Ychallenge is a premier case competition focusing on Vietnamese businesses. Participants from different countries will challenge themselves in extensive case studies from Vietnamese companies, undergo rigorous case-cracking training and company field trips, as well as being exposed to networking opportunities and panel discussions.
Goals
– Engage Vietnamese businesses and young talents globally in an active platform that fosters the exchange of resources, ideas and expertise.
– Enhance Vietnamese business competitiveness in local and international markets, through leveraging on a diverse pool of talents around the world (regardless of locations, nationalities or backgrounds).
– Provide Vietnamese businesses with quality business consultancy from high-caliber students and working professionals worldwide.
– Enable and empower young talents both local and overseas to challenge themselves and sharpen their business acumen while contributing their parts to the economic development of Vietnam.
Target Audience
– Excellent students and young working professionals regardless of locations, nationalities, expertises or backgrounds, with an aspiration of uplifting Vietnamese businesses on the global playground.
– Vietnamese businesses with strong ambition in expanding their global profiles and markets, and with openness to creative ideas/solutions from the youth.
Board of Judges
– Esteemed Professors from leading universities in Singapore and other countries
-Top management and expert consultants from leading corporations in Vietnam and worldwide
– Business leaders from case partners
– Advisors of prime economics movements in Vietnam
Benefits for Participants
– 1000 SGD cash prize for the winning team of each case
– Field trips to partner companies in Vietnam (in the final round)
– Presenting to Senior Management of leading companies in Vietnam
– Coaching/mentorship from consulting professionals (e.g. McKinsey)
– Workshops on case solving and presentation skills
– Employment opportunities from partner companies
– Networking with companies’ management, judges and other high-caliber participants
– Interaction with like-minded young talents locally and internationally
– And above that, friendship, intellectual challenges, and a chance to impact the direction of the goods and greats of Vietnam.
Benefits for Companies
– High quality business consultation
– Case studies tailor-made to the companies
– Access to high-caliber young talents in Vietnam, Singapore and other countries
– Networking with international experts and potential partners
– Brand awareness: Let the world know about your products (especially through multinational competition participants, professors, business leaders, academic institutions, etc.)
– Heightened visibility in the media
– Corporate social responsibility: Developing the young generation of Vietnam