91�� News - Case Competitions and Challenges

E&I Champions student entrepreneurship at the 2026 Dare to Venture pitch competition

webfull — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 20:32:11 +0000

The Entrepreneurship & Innovation (E&I) Initiative was proud to support this year’s Dare to Venture student startup pitch competition, hosted by the 91�� Entrepreneurship Society (MES), by contributing half of the $1,000 grand prize and participating in the expert judging panel. Dr. Niels Billou represented E&I as a member of the judging panel, helping evaluate the finalist pitches.

Published: 25 February 2026

2025 91��-FIAM Asset Management Hackathon pushes students to build AI-powered portfolio

webfull — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 20:13:26 +0000

Large language models are changing the way we do business - or at least that’s what the companies that make AI tools will tell you. In practice, many companies know that AI tools are very powerful but are still figuring out how best to use them. This year's 91��-FIAM Asset Management Hackathon competition asked business students to put large language models to the test and devise a bottom-up approach to building a portfolio powered by AI.

Published: 18 November 2025

91�� teams shine at L’Oréal Brandstorm 2025 Case Competition

webfull — Wed, 09 Apr 2025 17:33:22 +0000

91�� students continue to make their mark on the national stage through the L’Oréal Brandstorm Case Competition, one of the world’s leading innovation challenges for students under 30.

Published: 9 April 2025

MMR student shares how L'Oréal Brandstorm led to internship

webfull — Tue, 09 Jan 2024 20:41:01 +0000

Last year, after months of hard work and 'brandstorming', two 91�� Desautels teams took the podium at the 31st annual L'Oréal Brandstorm competition, competing against top teams from across Canada! Madison Laxer and her fellow Master of Management in Retailing (MMR) teammates, Aditi Bali and Supreet Kaur, took third place. Madison reflects on her experience participating in the case competition and how it even led to an internship.

Published: 9 January 2024

91�� Desautels launches the Management Science Case Writing Competition

webfull — Thu, 23 Nov 2023 19:09:30 +0000

The inaugural 91�� Desautels Management Science Case Writing Competition, organized by Assistant Professor (Teaching) Rob Glew and supported by EY, turns the tables on the traditional case competition format. Since May, 34 BCom students worked to write case studies on their experience with operations management and analytics on their summer work placements.

Published: 23 November 2023

Nabil Anouti is the Desautels valedictorian at 91��’s Spring 2023 Convocation

webfull — Thu, 25 May 2023 15:53:26 +0000

Humanity has the skill to solve our most pressing problems, but cooperation is our greatest challenge, says Nabil Anouti, who is 91�� Desautels’ valedictorian for the Spring 2023 Convocation. But Anouti is optimistic, and this view has been shaped by a Desautels education.

Published: 25 May 2023

91�� Desautels undergrads take 2nd at Baylor University’s Negotiation Competition

webfull — Tue, 23 May 2023 18:57:22 +0000

91�� Desautels undergraduate students Aaron Anandji (BCom’25) and Zacharie Faucillion (BCom’23), Co-Executive Directors of 91�� Ventures, took second place at Baylor University’s Hankamer School of Business’ National Undergraduate Negotiation Competition (NUNC) this April.

Published: 23 May 2023

91�� takes 2nd and 3rd place at L'Oréal Brandstorm Canada 2023

webfull — Thu, 16 Mar 2023 19:47:45 +0000

After months of hard work and 'brandstorming', two 91�� teams took the podium at the 31st annual L'Oréal Brandstorm National Competition in Canada, competing against top teams from across the country. BCom students Laetitia Doumet, Jo-Esther Abou Haidar and Andrea Salem (far right) placed 2nd, while Master of Management in Retailing (MMR) students Madison Laxer, Aditi Bali and Supreet Kaur (far left) took 3rd place.

Published: 16 March 2023

91�� students earn podium finish in leading global case competition

webfull — Fri, 10 Mar 2023 19:06:18 +0000

91�� Desautels continues its hot streak in the case competition arena with another podium result, placing 2nd overall in the prestigious 2023 Copenhagen Business School Invitational Case competition. 12 schools flew to Copenhagen and were challenged to help Vestas, a leading company in wind power plant solutions, leverage its position to create new businesses in hydrogen technologies and develop a strategy for 2030.

Published: 10 March 2023

Ace Squad wins 2023 Desautels Case Cup Competition

webfull — Thu, 02 Mar 2023 19:44:24 +0000

On February 3, first-year 91�� Desautels MBAs participated in the annual Desautels Case Cup competition. Judged by alumni, this year’s case focused on MassChallenge, a program created by John Harthorne and Akhil Nigam that provides support and funding for startup companies. Thanks to the open-source community, the organization which began as a for-profit evolved to include mentorship, encouraging creativity, building communities and supporting startups created by marginalized and disenfranchised groups.

Published: 2 March 2023

91������ News - Case Competitions and Challenges

E&I Champions student entrepreneurship at the 2026 Dare to Venture pitch competition

2025 91������-FIAM Asset Management Hackathon pushes students to build AI-powered portfolio

91������ teams shine at L’Oréal Brandstorm 2025 Case Competition

MMR student shares how L'Oréal Brandstorm led to internship

91������ Desautels launches the Management Science Case Writing Competition

Nabil Anouti is the Desautels valedictorian at 91������’s Spring 2023 Convocation

91������ Desautels undergrads take 2nd at Baylor University’s Negotiation Competition

91������ takes 2nd and 3rd place at L'Oréal Brandstorm Canada 2023

91������ students earn podium finish in leading global case competition