Please join us in a virtual confetti toss as we celebrate the top 3 teams from each School Semi-Final and the top 3 teams overall!
The second Small Business School Challenge concluded Saturday night, October 17th, capping a 48-hour sprint of design thinking and problem solving for nearly 150 small business clients by MBA teams from across the country.
Each team was challenged to present a 3 minute case study laying out their business client’s challenges and the proposed solutions and impact they developed for the coming 12 months.
Each school semi-final was judged live, with the top 3 teams being named and the 1st place team for each school advancing to the National Finals for a second round of presenting and judging live.
National Winners
Taking the top 3 spots on the National Stage were:
National First place: MBA team from Yale School of Management, Melanie Zook, Logan Schuelke, & Corey Baron representing their business client SparkFM
National Second place: MBA team from Carnegie Mellon – Tepper School of Business, Steffi Nazareth & Shelby Livengood representing their business client Oakmont Skin Care & Electrolysis, LLC
National Third place: MBA team from University of Washington – Foster School of Business, Aastha Garg, Kathleen Leuba, & Amanda Pearson representing their business client Laurel House Comfort Care Home
School Winners
Taking the top 3 spots at each school and winning prizes for their business clients were:
UC Berkeley Haas School of Business
1st Place: MBA team of Christine Wang, Cora Yuan, & Juan Yu representing business client H&H Floyd Books
2nd Place: MBA team of Divya Vijapurapu, Almas Sharif, & Jason Cabudoy representing business client John James Designs
3rd Place: MBA team of Caroline Tsoi, Chris Hester, & Anup Goutham representing business client Century City Chamber of Commerce
Carnegie Mellon University – Tepper School of Business
1st Place: Student team of Steffi Nazareth & Shelby Livengood representing business client Oakmont Skin Care & Electrolysis, LLC
2nd Place: Student team of Joe Liang, Jim Wang, & Janet Tseng representing business client Max Tax Service
3rd Place: Student team of PruthviRaj Boinpally, Abhai Pratap Singh, & Sanchit Matta representing business client Reset and Restore
Dartmouth College – Tuck School of Business
1st Place: MBA team of Jon Chin, Gissell Castellon, & Greg Rivers representing business client Still North Books & Bar
2nd Place: MBA team of Christine Gregory, Meghan Egan, & Ashley Jones representing business client Dan & Whits
3rd Place: MBA team of Kavya Narayanan, & Jehlum Vitasta Pandit representing business client Positive Tracks
Duke University – Fuqua School of Business
1st Place: MBA team of Fernando Chavez, Steven Sypult, & Olivia Alva representing business client Freres Branchiaux FB Candle Co
2nd Place: MBA team of Gia Song, Dechen Lama, & Chelsea Sloggy representing business client The Atticco
3rd Place: MBA team of Malika Mohan, Spencer Goldberg, & Mujahid Hasan representing business client L.U.V. Enterprises
Georgetown University – McDonough School of Business
1st Place: MBA team of Rob Bablak, Clayton Collins, & Yvonne Quek representing business client Robinson’s Department Store
2nd Place: MBA team of Adnan Kidwai, Lauren Gibson, & Koundinya Desiraju representing business client Enthusiast Enterprises, LLC
3rd Place: MBA team of Lauren Jordan, Krishnadas Nair, & Errin Saunders representing business client Paver Outlet LLC
NYU – Stern School of Business
1st Place: MBA team of Ellie Eckman, Rachel Miller, & Matthew Malenky representing business client Bade Collection soon to be Sincerely, Bädé
2nd Place: MBA team of Ayako Allen, Arielle Orazio, Yelena Nemenko, & Chanel Lopez representing business client Jet Tax Service Inc.
3rd Place: MBA team of Henry Mumford, Josue Gonzalez, Alexandra Strick, & John Hopkins representing business client MJ NP in Family Health Care
University of Texas at Austin – McCombs School of Business
1st Place: MBA team of Rachel Smith, Kim Cook, Saurabh Singh, & Jose Leyva representing business client Associated Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors of Texas
2nd Place: MBA team of Michael Dunn, Hafsah Kamran, Scott Manis, & Chavi Agrawal representing business client FIT 2 CHEER, LLC w/PoundPoms
3rd Place: MBA team of Neha Shishir Shivapurkar representing business client Mathnasium of Mesa North
University of Washington – Bothell School of Business
1st Place: MBA team of Yamini Varadarajulu & Pasupathi Pandian representing business client Nathan Sanchez Farmers Insurance
2nd Place: MBA team of Kyle McSwain, Vandana Gupta, & Nilesh Dingankar representing business client Cafe Cesura
3rd Place: MBA team of Victor Barr, Raghu Kalyankar, & Sam Moschel representing business client Nourish
University of Washington – Foster School of Business
(PURPLE Cohort)
1st Place: MBA team of Zeyu Sun, Xianjin Cai, & Patsachon Kriengwatana representing business client Noonie’s Place
2nd Place: MBA team of Elizabeth Daly, Aidan Rubery, & Nain Vaswani representing business client Wolf Rigs
3rd Place: MBA team of Suzanna Parikh, Khang To, & Jackie Lyons representing business client Three Witches Designs
(GOLD Cohort)
1st Place: MBA team of Aastha Garg, Kathleen Leuba, & Amanda Pearson representing business client Laurel House Comfort Care Home
2nd Place: MBA team of Caitlin Clarke & Manaswee Malugari representing business client Fresh Coat Serving Marin
3rd Place: MBA team of Richard Zong, Mia Liang, & Stanislau Kabacheuski representing business client Wheaton Physical Therapy Clinic PLLC
Yale School of Management + Wildcard Teams
1st Place: MBA team of Melanie Zook, Logan Schuelke, & Corey Baron representing business client SparkFM
2nd Place: MBA team of John Rup, Helen Yeh, Anshuman Yadav, & David Pelky representing business client Fusion Dolls
3rd Place: Wildcard MBA team from the University of Virginia -Darden School of Business of Alvint Sheth, Benjamin Glade, & Tyler Odom representing business client Operation: Adulting™
Congratulations to everyone involved for your hard work and collaboration to drive small business success in local communities across America!