Interested in Business? Competitions to Level Up Your Resume (and Brain)

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This post is part of our Competitive Academic Series, where we highlight programs, competitions, and experiences that help high school students explore future careers and build real credentials along the way.

#1: DECA Competitive Events

• What it is: DECA is one of the biggest high school business organizations. Members compete in events across marketing, entrepreneurship, finance, hospitality, personal finance, and more. Events include roleplays, written projects, case studies, and presentations

  • https://www.deca.org/

#2: FBLA (Future Business Leaders of America)

• What it is: FBLA runs a huge National Awards Program with competitive events in business, tech, leadership, and finance—everything from tests and case studies to presentations and projects.

  • https://www.fbla.org/

#3: Wharton Global High School Investment Competition

• What it is: A free, experiential investing competition from the Wharton School’s Global Youth Program. Teams of high schoolers work with a stock market simulator and build a long-term investment strategy, then submit reports and potentially present in later rounds.

  • https://globalyouth.wharton.upenn.edu/competitions/investment-competition/

#4: Diamond Challenge

• What it is: A global high school entrepreneurship competition where you build a venture or social impact idea and pitch it. Students create solutions to real problems and present them at virtual or in-person rounds.

  • https://diamondchallenge.org/

#5: Blue Ocean Student Entrepreneur Competition

• What it is: A free, global, virtual pitch competition where high schoolers submit a 5-minute video with a “blue ocean” business idea—something unique that creates new market space rather than competing in an existing one.

  • https://blueoceancompetition.org/

#6: School Enterprise Challenge

• What it is: An international competition where students create and run real, student-led school businesses, then submit reports and reflections on their work.

  • https://www.schoolenterprisechallenge.org/

#7: General Entrepreneurship / Innovation Challenges

• Beyond the big names, there are tons of smaller business and entrepreneurship competitions hosted by:

  • Universities

  • Local chambers of commerce

  • Nonprofits and youth entrepreneurship programs

• They may not always be famous, but they’re often:

  • Easier to place or win in

  • More personal (direct feedback from judges)

  • Great sources of unique essay stories

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