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StartupRealities No 145 Academics&Professionals is an education consultancy which uses peer-review teams to carry out accreditation, consulting and benchmarking projects at university departments which have not had access to such services previously. Business schools (management departments), engineering schools and medical schools are already part of well-developed international (voluntary) accreditation systems and are not a target for the company. The primary target customers are departments in other fields that do not have such processes or systems in place, including: Natural Sciences (Physics, Chemistry, Geology) Life Sciences (Agriculture, Biotechnology) Social Sciences (Sociology, Political Science, Media) Arts & Humanities (Languages, History, Philosophy) Technology (Computer Science) SERVICES OFFERING Academics&Professionals uses mixed teams of academics (professors, lecturers, researchers) and business practitioners related to the discipline to carry ...

StartupRealities No 107 MBAquatro is a global business school which runs four types of MBA programmes for four stages in the career of a professional: 1) MBA-Operations, for young executives in their 20s. 2) MBA-Leadership, for executives in their 30s. 3) MBA-Strategy, for senior executives in their 40s. 4) MBA-Legacy, for professionals in their 50s. Most #MBAquatro students take (or plan to take) all four programmes when they reach the respective age and professional seniority. CEO QUOTE "You know all those jokes about what the abbreviation MBA stands for:  - married but available; - mediocre but arrogant; - management by accident; - more bad advice; - master bullshit artist. This is all nonsense. Master of Business Administration (MBA) is a respected qualification that serves professionals and companies alike. The only thing that many MBAs can rightly be accused of is having unrealistic expectations.  Our 'quatro' series helps level expectations, as the...

StartupRealities No 45 RangeExchange is a professional development company that exposes school-age students to a wide range of professions to help them make better-informed decisions about their future career options. The company's programme is an elective integrated into the school curriculum available in different formats to all K-12 ages. It includes visits to companies and institutions, meetings with professionals, discussions of the content and responsibilities of different jobs, and role play. CEO QUOTE "We help students identify which vocation best suits their interests, passion and talent. In a given year, the student can choose 10 professions they would like to explore and our professional development consultants add another 10 based on the student's profile. The programme's depth and detail progressively increase with the age of the students. The idea is that a student can choose to explore the same 10 professions year after year and will keep learning ...