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Four senior high school students of the University of the Philippines Integrated School (UPIS) took the winning title in the regional round of the Tiger Global Case Competition (TGCC), which was held online last September 19.
The team of Robert Ambat, Lester Amurao, and Magan Basilio (Batch 2021) and Ameer Fernandez (Batch 2022) was announced as the top one group of the South and Southeast Asian Region of TGCC.
TGCC is an international competition organized by Crimson Education in partnership with Tiger Global Market. The competition aims to bring the business-case experience to high school students around the world and help them develop their creativity and entrepreneurial spirit.
For the regional round, they were tasked to come up with an expansion strategy for Autonomous Control Systems Laboratory (ACSL), a drone company based in Japan. A live question-and-answer session with ACSL’s Chief Financial Officer was also hosted to give the participants an opportunity to get to know the company more. They were given two weeks to prepare for the regional case presentation.
“Winning from the regional rounds was actually a surprise for us! We only focused on doing our best and making the most out of this experience through the workshops and resources they gave us. We put our heart into making the best strategy we could think of and we're absolutely glad that the judges were able to connect with our sincerity in proposing that solution. After that, we were already more than happy to be working alongside mentors and fellow finalists as we challenged ourselves again in the globals. Undoubtedly, my best takeaway from this was the experience in honing various skills and working with such amazing teammates that were engaged every step of the way.” Ambat said
“Obviously, I didn’t expect that we would win as I had no background in business and went into it only with the intention of learning new things. When we won, I thought that this is probably the biggest thing I’ve won in life so far. This experience will definitely be something I can reminisce about when I’m old.” Fernandez said.
"It was an honor competing against amazing representatives from so many countries. I definitely learned a lot from the experience of attending the workshops and working with my team," Basilio said.
The team enjoyed and learned a lot from the competition and was thankful for the experience they gained. “My teammates were nothing short of remarkable and smart talaga. They are the best legit hands down!” Amurao said.
One of the challenges they had was compressing their presentation because of the limited number of slides and time given. After the regional round, they had workshops with their mentors Clara Tusin and Newfel Drahmoune from ESSEC Business School where they got the chance to have a mock case to prepare them for the global round that happened on October 10. // by Liane Bachini
UPIS students place first in TGCC regionals
Four senior high school students of the University of the Philippines Integrated School (UPIS) took the winning title in the regional round of the Tiger Global Case Competition (TGCC), which was held online last September 19.
The team of Robert Ambat, Lester Amurao, and Magan Basilio (Batch 2021) and Ameer Fernandez (Batch 2022) was announced as the top one group of the South and Southeast Asian Region of TGCC.
TGCC is an international competition organized by Crimson Education in partnership with Tiger Global Market. The competition aims to bring the business-case experience to high school students around the world and help them develop their creativity and entrepreneurial spirit.
For the regional round, they were tasked to come up with an expansion strategy for Autonomous Control Systems Laboratory (ACSL), a drone company based in Japan. A live question-and-answer session with ACSL’s Chief Financial Officer was also hosted to give the participants an opportunity to get to know the company more. They were given two weeks to prepare for the regional case presentation.
“Winning from the regional rounds was actually a surprise for us! We only focused on doing our best and making the most out of this experience through the workshops and resources they gave us. We put our heart into making the best strategy we could think of and we're absolutely glad that the judges were able to connect with our sincerity in proposing that solution. After that, we were already more than happy to be working alongside mentors and fellow finalists as we challenged ourselves again in the globals. Undoubtedly, my best takeaway from this was the experience in honing various skills and working with such amazing teammates that were engaged every step of the way.” Ambat said
“Obviously, I didn’t expect that we would win as I had no background in business and went into it only with the intention of learning new things. When we won, I thought that this is probably the biggest thing I’ve won in life so far. This experience will definitely be something I can reminisce about when I’m old.” Fernandez said.
"It was an honor competing against amazing representatives from so many countries. I definitely learned a lot from the experience of attending the workshops and working with my team," Basilio said.
The team enjoyed and learned a lot from the competition and was thankful for the experience they gained. “My teammates were nothing short of remarkable and smart talaga. They are the best legit hands down!” Amurao said.
One of the challenges they had was compressing their presentation because of the limited number of slides and time given. After the regional round, they had workshops with their mentors Clara Tusin and Newfel Drahmoune from ESSEC Business School where they got the chance to have a mock case to prepare them for the global round that happened on October 10. // by Liane Bachini
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