Hult Future Leaders Challenge 2022 - Boston

Welcome to the Hult Future Leaders Challenge—where teams of high school students from every corner of the globe will participate in 10 weeks of ideation, teamwork, and challenge-based learning with a live client brief from multinational consumer goods company Unilever. Finalists will pitch their idea to the client themselves for the chance to win a scholarship worth 15,000 USD.¹

Hult Young Minds Challenge 2022

Brought to you by the team behind the Hult Founders Lab

You will benefit from learning directly from professor-practitioners involved in the Hult Founders Lab, the startup incubation program at Hult International Business School. They will challenge, develop, and mentor your team through a series of live and interactive masterclasses, skills lab workshops, and team coaching. Culminating in a global final, you’ll compete against other international teams as you pitch your proposal to our multinational client and panel of Hult judges.

Still up for the challenge and want to solve some of the biggest challenges facing global companies today?

  • 1. Winning team members will each receive a 15,000 USD scholarship each academic year to Hult International Business School to be used the year after they graduate from high school. The scholarship may not be redeemed for a cash value or applied to another school. The amount will be determined by the campus the student attends.

Program Details

  • Live online challenge
  • Four to six students per team
  • 10-week challenge (starting October 5, 2022)
  • Five hours of free masterclasses & coaching
  • Top three teams receive scholarships
  • 1st Prize: 15,000 USD scholarship and prizes¹

Application Now Closed

Registration for Hult Future Leaders Challenge - Boston is now closed. Please email hflc.boston@hult.edu for further enquiries.

About the Hult Future Leaders Challenge

Working in teams of four to six students, the Hult Future Leaders Challenge will take your team on a 10-week journey of challenge-based learning. All teams participate in weeks 1-4. Proposals are then assessed in week 5 and teams that progress go through to weeks 6-7. After Live Regional Presentations, teams are assessed in week 8 and the top 10 teams are selected to progress to weeks 9-10 and the live Global Finals.

Weeks One to Four: Challenge Kickoff

Week 1

Challenge Launch & Client Brief

Join Hult professors and the client live from Hult’s London campus as we launch the Hult Future Leaders Challenge and client brief.

October 5, 2022
7-8pm (EDT)
Week 2

Hult Masterclass

Gain critical knowledge to tackle the client brief with an interactive one-hour session led by a Hult professor.

October 12, 2022
7-8pm (EDT)
Week 3

Hult's Virtual Skills Lab

Skill up and get ahead as you hear from Hult professors on the latest topics and trends in a live interactive workshop.

October 19, 2022
7-8pm (EDT)
Week 4 - First Deadline

Proposal Submission

Teams submit their proposal as a 10-slide PowerPoint file. Your proposal will be assessed to determine which teams will progress to the regionals.

October 28, 2022
TBC

Weeks Five to Eight: Road to Regionals

Week 5

Assessment Week

Hult's professors and Unilever assess team submissions to decide which teams will progress. Teams will be notified by email.

W/C October 31, 2022
Week 6

Hult Masterclass

Gain critical knowledge to tackle the client brief with an interactive one-hour session led by a Hult professor.

November 8, 2022
7-8pm (EDT)
Week 6

Client Info Session

Catch up with the client, gain industry knowledge, and ask any burning questions about the brief.

November 10, 2022
TBC (1 hour)
Week 7

Live Regional Presentations

Lights, camera, action! Get ready to present your team’s proposal to the Hult professors.

November 19, 2022
TBC (4-5 hours)

Weeks Nine to : Heading to the Finals

Week 8

Assessment Week

Hult Professors and Unilever assess team submissions to determine which teams will progress.

Teams will be notified by email.

W/C November 21, 2022
Week 9

Hult's Team Coaching

Connect with one of Hult’s student development coaches to better understand your team’s strengths and weaknesses for the final presentation.

November 29-30 , 2022
TBC (1 hour)
Week 10

Hult's Virtual Skills Lab

Skill up and get ahead as you learn from Hult professors on how to structure the perfect presentation ready for the finals.

December 7, 2022
7-8pm (EST)
Week 10

Live Global Finals

Join the client and Hult professors live from Hult’s London campus as you bring it all together one last time and present your proposal for the chance to win a 10,000 GBP scholarship and prizes.

