The premier business case competition
with real impact

When top business students compete to drive small business success, everyone wins!

The premier business case competition
with real impact

When top business students compete to drive small business success, everyone wins!

Fostering design thinking to hack small business success.

Small businesses provide the innovations and jobs that drive our economy, yet many have been devastated by the current crisis. We're tapping top MBA student talent to provide fast, actionable, strategic help in 48-hour hackathon style competition.

Whether you're a student, school, sponsor or small business, you'll win by building your reputation, accessing new connections, and contributing to a thriving small business ecosystem.

BUSINESS SCHOOLS

Build your winning reputation and fill the SMB curriculum gap with a unique and exciting student experience.

SMALL BUSINESSES

Get top students to develop innovative and actionable strategies to strengthen your business. When your team wins, the cash or prize goes to you!

CORPORATE & ALUMNI SPONSORS

Gain access to 600+ top students and 200+ SMBs. Share stories of impact as part of your brand marketing year round.

STUDENTS

Gain hands-on consulting experience, access expert mentors, and showcase your skills while helping a real business succeed.

Don't miss out!

We have limited space for each 48-hour event. Apply now so you don't have to wait another 6 months for this transformative experience.

GET INVOLVED

Our first 4 challenges were a resounding successes!

MBA Students

gained invaluable experience, connections

Small Businesses

got actionable, strategic advice

Top Business Schools

represented

Mentors

donated their time

$K+

Cash Assistance

awarded to small businesses

Diverse & Inclusive

35% Black-Owned Businesses

61% Under-Represented Minorities

68% Women-Owned Businesses

Broad Reach

Our generous sponsors enabled winning school teams to earn cash assistance for small businesses.

9.52 / 10 Rating

Small business participant rating of the event as a whole

"...far exceeded any expectation for quantity and quality of solutions to solve the main set of problems our small business is facing."

Mitzi Hammer
Hammered Inn Farm and Garden

"I am floored that in a few hours they were able to comprehend, analyze and provide suggestions for scale."

Srilekha Srinivasan
Association for Sustainability Education

"...amazing at gathering the information about my business, analyzing the data and feedback, and then proposing solutions that I know we will be able to implement into our business."

John McEnerney
The FIfth Tier Baking Studio

" It [also] helped having a team of people research our ideas and do some of the back end work that we have been too busy to focus on given the current situation.”

Joseph 'Joey' Berben
Berben and Wolffs

"... to devise a unique, actionable, and realistic plan for my business. I really enjoyed working with the team and feel they have my best interest at heart."

Schuyler Bull
Fort Orange General Store

" It clarified A LOT about where my focus should lie in the new environment."

Sara Vizcarrondo
Academy of Ballet and Etiquette

"My team painted a picture of structure, with new ideas and a direction for their execution....now I have a road map to move things in place as we travel through this landscape of isolation."

David Wagner
D.A.Wagner Productions / Lightroom Guy

"It felt reassuring to know that there are people out there 'fighting the good fight', and trying their best to come up with solutions to help small businesses such as ours! "

Andrea Endres
Endres Interiors

Winning Strategies

1 Register Your Interest Now

You'll be notified to apply in mid-summer for Fall 2021.

2 Complete Your Application

School teams require a student lead.

3 Get Selected

You'll be matched into a team composed of students from one school and one small business client.

4 Join the 48-hour online event

Gain valuable new knowledge, prestige, and connections.

GET INVOLVED

The premier business case competition
with real impact

The premier business case competition
with real impact