Business Deep Dives
You bring the problem. We bring the team.
A Business Deep Dive puts a team of four Albert School students on a real challenge of yours — with senior-faculty oversight and a clear deliverable at the end. Multiple teams run in parallel, so you leave with a portfolio of options, not one answer. No simulation — real data, real stakes.
The promise
From 3 days to 3 months.
One product, three depths — a 3-day Sprint, a 3-week Standard, or a 3-month Residency on our larger campuses.
Several teams, in parallel.
Every Business Deep Dive runs multiple teams of four at once — typically five to twenty-plus, depending on the cohort. Different angles of the same problem.
From Bachelor to Master's.
Different cohorts, different campuses, different seniority. We match the right minds to your problem.
Start local. Scale across five European campuses.
Your first project runs close to home — Paris, Madrid, Milan, Geneva or Marseille. Bigger ambitions can run across several campuses at once.
Choose the format
Sprint — 3 days
A calendar-blocked intensive on a tightly-scoped question.
Standard — 3 weeks
Our signature: analysis, build, and a final pitch.
Residency — up to ~3 months
Embedded, production-depth work.
Choose the flavour
How it works
Six steps. The same arc, different cadences.
A Business Deep Dive always follows the same six steps. The cadence changes — three days or three weeks — depending on the depth you need. The 3-week format is intensive but light on your side: about 3 hours a week from your team over 3 weeks. The 3-day Sprint compresses the same total effort into a single intensive block.
A 3-month Residency is also available on campuses that run a third-year or Master cohort.
01 · SCOPING
One conversation to build the case together: we define a challenge relevant to your business and agree on the perimeter of data made available to the students. We use our BDD Problem Statement Template as a guide — title, context, role-play scenario, strategic mission, scope of analysis, expected deliverables, and data sources — with full freedom on the content.
What you get
Multiple teams of four in parallel · senior-faculty oversight · a portfolio of analyses and prototypes · full ownership of the IP · a live preview of pre-graduate talent with a right of first interaction on the top performers · the Albert School + Mines Paris–PSL signature on the work.
What we ask
A real problem and the context to work on it · ~10–12 hours of senior time across the engagement · an engaged final jury.
One price
€12,000
One product. Every campus, every cohort, every format.
Same price whether it's a 3-day Sprint or a 3-week Standard. Includes the project, a dedicated coach with faculty oversight, and a co-branded LinkedIn piece around the work. Flexibility is a conversation — talk to us.
Closing soon — Autumn (S1) closes in about six weeks, and we are filling the last spots. If a Deep Dive is on your mind for this cycle, now is the moment to start the conversation.
Recent Deep Dives include Google · LVMH · Moncler · UniCredit · Crédit Agricole Indosuez · CMA CGM · Amazon AWS · Nestlé · Carrefour · Sixt · Talan · Valrhona · SwissBorg · UN OHCHR — 100+ engagements across five campuses.
Case studies
LVMH / Louis Vuitton — Paris
Shaping a seasonal leather-goods collection
Students used historical sales data to optimise models, colours, launch timing and pricing — lifting revenue while protecting desirability.
Google — Milan
Go-to-market for a new European market
Data-driven market sizing, competitor benchmarking, and an acquisition/scoring model behind the expansion plan.
UniCredit — Milan
GDPR-compliant AI for European SMEs
An architecture to assess SMEs using alternative data (reviews, web, e-commerce, registries) for credit and growth analysis.
Crédit Agricole Indosuez — Geneva
12 years of wealth data → business development
NLP, vector databases and relationship mapping turned a deep archive into client-facing tools; the winning team presented at Indosuez HQ.
CMA CGM — Marseille
Maritime-route optimisation
Cutting cost and carbon while avoiding high-risk zones — balancing security, regulatory and commercial constraints.
SwissBorg — Geneva
Onboarding, retention, product profitability
Across 135,000+ users — recommendations to streamline KYC and boost cross-product adoption.
See it for yourself
Real briefs. Real work. Real outcomes.
Four briefs from four global partners. Four Albert teams. Here's what three weeks of focused work produces.
What you bring, what we build
The BDD Problem Statement Template.
A structured guide we use together at scoping. It leaves full freedom on content — title, context, mission, data, deliverables — while giving both sides a common language.
Title
A clear, concise title summarising the core mission.
Context
Your organisation, market and strategic context — trends, challenges, the stage the problem sits on.
Role-play scenario
Students are placed in a realistic role — strategy analysts, commercial team, junior advisors. It anchors their thinking.
Strategic mission
The central question or hypothesis to test. What decision must be made? What should be proved or disproved?
Scope of analysis
The domains to explore: business metrics, financial KPIs, technical indicators, geographic or behavioural analysis.
Expected deliverables
An analytical report, supporting visuals, a business recommendation, or a working prototype — defined up front.
Data provided
The datasets made available, or sources suggested for independent research. Cleaning requirements noted where relevant.
Suggested methodology included: data collection, descriptive analysis, identification of key themes, exploration of needs, and recommendation development.
FAQ
- How long does it take?
- From a 3-day Sprint to a 3-month Residency. Most partners start with the 3-week Standard.
- What does it cost?
- €12,000 — one price, every campus, every cohort, every format.
- Who owns the output?
- You do. The IP is yours; Albert keeps marketing-usage rights only. Confidentiality and data handling are agreed at scoping.
- How much of our time?
- About 10–12 hours of senior time across 3–4 weeks (less for a Sprint), concentrated at kick-off, the mid-reviews, and the final jury.
- Which students?
- Teams of four, matched to your problem's level — from first-years for broad ideation to MSc students for production-grade work.
- Can we run several?
- Yes — multiple teams in parallel, across cohorts, or across campuses (e.g. Paris and Milan in the same season).
- Can we hire them?
- That's the point: you get a first look at the talent, and a right of first interaction on the top performers.
- When can we start?
- The autumn (S1) window closes in about six weeks — the next step is a short scoping call.
Beyond the first project
A Business Deep Dive is the start.
If the first project works, here's where it can lead. None of this is today's ask — it's the direction of travel.
Talent & job dating
Internships, apprenticeships, hires — and our job-dating events where you meet a cohort already trained on your questions. The most natural next step after a BDD.
Executive Education
Custom programmes for your managers and teams — AI, AI for business, AI for finance. Real cases: AP-HM, Club Med, Société Générale.
Teaching & events
Your experts in the classroom. A masterclass. A slot at the Albert & Eugenia Start-up Hackathon each May. Your expertise shapes the next generation.
A multi-year partnership
When the first projects work, a multi-format, multi-year relationship: a single point of contact, defined benefits, pricing calibrated to depth.
Bring us the problem you'd hand a top consulting team — and watch what AI-native talent does with it.
We are not waiting to find out who is right about AI. Build with us.
One conversation is all it takes to find the right place to start — a Deep Dive, a leadership programme, or a full partnership. Tell us what you'd like to build, and we'll route you to the right person.