by Laurie Pickard | Aug 5, 2016 | Community and Networking
Hillary Strobel got a debt-free business education and built the business of her dreams. Three years ago, Hillary Strobel ditched a dead-end job to follow a childhood dream of creating a publishing company that could share inspiring stories. When she took that leap,...
by Laurie Pickard | Jul 13, 2016 | MOOC MBA Design, Most popular posts, Thoughts on Higher Ed and Life
Find out which type you are and get targeted recommendations on how to study. Note: This post contains affiliate links. When I first started the No-Pay MBA website - and my quest to get a business education with free tools - it was all about replicating the full MBA,...
by Laurie Pickard | Apr 24, 2016 | Career Development, MOOC MBA Design, Most popular posts
I am not a tech person. I do not have the mind of an engineer. I spent my childhood reading library books and pretending to be a ballerina, not taking apart electronic gadgets or building Lego towers. At one point, just before starting graduate school, I remember...
by Laurie Pickard | Jan 17, 2016 | Career Development, MOOC MBA Design, Most popular posts
Here’s university education in a nutshell: First, the university deems me talented enough to succeed by putting me through an admissions process. Next, the university provides a series of hurdles for me to clear, primarily courses that I must complete. The courses are...
by Laurie Pickard | Jan 3, 2016 | Courses, Platforms, and Profs, MOOC MBA Design
It’s New Year’s resolution time. Apparently MOOC platform edX’s new year’s resolution was to create a ton of new business and management content. edX has a bunch of great courses coming online in the new year, including some on specialized topics that aren’t covered...