Opportunity brief
Guidelines
Young Business Leader 2026 (YBL 2026) is a business decision-making and leadership challenge organized by the Entrepreneurship Cell, Lloyd Business School. The competition is designed to test entrepreneurial thinking, business analysis, strategy, financial understanding, leadership, and decision-making under uncertainty.
Eligibility
- Open to all currently enrolled college/university students.
- Teams must consist of 2–3 students.
- The document does not specify any restriction based on college, university, course, or specialization; therefore, participants may form teams across colleges or specializations, subject to the 2–3 member team requirement.
- One participant cannot be part of multiple teams.
Competition Format
Round 1 – Business Leader Qualifier
- Mode: Online via Unstop
- 20 questions
- Suggested duration: 20–25 minutes
- Qualification round
- Sections:
- Business Aptitude
- Logical Reasoning
- Data Interpretation
- Finance & Business Fundamentals
- Marketing & Strategy
- Situational Judgement
- Scoring: +1 for correct answer, 0 for incorrect answer; no negative marking.
Round 2 – Business Case & Strategy Deck
- Shortlisted teams receive a realistic fictional business case.
- Teams must diagnose the problem, analyze data, develop a strategy, estimate financial impact, identify risks, and propose an implementation plan.
- Maximum 4 core slides, excluding the cover page and Appendix.
- Submission in PDF/PPT format.
- Expected submission window: 48–72 hours after case release.
- Only the highest-scoring teams qualify for the finale.
Round 3 – The Boardroom
- Mode: Offline at Lloyd Business School
- Finalists: 12-15 teams
- Team Presentation: 7 minutes
- Judge Cross-Questioning: 5 minutes
- Live Crisis Challenge: 3 minutes
- Approximate total: 15 minutes per team.
- During the Live Crisis Challenge, teams receive an unexpected business development, analyze it, modify their strategy, and defend their revised decision.
Rules
- Each team must have 2–3 currently enrolled students.
- A participant cannot register or participate in multiple teams.
- Accurate registration details must be provided.
- Participants must adhere to all specified time limits and submission deadlines.
- Plagiarism, copying, unauthorized assistance, or any form of misconduct may result in disqualification.
- All teams will receive identical Round 2 case information and equal submission deadlines.
- Round 3 will use standardized scorecards and comparable crisis difficulty.
- Participants must follow the instructions provided by the organizers for each round.
- A valid student ID may be required at the offline finale.
- Judges' decisions will be final.
- Organizers reserve the right to modify the schedule for operational requirements.