Conestoga College

Kitchener, Ontario, Canada

A group of students will review the business challenges faced by an industry partner or a company regarding their product/service/platform profitability and growth. Students will research to understand the business challenges in greater detail. They will put together a plan to revive the product/service/platform to profitability over 12-18-24 months. Students will use tools they learnt in the course, identify KPIs to measure success and develop a timeline for this execution that they will share with the industry partner or company for their review and use. The team that creates the most applicable solution may have an opportunity to support the execution as an intern for the company. Teams will be allowed to bounce off their initial thoughts and ideas and ask questions to better understand the business challenge at pre-determined intervals.

Conestoga College

Kitchener, Ontario, Canada

A group of students will review the business challenges faced by an industry partner or a company regarding their product/service/platform profitability and growth. Students will research to understand the business challenges in greater detail. They will put together a plan to revive the product/service/platform to profitability over 12-18-24 months. Students will use tools they learnt in the course, identify KPIs to measure success and develop a timeline for this execution that they will share with the industry partner or company for their review and use. The team that creates the most applicable solution may have an opportunity to support the execution as an intern for the company. Teams will be allowed to bounce off their initial thoughts and ideas and ask questions to better understand the business challenge at pre-determined intervals.

Cross-College Entrepreneurial Challenge

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Your business may be an ideal candidate to take advantage of a small team of entrepreneurial student consultants devoted to helping you at no cost to your business. Welcome to the third edition of the Riipen Cross-College Entrepreneurial Challenge ! The CCEC brings together Mentors, Faculty and Students to help real-world businesses solve current challenges. Are you a small business looking for some innovative and creative ideas from intrapreneurial-minded students capable of solving a pressing business problem? Then this challenge is a good fit for you! Your business will be featured in our social media campaigns launching in March to May of 2024 with your logo prominently displayed. You will be responsible for creating a 5 to 10 minute video explaining your business concern, then meeting with student teams to answer their well researched questions. You will have the opportuntiy to select the best option for your problem based on the submissions from various college student teams. This year's competition launches on Friday April 19th , and will have two portions: a student team video submission and Q&A response (from student teams as well). The video submission will be a 5 minute recommendation of the challenge presented. S tudents will be responsible for submitting their video by 5:00 pm on Wednesday April 24 . You will be required to review and evaluate all the submissions on Thursday April 25th , generating some questions to which student teams will answer that day. Then, upon a professional panel review from industry experts along with you, winners will be chosen on Friday April 26th , and announced at our virtual closing ceremony. Prizes will be awarded to selected teams & individuals based on outstanding teams, creativity, top presenters and much more!