Program Categories

• Entrepreneurship incubators and startup programs
• Business competitions (DECA, FBLA, BPA)
• Finance and investment programs
• Pre-college business courses
• Economics olympiads and competitions

Current business program listings

121 matching programs are listed in the directory right now. The most recently added:

• Blue Ocean Student Entrepreneur Competition — Blue Ocean Global Network: Join the world’s largest virtual pitch competition for high school students. Build entrepreneurship skills, boost your college applications, and showc
• MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition — MIT: Compete in a premier entrepreneurship competition for high schoolers. Develop business skills, launch innovative ventures, and boost college applicati
• Yale Entrepreneurial Society High School Fellowship — Yale Entrepreneurial Society: Master entrepreneurship skills in this free 8-week virtual fellowship for high school students. Build startups, strengthen college applications, and l
• Forbes 30 Under 30 Recognition — Forbes Magazine: Gain national recognition as a high school entrepreneur with Forbes 30 Under 30. Boost college applications and showcase your achievements in business
• Knowledge Matters Virtual Business Challenge — Knowledge Matters: Join this free virtual business competition for high schoolers to manage retail, sports, or restaurant simulations. Build entrepreneurial skills and b
• Wharton Investment Competition — Wharton/UPenn: Compete in a global investing competition for high school students. Manage a $100k portfolio, gain real-world finance skills, and boost your college a
• Harvard Business Conference — Harvard HBS: Elite in-person business competition for grades 10-12 at Harvard. Solve real-world cases, network with Fortune 500 leaders, and strengthen college app
• Thiel Fellowship (Under 20) — Thiel Foundation: Prestigious $100,000 fellowship for young entrepreneurs under 22 to skip or leave college and pursue startup ideas with two years of funding, mentorsh
• Girls Who Invest Summer Intensive Program — Girls Who Invest: Highly selective free 4-week summer program placing high school girls and nonbinary students at top investment management firms for training in financ
• Goldman Sachs Possibilities Summit — Goldman Sachs: Selective multi-day career exploration program at Goldman Sachs headquarters for high school juniors from underrepresented groups interested in financ
• LifeSmarts National Championship — National Consumers League: Free national consumer knowledge and personal finance competition for high school teams, testing real-world skills in health, technology, the environm
• DECA Scholarship Program — DECA Inc.: DECA awards over $5 million in scholarships annually to its members, with awards ranging from $1,000 to $50,000. Scholarships reward excellence in bus
• FBLA Scholarship Program — Future Business Leaders of America: FBLA-PBL offers multiple scholarships for active FBLA members pursuing business-related degrees. Awards recognize academic excellence, community servi
• Thiel Fellowship Under 20 — Thiel Foundation: $100,000 grant over 2 years to skip college and build a startup. Past fellows have founded companies worth billions. Extremely prestigious for entrepr
• Young Entrepreneurs Academy (YEA!) National Competition — YEA!: National pitch competition for YEA! entrepreneurs. Students compete with businesses launched through YEA! program.
• Yale Bulldogs Investment Fund — Yale University: Student-managed investment fund experience at Yale. Learn portfolio management from Yale finance community.
• SXSW Pitch Competition — SXSW: Pitch startup at South by Southwest. Student category.
• National Economics Challenge (NEC) Nationals — Council for Economic Education: National economics competition with quiz bowl format. Teams advance through state and regional rounds to nationals.
• Rotman International Trading Competition — Rotman School of Management: Prestigious simulation-based trading competition. Demonstrates financial acumen and quantitative decision-making under pressure.
• Ross School of Business Summer Business Academy — University of Michigan Ross: Business program at Michigan Ross. Explore business disciplines with Ross faculty and business leaders.
• Beta Alpha Psi High School Competition — Beta Alpha Psi: Financial literacy and accounting case competition. Regional and national levels.
• Startup UCLA Summer High School Accelerator — UCLA: Startup accelerator at UCLA. Develop business ideas with UCLA Anderson faculty and LA tech community.
• Harvard Business School Summer Venture in Management Program — Harvard Business School: Free HBS program for underrepresented students interested in business. Week-long case method experience at Harvard.
• LaunchX Entrepreneurship Summer — LaunchX: Selective startup incubator where teams build and launch real ventures.