YSU students receive bronze medal in Global Scaling Challenge

A team of four students from the Williamson College of Business Administration at Youngstown State University claimed a Bronze Medal at the 2023 Global Scaling Challenge.

The team, comprised of Elman Kazimli, Jakob Peters, Jason Gibson and Christian Febinger, under the guidance of advisor Omer Genc, associate professor of Marketing, received a $1,250 cash award.

“It truly was amazing to see the work that our team put in as it led to us securing the bronze medal and cash prize in the competition," said senior Christian Febinger, majoring in Finance - Financial Management track. "Putting YSU in the conversation with universities all around the globe in terms of technological innovation was a great honor.”

Global Scaling Challenge is organized by The Anderson School of Management at the University of New Mexico and offers participating teams a unique opportunity to understand and solve complex scaling needs and challenges that entrepreneurial firms face operating in a highly diverse environment.

Thirty-five teams from eight countries (US, South Korea, Austria, India, UK, Finland, France, and Peru) competed in the competition. Teams worked on three Global Scaling Challenges for high tech firms. Student teams developed detailed scaling plans for RS21 at the qualifiers and for Proof Labs and Ideas Tek at the final competition.