“Education is gold. Education is a ticket out of poverty. Education is everything.” —Cheryl Nunn, MBAe™

"After hitting yet another career ceiling without MBA credentials, I discovered the MBA Standards Board's efficient personalized pathways to MBA certification. In 11 months after I pushed the website apply button, I completed the MBA requirements and became the youngest VP in my company and earned a 22% salary bump! The MBA Standards Board certification opened doors previously closed despite 15 years of working there."

"As a technical expert lacking an advanced business degree the MBA Standards Board enabled me to translate my niche skills into leadership opportunity. I now direct AI R&D for a Fortune 500 company at a significant pay increase. All thanks to the MBA Standards Board customized curriculum and credential validating board certification and trustmark."

"Juggling many 60-hour hospital work weeks while raising three kids alone discouraged my hopes of building qualifications for a healthcare management position. But the MBA Standards Board made my executive-level learning possible on MY schedule - even knocking out a third of the required credits from my existing knowledge. Today I help pioneer patient outcomes as Hospital CIO, finally impacting lives on a larger scale."

"Lacking the high GPA average required by MBA programs, I felt stuck. Finding the MBA Standard Board's application process that avoided all the typical college pretentious and pompous GPA and GMAT score requirements provided me the opportunity I was searching for, without compromising my high standards or settling for a low ranking college. They provided me with free or near free online Ivy League accredited university courses to complete their MBA curriculum. They gave me a shot when no one else would, propelling me to to a C-suite position."

"As an ambitious restaurant manager lacking a post graduate degree, I struggled earning stakeholders' trust in my growth strategies. But adding three letters - MBA - from the Standards Board's credentialing process proved I had chops equal to Ivy League competition. Now I helm a $35M hospitality group!"

"After losing corporate roles to 20-somethings with trendier credentials, I assumed exec leadership was no longer in the cards despite excelling for decades. Yet through supplemental coursework and validating my experience, the MBA Standards Board helped this 50 year-old trailblazer defy ageism - and outdated thinking - by reaching the C-Suite."

"I thought an MBA required navigating elite school bureaucracy full-time like my peers. But the MBA Standards Board provided me a plan to enroll in self-paced online classes personalized to my manufacturing goals with accredited courses. Plus including a specialization I was able to land the factory leadership position of my dreams."

"When unexpected family needs forced leaving my conventional MBA program, I lost hope realizing most credits would be unused. The MBA Standards Board became my saving grace - their innovative certification included my previous coursework and work experience was perfect for me, with a few specialization courses, I became a certified MBA. All while balancing career, parenting, and purpose all on my own terms."

"Lacking the courage to surrender steady income while pursuing leadership unknowns, I felt trapped below my potential. Through the MBA Standards Board I discovered an ally able to appraise capability I already owned through work experience while efficiently guiding remaining coursework at my pace for a savings of 97% over other online MBA degree programs."

"Earning my general MBA in '89 was a catalyst for a fruitful 30 year pharmaceutical sales and marketing career. But dramatic health tech innovations left knowledge gaps unsettling executive decision-making abilities. Rigorous supplementation via the MBA Standards Board in neuroscience and bioinformatics qualified me as uniquely specialized versus next-gen rivals. Immediately securing a fast-tracked Chief Medical Data Officer promotion, I found rejuvenated purpose pioneering medical IoT devices supporting 65% salary growth in my third decade post-graduation. Upleveling legacy education through focused certification empowers major career disruption!"

"As a tax professional seeking a career pivot to pursue long-term passions, I lacked business credentials to unlock those sales and marketing roles promising greater upside. With two kids entering college themselves, six-figure MBA programs simply weren't feasible no matter how career-accelerating. Through the MBA Standards Board, I discovered how I could apply work experience earning course credit with targeted supplemental classwork which could confer the same elite MBA distinction at less than half the time and cost. Now as VP of Strategic Growth at a thriving firm, and can blend meaningful work with the means to support our family goals."

"Though I earned an MBA in 1985, seismic industry shifts made much coursework irrelevant in the new digital landscape. My stalled career reflected this. Through supplemental education laser-focused on artificial intelligence application culminating in the Standards Board's prestigious certification, I added exclusive capabilities employers desperately need. This translated my dormant generic degree into exclusive C-Suite currency. Last month I accepted an SVP of Data Analytics role including a 67% base pay increase!"

"Watching recent specialized certification hires leap past me in high demand skills devalued my 1990 MBA efforts of putting myself through school on student loans. I searched for a solution that the MBA Standards Board provided. They accepted my previous degree for curriculum and then added a specialization and recommended accredited courses to achieve it. My additional training restored hard-won yet dated education investment to a cutting-edge relevancy that businesses demand today. Immediately I qualified for high-visibility Director of Marketing, a position other legacy degree holders can't touch, finally earning 22% above colleagues half my age."

"No matter prior accomplishments, my dusty Ivy League MBA from 1992 rendered me invisible once AI and specialized certifications became the norm. Despite my trailblazing company initiatives, I couldn't garner key leadership development decisions anymore and felt I grasping hastily for fading relevance. Until the Board of Standards provided me a plan to for a financial services background with exclusive future-forward FinTech and Cybersecurity specialization. Literally weeks later, I secured a newly created Chief Risk Officer role including all-time high compensation 45% richer thanks to refreshed tools proving I still warrant a prime seat at the table."

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