， there are a couple nices insights， others that lack a bit of more explanation。
Ken Chew
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Good basic introductory book for busy people who want to get some ideas。 Useful to share and coach team members about common methods and framework。
Haniko Tio
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Content wise its i guess halfway Business Bachelor to Master kind of depth， 4 star is given only because the work and care they put into designing the visuals， its not a boring book to skim。
Shephanie Kuan
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Although I agree this can't replace the whole MBA course。 Nevertheless， it's a good notes with simple illustrations and minimal explanation。 Although I agree this can't replace the whole MBA course。 Nevertheless， it's a good notes with simple illustrations and minimal explanation。 。。。more
Becky Shelton
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Reducing complexity downI’ve got an masters in accounting and this book was a great refresher of some business concepts that are dim to my memory。 I highly recommend this to anyone， regardless if you’ve been to college or not。
Ana S
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I don't have a lot to say about this book。 I learned a few。 Since it's a short book coz it has so many visuals in it and it's sum up of things you need to know about business。 It's brief and that's why you need to read more books about each topic just to broaden the ideas and knowledge and get to understand more about the topic。 I don't have a lot to say about this book。 I learned a few。 Since it's a short book coz it has so many visuals in it and it's sum up of things you need to know about business。 It's brief and that's why you need to read more books about each topic just to broaden the ideas and knowledge and get to understand more about the topic。 。。。more
Aleya Banwari
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The book presents a good overview of an MBA - it is by no means a replacement for an MBA but I think it is a good way to ease someone into an MBA mode of thinking
Irvan Arif
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The visual is amazing， it helps me to understand the MBA knowledge easily。
Brian Reagan
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Easy to Grasp Complex TopicsI have always subscribed to the idea that we think in pictures。 We read words that our imagination transforms into pictures that we can understand。 Jason has merged both in this very helpful book。 I especially liked the chapter on decision making。 And he makes you aware of certain thinking biases that are sure to creep in on you throughout your entrepreneurial journey。
Riya Raju
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Insightful！Probably will have to re read and carry around as a handbook！！
John
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Got this as an Amazon Prime free readand after reading it i would have purchased it Easy to read and fun to understand。Covers more about business practices than I have been shown。Well done
JESSICA CELIA
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This is a good book if you’re wondering what you’re going to learn in MBA， but not actually learning about it。 Good visuals， and compact explanation， but as someone who’s not a business graduate， there are lots of questions reading this， especially in the finance chapter。 This book gives you light for you to know WHAT to search， but then it requires you to search it deeper on your own。
bogdan maznitsky
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I don't know if it is MBA， but it is still a laconic， visual summary of entrepreneurship theory I don't know if it is MBA， but it is still a laconic， visual summary of entrepreneurship theory 。。。more
Lindz-o
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A good overview but these are notes so some of the illustrations fail to fully explain the concepts and left me wanting more info。 I don’t recommend the ebook version—the notes with the illustrations may be difficult to read on some e-readers。 I imagine the cute drawings are better viewed in a physical book。 A quick read。
Sam
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I had a lot of issues with this book。 The first being that the title is misleading- I thought the author would use clever visual symbols， infographics and illustrations to represent the main concepts covered in an MBA but basically he wrote superficial summaries and drew pictures that depicted the summaries。 Pointless。 Another is my philosophical objection to most business things- the at best cursory discussion of ethics and ‘other cultures’。 Of course this is an American book but having an offe I had a lot of issues with this book。 The first being that the title is misleading- I thought the author would use clever visual symbols， infographics and illustrations to represent the main concepts covered in an MBA but basically he wrote superficial summaries and drew pictures that depicted the summaries。 Pointless。 Another is my philosophical objection to most business things- the at best cursory discussion of ethics and ‘other cultures’。 Of course this is an American book but having an offensive and stereotypically outdated drawing of an ‘Asian’ man to represent adapting business models for different markets is deeply troubling。 Finally， and I’m willing to admit this is my own fault， this is a painfully simplistic book， but that is what you will get when you buy something called the Visual MBA。 Kudos to this guy for sucking in publishers and readers。 Shame on us for buying and reading it。 。。。more
Lina
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Fun hour long read。 If you have a business background it’s nothing life changing but it was a good visual way to remember and review concepts。
Satatam Noo-Iam
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