Student teams interact with senior-level executives in international markets, focusing on specific business opportunities or challenges that companies are facing. Project-based work.
A business executive presents a specific corporate issue with different elements at play. Each team of students tackles one element with the goal of presenting a viable solution to the company's issue. This activity is collaborative.
Student teams work with small business owners to help them survive the pandemic. The solutions will be focused on the short term.
Student teams will present their business idea to a panel of judges - the sharks. The goal is to persuade the sharks to invest in their company idea.
Student teams will solve a challenge predetermined by the judges, the faculty and the participating company. The first round happens asynchronously and the final round is live.
The case and the rules predetermined by the judges and the faculty will be shared with the student groups. The presentation will be judged live by a global team of specialists.