Past Projects
The Cornell Global Business Club graduates members with a wide array of business skills, ranging from data and financial analytics to marketing & strategy consulting. We have provided pro-bono consulting to local start-ups and international companies, and can provide value to your firm too.
Fall 2023
Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (ICIC)
Project Manager: Dil Patel
Synopsis: Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (ICIC) is a non-profit research and advisory organization led by renowned economist and business professor Michael Porter. Our mission was to support ICIC in the expansion of its 'Succession Ready' initiative, a series of free educational workshops designed to assist small business owners in developing effective succession plans. Our task involved conducting market research, analyzing data from small businesses in Rhode Island, identifying key success factors for scaling, facilitating connections between ICIC and similar organizations, and developing assessment tests for succession frameworks.
Spring 2023
Freight Farms
Project Manager: Declan Little
Synopsis: Freight Farms is a Boston-based AgTech company that manufactures vertical hydroponic farming systems out of freight containers. CGBC worked with Freight Farms to analyze pro-forma financials and develop a go-to-market plan for a Freight Farms installation in Stamford, CT.
Fall 2022
RealBlocks
Project Managers: Giorgi Berndt, Jason Mushabe
Synopsis: RealBlocks is a FinTech company that provides investor portal solutions to its hedge fund clients. Our goal was to research the landscape of the Blockchain and Alternative Investments industries, and to present a PPT recommending an implementation roadmap to RealBlocks executives.
The Yield Lab Asia Pacific
Project Managers: Brenna Tosh, Corrina You
Synopsis: The Yield Lab Asia Pacific (TYLAP) is a regional impact fund founded by Larry Taylor (Cornell '73) that invests in Asian Ag-Tech companies. There were 2 main goals for the project. 1) Work with Mr. Taylor to develop search criterion for an ideal partner 2) Use this criterion to filter online databases and deliver a spreadsheet of actionable leads to TYLAP team.
Spring 2022
Atlas Metrics
Project Manager: Anja O'Brien
Location: London, UK
Synopsis: Researching ESG frameworks and the impact of modern slavery in the global economy
House of Analytics
Project Manager: Michael Ahedor
Location: Jakarta, Indonesia
Synopsis: Building an algorithmic decision tree that can be used to evaluate stocks
Ba-Li Cravings
Project Manager: Tim Holloway
Location: Ithaca, NY
Synopsis: Assisting the owner, Tal, in her outbound marketing efforts
Fall 2021
Finger Lakes ReUse
Project Manager: David Vilensky
Synopsis: Reviewing and assessing labor operations to improve productivity and efficiency
Vega Coffee
Project Manager: Andres Madrigal
Synopsis: Developing an expansion strategy to college campuses
Spring 2021
House of Analytics
CS4 Consultants
Project Manager: Jake Lawson
Location: Jakarta, Indonesia
Synopsis: Market research on the pawn shop industry
Project Manager: Stacy Chen
Location: London, UK
Synopsis: CPG analysis and pricing, operations planning
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