As tripartite partners continue to support lifelong education programs for Singaporean workers, this company aims to help local professionals get into top international MBA schools.
MBA Link is a Singaporean company that connects young professionals with elite institutions such as Harvard, MIT, INSEAD, and Columbia. According to Jacob Jaeho Shin, managing partner at MBA Link, they do this by offering a suite of executive-level coaching and test preparation programs.
“The MBA admissions process is a mystery to applicants,” Shin said in an interview with the Singapore Business Review. “It’s even more so for candidates from Asia. We wanted to make the process less intimidating. We wanted MBA candidates to be better prepared, not only to get into business school, but also to achieve their goals beyond the MBA.”
Clients of MBA Link should expect a dynamic classroom setting, Shin says, with professionals doing theoretical work at home and spending time at the center practicing testing skills in an intense, collaborative environment.
MBA Link co-founder Lawrence Linker started the business after spending time helping others get into business schools on a referral-basis. As demand for his services increased, he partnered with Shin and launched their business.
The pair went into the business with a background in finance and education prior to getting their own MBA degrees. Shin said part of what inspires them to work on MBA Link is a sense of responsibility, both to their clients and to society. He and Linker both share a passion in working with people “who have that fire in their belly about wanting to do something bigger and better with their lives.”
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