JA Company Program
A Junior Achievement program in which high school students conceptualize, finance, and run their own student-led startup company over a semester or school year, guided by volunteer business mentors and covering sales, finance, marketing, and supply-chain fundamentals.
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Business Professionals of America (BPA)
A national Career and Technical Student Organization with over 60,000 members in 2,000+ middle school, high school, and college chapters, in which students compete in Workplace Skills Assessment Program events spanning business, finance, and technology and attend regional, state, and national leadership conferences.
JA Titan
A Junior Achievement business-strategy simulation in which high school students compete as CEOs of a phone company, making pricing, marketing, R&D, and corporate-social-responsibility decisions across a series of tutorial, strategy, and competition sessions delivered in classrooms, after school, or remote-live.
NABA Accounting Career Awareness Program (ACAP)
A free, week-long residential summer program from the National Association of Black Accountants held on partner college campuses, in which high school students attend workshops on accounting, finance, and entrepreneurship, tour accounting firms, and receive year-round mentoring, with tuition, housing, and materials fully sponsored.
NFTE National Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge
The flagship business plan and pitch competition of the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship, where students advance through local, regional, and national elimination rounds to compete for cash prizes.
AMA Marketing Certification for High School Students
An industry-recognized credentialing program from the American Marketing Association, delivered through Stukent's simulation-based courseware, in which high school students complete coursework and exams to earn the AMA Marketing Certification or AMA Social Media Marketing Certification covering market research, strategic planning, and digital advertising.
Arthur M. Blank School Summer Program (Babson College)
A pre-college summer program at Babson College, the top-ranked school for entrepreneurship education, offering high schoolers residential, commuter, and online options to take hands-on courses across business, entrepreneurship, technology, and finance taught by Babson faculty and practitioners.