Have you heard the great news? CaseKey Business Case Competition, an entrepreneurial contest, will be held in Armenia for the first time this year.

Participants do not have to be experienced in the business world. The only requirement is to be creative. Through CaseKey Business Case Competition, they can uplift not only local but also international businesses.

Participants cope with true business cases.

According to statistics, 31% of case competition participants obtain business connections or manage to become employees. 30% of them even build their own businesses.

During the contest, a real business problem is given to those who take part in the competition. The participants in groups should come up with a reliable and powerful solution and present them to the jury. The teams representing the best solution to the issue win prizes. 

They also get to know business company representatives and many business professionals building a strong network for their future careers.

Here are some examples of case competitions: Global Case Competition at Harvard, KPMG International Case Competition, Aarhus Case Competition, HSBC/HKU Asia Pacific Business Case Competition, MBA International Case Competition, etc.

CaseKey Business Case Competition in Armenia

As for the CaseKey Business Case Competition, It brings together:

• Students and graduates (17-30 years old),
• Business specialists and coaches, 
• Leading businesses in Armenia.

CaseKey Business Case Competition aims at engaging Armenian businesses and youngsters in one platform, empowering them to face the true business challenges and find ways out. The program also enables the participants to meet new people, establish working relationships, and even get hired.

The selection stage is over now. There have been over 250 applications, from which 30% have been selected. Now the participants should pass a group formation (3 people) and coach matching phases, after which they can do the July-September course using examples of real international business problems. 

The joy of sharing experience, working creatively, and victory.

Besides experienced and qualified coaches, special guest speakers will be invited to make speeches and share their experiences with the participants. They are:

• Rafi Baghdjian, Ex-Executive at Shell and Adviser at IDeA Foundation Armenia,
• Hagop Panossian, a senior lecturer of strategic management and management at the Olayan School of Business of the American University of Beirut. By the way, Mr. Panossian has been announced as the best coach of the year several times. 

The working language is Armenian, but the provided literature is in English. The real-life business problem will be given in October, and the participants will have only 72 hours to think of a solution. Then those who will manage to pass that stage as well will have the opportunity to present their solutions in November. The winning team will get 1.500.000 AMD for self-learning and self-development.

CaseKey as a non-formal education

Case Competitions create a non-formal educational environment. The materials, that the participants cover, are completely different from the materials that they can ever deal with at universities. They are based on real-life situations and require flexible thinking, quick decision making and can be a great starting point for students who have never been in business environments before.

Tutor PLatform is the technical partner. 

In the framework of this initiative, many organizations have started collaborations with the CaseKey Business Case Competition team. Tutor Platform has already developed a customized mobile app for CaseKey Business Case Competition based on the Tutor Platform app. The latter will help manage all the educational processes and provide participants with interactive learning and communication.