December 10, 2022
TBC (3-4 hour)

What you'll learn

Mentored by Hult’s professor-practitioners, you’ll solve challenges that businesses are facing right now. Sharpening your business knowledge on the road towards becoming a successful global professional

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Business Fundamentals

Broaden your business knowledge through a series of masterclasses and Virtual Skills Lab sessions. Connect with world-class Hult professors on the latest topics and trends through live and interactive workshops.

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Client Consulting

Gain industry insight and professional experience as you work in teams to solve some of the biggest challenges facing global companies today and pitch your ideas to industry experts.

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Presentation Skills

Learn how to tell compelling stories that communicate your ideas and inspire others. Whether it's sharing your thoughts with your team, connecting with the client, or giving a presentation.

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Teamwork & Collaboration

Build a better understanding of yourself and your ability to work as a team through Hult's mentorship and team coaching. Gain in-demand skills that leverage your team’s unique experiences to get results.

Meet your professors

Imen Ameur

Imen Ameur

Imen Ameur is a professor of practice innovation and management at Hult International Business School. She is a global business leader, entrepreneur, and digital transformation expert with extensive international experience. Imen is also leading the development of the Hult incubator in Boston.

Matt Fisher

Matt Fisher

Following a ten-year career as a small business entrepreneur in the real estate and lending sectors, Matt Fisher transitioned to teaching in 2012. His signature courses include strategic management, market strategy, brand management, and sales management. He is also an award-winning case writer with high-profile case studies focusing on Tesla, Shinola, Seabourn Cruises, Theranos, Coinbase, and Peloton.

Matt Johnson

Matt Johnson

Matt Johnson is a speaker, neuroscientist, and writer working at the intersection of psychology and marketing. He is the author of the best-selling consumer psychology book Blindsight, and Branding That Means Business (Economist Books, Fall 2022). He regularly consults with a wide range of organizations, including as an expert-in-residence in neuromarketing for Nike.

Previous Challenges

For the 2021 Challenge in Europe, Unilever tasked teams with creating a proposal to launch a new limited-edition product for their deodorant brand Axe.

Stepping up to the challenge, Team Banach (from Aquinas American School of Madrid, Spain) zeroed in on two pivotal parts of the brief, demonstrating a great understanding of the consumer research provided by Unilever to then propose a fresh new collaboration that connected two seemingly distinct companies with a unique product positioned to reignite confidence in a demographic struggling to feel self-assured when it comes to dating. The result – a winning pitch and proposal for a limited-edition product between Axe and Tinder Plus that took home 1st Prize and a 15,000 USD scholarship for each team member.

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Snapshots from the Past Finals

BBA High School Challenge 2021

American School of Bilbao, Spain, 2021

BBA High School Challenge 2021

Aquinas American School, Spain, 2021

Hult High School Challenge 2021 Finalist

Haileybury School, United Kingdom, 2021

BBA High School Challenge 2021

CLIP, Oporto International School, Portugal, 2021

BBA High School Challenge 2021

St. Dominic’s School, Portugal, 2021

BBA High School Challenge 2021

Mougins British School, France, 2021

Hult High School Challenge 2021 Finalist

CATS College Canterbury, United Kingdom, 2021

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2021 Finals Presentations

Hult High School Challenge 2021

2021 Finals Presentations

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2021 Finals Presentations

2021 Regionals Winners - British School of Tome, Togo 2021

2021 MEA Winners, British School of Tome, Togo

2021 Regionals Winners - St Andrews School Turi, Kenya 2020

2020 MEA Winners, St. Andrews School of Turi, Kenya

Application Now Closed

Registration closed on September 28, 2022. Please email hflc.boston@hult.edu for further enquiries about Hult Future Leaders Challenge.

About Hult International Business School

Hult International Business School is a non-profit educational pioneer and the first triple-accredited US business school. Ranked by the Financial Times, Economist, Forbes, and Bloomberg Businessweek, Hult offers practical undergraduate, graduate, and executive education programs across its global campuses in downtown Boston, San Francisco, London, Dubai, Shanghai, and New York.

To find out more about Hult’s other programs, please visit www.hult.edu.

Hult Triple Accreditation

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Association of MBAs Career Strategy Award, 2020

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Poets and Quants, Life-Changing Experience, Best Undergraduate Business Schools, 2021

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for International Students, Financial Times MBA Ranking, 2021

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The Economist, Full-Time MBA Ranking, 2021