Showcase Your Expertise in the Making Your Consulting Case (MYCC) 2026 Competition!

Participants collaborating on real-world challenges for the Making Your Consulting Case (MYCC) 2026 Competition, showcasing expertise and problem-solving skills.

Showcase Your Expertise in the 2026 Making Your Consulting Case (MYCC) Competition!

Participants collaborating on real-world challenges for the Making Your Consulting Case (MYCC) 2026 Competition, showcasing expertise and problem-solving skills.

BE-EDGE is partnership with the Western Casewriters Association(WCA) and the Journal of Case Research and Inquiry (JCRI) invite educators, practitioners, and graduate students to submit consulting cases for the Making Your Consulting Case (MYCC)” 2026 competition. For more details, please refer to the Ivy (2024) publication, “Making Your Consulting Case as a Tool for Employability Investments” (article).

BE-EDGE is partnership with the Western Casewriters Association(WCA) and the Journal of Case Research and Inquiry (JCRI) invite educators, practitioners, and graduate students to submit consulting cases for the Making Your Consulting Case (MYCC)” 2026 competition. For more details, please refer to the Ivy (2024) publication, “Making Your Consulting Case as a Tool for Employability Investments” (article).

Making Your Consulting Case Competition

Every case submitted to the 2026 MYCC Competition (https://lnkd.in/eY5nXgqv) went through multiple blind peer reviews — field experts and case consultants, independently, no names attached. Two or more recommendations for an award: finalist. Here’s who made it:

🏆 Graduate & Practitioner Finalists:
→ Aptus Staffing Solutions
→ Northeastern University’s Global Extension
→ Square: Expansion into South America or Europe
→ HUB Enterprises, Pakistan: Evaluating Market Readiness in the Gulf.

The, the winner is… APTUS team — a team of academics and practitioners that together worked on the strategic HR challenge.

🏆 Undergraduate Finalists:
→ X-Ceramics Group, Bangladesh: An Introduction from the Emerging Markets
→ Strategic Growth at the Florrest
→ AI, Space, and Strategy: Assessing Privateer’s Global Expansion

The winner is… Lucas Salzgeber with his consulting case for Privateer and its opportunities for further global extension.

🏆 Graduate & Practitioner Finalists:
→ Aptus Staffing Solutions
→ Northeastern University’s Global Extension
→ Square: Expansion into South America or Europe
→ HUB Enterprises, Pakistan: Evaluating Market Readiness in the Gulf.

The, the winner is… APTUS team — a team of academics and practitioners that together worked on the strategic HR challenge.

🏆 Undergraduate Finalists:
→ X-Ceramics Group, Bangladesh: An Introduction from the Emerging Markets
→ Strategic Growth at the Florrest
→ AI, Space, and Strategy: Assessing Privateer’s Global Expansion

The winner is… Lucas Salzgeber with his consulting case for Privateer and its opportunities for further global extension.

Meet our 2026 “Making Your Consulting Case” (MYCC) Winners

Case Pitch National Competition

On March 26, six finalist teams presented at the National Case Pitch Competition. Their clients were watching. Expert judges were evaluating.
Each team had 12 minutes to present and 3 for Q&A — with a brand-new panel who had never seen their work before.

Rubrics: Content (40%) · Visual Storytelling (30%) · Performance & Q&A (30%).
Awards: $500 for the Value Potential and $500 for Power of the Voice, sponsored by Global Talent Association @ Boston.

Vinicius Firmino da Silva

🥇 National Case Pitch
category: Value Potential

Alvan Mahin

🥇 National Case Pitch
category: Power of the Voice

Sabrina Leidesdorf

🥇 National Case Pitch
category: Power of the Voice

Varunika Maheshwaran

🥇 National Case Pitch
category: Power of the Voice

Meet our 2026 “Making Your Consulting Case” (MYCC) Winners

Case Pitch National Competition

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On March 26, six finalist teams presented at the National Case Pitch Competition. Their clients were watching. Expert judges were evaluating.
Each team had 12 minutes to present and 3 for Q&A — with a brand-new panel who had never seen their work before.

Rubrics: Content (40%) · Visual Storytelling (30%) · Performance & Q&A (30%).
Awards: $500 for the Value Potential and $500 for Power of the Voice, sponsored by Global Talent Association @ Boston.

Schedule of the Event

January 10

Consulting Case submission for MYCC competition

March 16

MYCC finalists announced at the Western Casewriter Association Conference.

March 26

Case Pitch National Competition for the finalists.

April 15

Invitation for finalists’ to submit their consulting cases at the Journal of Case Research and Inquiry

Schedule of the Event

January 10

Consulting Case submission for MYCC competition

March 16

MYCC finalists announced at the Western Casewriter Association Conference.

March 26

Case Pitch National Competition for the finalists.

April 15

Invitation for finalists’ to submit their consulting cases at the Journal of Case Research and Inquiry

2025 MYCC Winners

Iryna Colon, Jack Jamroz, Katelyn Guevara, Vanessa Kwakye & Julia Adrian

Meet our 2025 MYCC Winners

Iryna Colon, Jack Jamroz, Katelyn Guevara, Vanessa Kwakye & Julia Adrian

Learn more about their consulting case →
Check our Case Gallery →

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Participants collaborating on real-world challenges for the Making Your Consulting Case MYCC 2026 Competition, showcasing expertise and problem-solving skills.

Next round:

Showcase your expertise and connect with potential employers. Submit your 2027 CASE PROPOSAL

Next round:

Showcase your expertise and connect with potential employers. Submit your 2027 CASE PROPOSAL!

Participants collaborating on real-world challenges for the Making Your Consulting Case MYCC 2026 Competition, showcasing expertise and problem-solving skills.

Questions, please contact:

Julia Ivy
Competition Chair and Special Issue Editor, Journal of Case Research and Inquiry