We are inviting project proposals for Cambridge Judge Business School’s Cambridge Venture Project (CVP 2024), taking place between October and December 2024.
WHAT IS THE CAMBRIDGE VENTURE PROJECT (CVP)?
CVP offers companies a chance to work on poignant market issues facing their organisation with a team of mature business professionals. This benefits your business by providing a fresh, objective and unbiased market research evaluations from a team of five Cambridge Judge Business School MBA students.
Learn more about the CVP in our client briefing notes.
WHY COLLABORATE WITH CJBS STUDENTS?
Our students are :
- Professionals with an average of six years work experience, from over 45 countries.
- Represent a wide range of sectors and job functions
- Have excellent business and academic references.
These backgrounds ensure a rich depth and variation of perspectives to support your business. Also, case studies speak for themselves; view our CVP case studies to see examples of the impact that the CVP can have on your company.
DOES MY BUSINESS QUALIFY?
Your company should be an evolving business and have at least five full-time employees and a product, treatment or service for which you may want to:
- Investigate market opportunities
- Evaluate consumer behaviour and competitive forces, using qualitative and quantitative analysis techniques
- Generate insights into potential strategies, opportunities for commercialisation and possible routes to market
- Pivot and enter a different market segment or geography
NB: We often work with companies outside of the Cambridge area, provided they are able to have regular contact with their CVP teams in Cambridge and are able to attend the final CVP presentation in person.
KEY DATES
- First proposal deadline: 15 August 2024
- Final proposal deadline: 5 September 2024
- CVP running dates: October - December 2024
- Mandatory Client Final presentation: 1 x hour long slot between 2-6 December 20
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
- Clients own the IP of the findings.
- Students have signed an NDA with CJBS and are not able to sign an NDA with clients.
- No fee is charged other than any direct project expenses (e.g. travel) incurred.
INTERESTED?
If you already have a business problem in mind and would like a new perspective, you can directly Submit a proposal
If you would like to discuss potential routes, or have further questions, please contact us: mbaprojects@jbs.cam.ac.uk
