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CAP Germany 2019: Wrapping Up and Looking Forward

Blog post by Jonathan Fuller, GMBA '20

17 students; 3 teams; 1 professor; 1 TA; 2 tour guides; countless directors, founders, CEOs, CFOs, managers, and liaisons… just a taste of the many people that made CAP Germany so special. It’s easy to say that the final two weeks of Year 1 in the Global MBA program at GW were nothing short of unforgettable.

Our final presentations took place the Thursday before leaving, when all three teams got up in front of their clients and crushed it! It was incredible to see the final projects come together and to compare them to each stage throughout the CAP process. A special shout-out to Ali, who was named the most improved (and boy did he deserve it). If there were any doubts about progress before, after the presentations it was clear that each group had learned an exceptional amount through CAP. The teams were able to put it all together in final deliverables that received the highest of praises from all clients: the statement, “We look forward to next year’s GW Consulting Team!”

Team BEOS

Team Peccato

Team GETEC

The BEOS Team delivered a change management initiative which included the re-structuring of company personnel along with an implementation plan and timeline. The Peccato Team offered a full marketing plan, complete with a how-to guide and step-by-step process moving forward. The GETEC Team presented a comprehensive industry analysis along with market-entry strategy and quantitative decision-making tools for the UK. To say that any of us anticipated such in-depth and well-received deliverables back in January would have been a stretch!

Some of us left CAP Germany with better presenting skills, some left with new mentors/professional contacts, others left with a better grasp on working with people from different cultures. All of us left better prepared for what’s next. We’re heading off to internships around the country and world this summer with an enhanced sense of the business needs of today and the solutions of tomorrow. The CAP experience gave us a boost in the skills and confidence needed to be successful in our internships and come back in August ready to complete Year 2 before heading off to our big-kid jobs post-MBA!