INFORMATION SESSION

Our TeamFrom left to right:President-Makenzie MagaroVP of External Relations -Sarika PawarVP of Administration-Anandi Rahman VP of Internal Relations-Katie JohnsenDirector of Membership Programming -Harsha DindigalDirector of Membership Programming-Trishal PatelDirector of Technology-Irena HuangDirector of Recruitment-Melissa ThomasDirector of Finance -William DonnellDirector of Strategic Partnerships-Jordan RohrlichSecretary-Yash Tekriwal

About Us

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❖ Founded in 2013 as a pro-bono student consulting group for startups.

❖ Work with equity-backed ventures of all industries across the globe.

❖ Provided effective solutions and actionable research to 20 companies worldwide.

❖ Last semester we had over 40 student consultants of all majors.

Our Mission is to apply student ingenuity to the real-world.

What Is Consulting ?

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❖ Problem Solving❖ To consult is to discuss❖ Design tailored and effective solutions

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Our Clients

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❖ Focus groups

❖ Surveying

❖ Site/product testing

❖ Decision modelling

❖ Data analysis and visualization

❖ Financial/Sales modelling

❖ Graphic design

❖ Value-added research

Your Value Add

Consultants

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Client

Project Director

Project Leader

Project Structure

DeliverableSymposiumProjectTraining

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The VCG Process

● Consulting best practices and rapport

● Research techniques and analysis tools

● Semester long project (Sep-Dec) with regular client engagement

● Conduct research and develop strategies

● Project showcase for members to exchange ideas and experiences

● Opportunity to learn from others’ successes and struggles

● Final deliverable presentation to client

● Overview of project, key research findings and strategies

Design Thinking

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The Design Thinking Framework

❖ Don’t assume that the product has a market.

1. Empathize to learn about your audience.

2. Define to form concrete points of view

3. Ideate to create useful, user-oriented solutions

4. Prototype to materialize the solution

5. Test to collect feedback, then iterate

❖ Design thinking looks for desire paths.

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Thank you.

Applications now open on

our website!

Deadline to submit:

September 6th 11:59 pm

www.vcgatuva.com

virginiaconsultinggroup@gmail.com