Consulting 101
The "Big 3" (MBB) firms are McKinsey, BCG, and _____.
What is Bain?
A nonprofit reinvests any surplus into this rather than paying owners; it’s the reason the group exists.
What is the Mission?
While branch consultants work directly with non-profits, this core group of worldwide volunteers manages global growth, operations, and compliance for the entire 180DC network.
What is the Global Leadership Team (GLT)?
Profit equals Revenue - _____.
What are costs?
What does MECE stand for in consulting problem-solving?
What is Mutually Exclusive and Collectively Exhaustive?
The "Big 4" firms are Deloitte, PwC, EY, and ______.
What is KPMG?
Money awarded by a foundation or government for a specific purpose, which nonprofits apply for.
What is a Grant?
In 2007, as a student at the University of Sydney, this social entrepreneur founded 180 Degrees Consulting.
Who is Nat Ware?
A structured model used to break a case down into parts in order to solve a business problem.
What is a framework?
The 3 Cs framework stands for Company, Customers, and _____.
What are Competitors?
This 7-element organizational model created by McKinsey evaluates a firm's structural effectiveness by looking at three "hard" elements and four "soft" elements.
What is the McKinsey 7S Framework?
A term used to describe professional services done on a volunteer basis (without charge) for the public good.
What is Pro Bono?
There are now this many 180 Degrees Consulting branches worldwide.
210
This four letter acronym is a foundational tool used by analysts to map a company's internal capabilities against external market forces.
What is a SWOT Analysis?
The 4 Ps of marketing are Product, Price, Place, and this.
What is Promotion?
In a typical firm’s ladder, Analyst comes first; this senior role owns the client relationship and sits at the top.
What is a Partner?
Unlike for-profit cases where the focus is keeping equity-owning shareholders happy, non-profit cases require managing a complex matrix of these; including donors, volunteers, board members, and beneficiaries.
What are stakeholders?
This percentage represents the amount of organizations 180 serves that say they would work with us again and would recommend 180 Degrees to other organizations.
96.8%
This critical analytical concept defines the point where a business's total revenues exactly equal its total costs, meaning the company is making zero profit but incurring zero losses.
What is a Break-Even Analysis?
Estimating how many glasses of water drank by students on a Monday in a dining hall is this kind of case question.
What is Market Sizing?
Amidst tightening corporate budgets, clients are increasingly rejecting lengthy, theoretical strategy documents. Instead, they demand that consultants deliver immediate, tangible evidence tied directly to these corporate metrics.
What are KPIs (Key Performance Indicators)?
What is a Social Enterprise?
To bridge the gap across massive geographic distances, the GLT rolled out this custom Learning Management System to streamline centralized training and resource sharing for all branches.
What is the Sana platform?
This portfolio management framework maps market growth rate against relative market share, categorizing businesses into Cash Cows, Stars, Question Marks, and Dogs.
What is the BCG Growth-Share Matrix?
This framework is a concise recap and recommendation meant to be around 30 seconds towards the end of the case interview.