Congrats to EA and in general to all those involved in organising the 24h Challenge for us, it is a modern concept that surprised us in a very pleasant way. We particularly noticed the energy and capacity for engagement of participant teams, who in a very short time managed to generate ideas and mature solutions, very adaptable to our company business.

The 24h Challenge with EA students was a good opportunity for us to work closely with the new generation. We involved students in an important project for Google, that has many challenges and hidden spots, “How to help more small companies to onboard online?”. I was pleasantly surprised by the ideas generated, of the work done and also about how they presented the results. I really enjoyed my interaction with the students on this Google project.

The 24h Challenge was an experience that Orange team lived together with the students. We did not just wait for their ideas, but we engaged with them on the phone, email and at our offices, throughout the 24 hours they spent working. And the results matched everybody’s effort! Many of the winning team students’ ideas were afterwards implemented by Orange, therefore we consider the project a win-win!

The experience of interacting with EA students was an authentic learning process. We gave them one of the most difficult challenges of the life insurance and private pension industry: how to raise awareness and interest for these financial instruments among young people? We offered access to our research reports, our market studies and after just one day, we received tactical proposals, with fast implementation. We appreciated a lot the way students presented their ideas and how they answered our questions.