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RESOURCE

RECOMMENDATIONS
NEWSLETTERS PODC ASTS

The Brew News and Industry Knowledge:


• Morning Brew • The Journal
• Retail Brew • Marketplace
• Emerging Tech Brew • The Daily
NY Times • NPR’s Up First
• The Morning Firm Specific Strategy Podcasts:
• Weekend Briefing • The Strategy Skills Podcast
• The McKinsey Podcast
WSJ
• The 10 Point Optional:
• Technology • Planet Money
• Business Casual
The Hustle
• WSJ’s The Future of Everything
• Present Value (Cornell)

Purpose: Build business sense and understanding of developments in


the business world to strengthen your case inter view insights
R e c o m m e n d e d : ~ 3 0 m i n u t e s p e r d ay

*Not a comprehensive list, and not all required. This is meant to give you starting point of resources that may be helpful to build business knowledge
C ASE PREP BOOK

“Case in Point”, Marc P. Cosentino (Highly Recommended)


• Particularly useful sections on Market Sizing, Frameworks, and other deep
dives. Contains practice throughout the book and several cases to
practice in the last section.
• As of 2021, there are 11 editions of the book. You do not need to buy the
most recent edition if earlier ones are more affordable. There are some
small differences from editions 8-11.
• You may also consider borrowing a copy from the library or
purchasing/borrowing a used copy from peers.
C ASING VIDEOS

RocketBlocks
• Watch casing mini-lessons videos
Dashboard > Founder’s Corner section > “View All” Mini-Lessons > Case
Preparation section

Yale School of Management


• Top Rise Retailer: Video | Solution
• Playworks: Case | Video | Solution
• A+ Airlines: Video | Solution
• Dark Sky: Video | Solution
• Self-checkout: Video | Solution
LIVE C ASE SOLO C ASE
PRACTICE PRACTICE

RocketBlocks RocketBlocks
• Live Practice provides a • Case Mode delivers full cases
space to connect to peers virtually. RB will time your
looking to practice responses and provide sample
Live Practice > Peer Partners solutions.

OCS Case Prep Drills > Case Mode

• Schedule a casing session with Firm websites


Yale’s Office of Career • Many firms post practice cases
Strategy here
online. These cases can give
• Find a fellow classmate at Yale you a sense for the firm’s
to practice with here specific style.

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