P&Q’s Must Reads:  The Most Disruptive Business School Startups Of 2024

Hello everyone  — Welcome back to Poets&Quants’ Must Reads, a quick, digestible recap of the top business school news, sponsored by CentreCourt, P&Q‘s virtual admission events.

I’m your host, Kristy Bleizeffer, and I’ll be highlighting the most important P&Q stories you might have missed. So, let’s get to it. 

No. 1:   The Most Disruptive Business School Startups Of 2024

What inspires someone to become an entrepreneur?

Do they hope to “put a dent in the universe” like Steve Jobs?  Do they picture serving neglected consumers and applying groundbreaking models like Sam Walton? Are they consumed by the impulse to raise quality and reduce costs like Henry Ford?

This week, Poets&Quants highlights 29 promising startups created by undergraduate business students from around the country. We sought startups  with the potential to become game-changing forces in their respective industries. In many cases, they have evolved beyond dorm room concepts and laboratory prototypes to highly-funded enterprises.

You can read about all of them now, from our homepage.

No. 2: Poets&Quants’ Annual New Year’s Predictions From Business School Thought Leaders

What does the future hold? No one really knows. But there is such a thing as an educated guess — and who better to make one than a host of PhDs, the brightest minds in business education?

This annual feature highlights the business education predictions from the leaders of the world’s leading business schools. If you’re entering this world, already in it, or contemplating applying to business school, you’ll find lots to ponder — and plenty to discuss next time you’re in a room with a thought leader or two and need an ice breaker.

You can find it on our homepage.

No. 3: The Best Online MBA Programs In The U.S. For 2025

A new school sits atop Poets&Quants’ ranking of the best online MBA programs in the United States. University of Texas at Dallas Naveen Jindal School of Management rose two spots from No. 3 in last year’s ranking, topping our list for the first time since we began the exercise.

The move caps a rather dramatic four-year upward trajectory for the school after it debuted at No. 10 on our first online MBA ranking in 2019. 

You can see all the schools that made the top 10, as well as the full ranking, in our rankings tab.

No. 4: Our Weekly Round Up of  News You Can Use

No matter where you are in your MBA journey, we bring several helpful stories for you this week.

First up: P&Q’s Complete Stats Collection Of 2024. This article, which you can find in our new tab, compiles all the admissions, pay and career, and other data that you need when choosing your dream schools..

Next: 2024 MBA Admission Advice. This collection features all our MBA admission articles from throughout the year, so you don’t have to click around to find them. You can find it our admission hub. 

Finally: 5 Top Tips To Maximize Your MBA Application Process Now. This article covers the what, why and how of outcomes-oriented introspection. You’ll find it on our homepage.

And, that’s it for this week’s Must Reads recap. 

I also want to alert school seekers to our events tab from our main menu. There, you’ll find all the upcoming admissions events for a range of degrees and programs including full-time and online MBAs, specialized masters, entrepreneurship and more. Registration is free.

Again, I’m Kristy Bleizeffer, and you can join me next week, right here, for a recap of what’s important in the world of business education. Thanks for listening.