Having just arrived in Beijing, it is ironical that I found Seattle colder than the sub zero temperatures here. 

16 Teams finally sent in their entries to the Firenze|China. Judges at Microsoft are quite impressed with the quality of the entries so far, though truth be told, it is quite challenging to juggle between the ridiculous snow storm in Seattle (where the roads are still not cleared, bcos the city is not used to having snow ever); holiday season; economy; work and this :).

But that aside - the teams that have endured the challenge/curve balls thrown at them so far and stood up to it - and taken a shot at the championship so far have been:

CEIBS 1
CEIBS 2
Chicago
CKGSB 1
CKGSB 2
Darden
Foster
GSM 1
Haas
NUS
SNU GMBA
Tsinghua 1
Tsinghua 2
Yonsei
ZJU 1
ZJU 2

Congrats teams - and good luck on the results as the judges pour into the decks submitted.