Winning DECA comes down to an eight-step process: pick an event that fits how you think, master your performance indicators, build a role-play structure you can run on a 10-minute prep clock, treat the 100-question exam as its own event.

This review answers five questions about the Delta Institute: what it is, which programs it runs, who mentors students, what it costs, and who it suits best.

This guide covers 12 pitching mistakes teen founders make, from what you say to how you present it and handle questions.

This guide shows you how to apply to teen startup incubators, the school, university, nonprofit, and youth programs built for high schoolers rather than adult accelerators.

This guide covers eight leadership skills for running a startup or nonprofit as a teen, from splitting up work to owning a bad decision.

This guide explains the difference between startup incubators and accelerators, plus nearby options like studios and pre-accelerators.

This list covers 25 side hustles for teens, from local services and freelance skills to reselling, online content, and small-equipment jobs.

Entrepreneurship in high school means spotting a real problem and building something that solves it.

This review covers The Knowledge Society (TKS), a ten-month innovation accelerator: its cost, financial aid, admissions, and honest pros and cons. You can join in person in six cities or online, and the price changes with each option.

This review helps you decide whether the National Economics Challenge, a free team competition for high school students, is worth your time. Beginners compete in the David Ricardo Division, while AP, IB, honors, and returning students compete in Adam Smith.

A pitch competition is an event where you present a business or social venture idea to a panel of judges, often in five minutes or less, followed by a short round of questions, and compete for prize money, feedback, and connections.

This guide covers each part of the Wharton Global Youth Program: on-campus programs in Philadelphia, location-based programs in Cambridge and San Francisco, online courses, and free competitions.

This guide covers the McCombs Future Executive Academy (MFEA), a free six-day business program at UT Austin, plus its sister programs Subiendo and DYNAMC.

This guide walks you through Technovation Girls, a free global competition where you build an app or AI tool that solves a problem in your community. You can enter alone or in a team of up to five, and your requirements depend on your division: Beginner, Junior, or Senior.

To compete in DECA as a high schooler, you have to join through your school's DECA chapter, since you can't sign up on your own.

FBLA gives you four main ways to get involved: competitive events, leadership roles, service projects, and conferences that lead up to nationals.

This review covers the Young Entrepreneurs Academy (YEA!), where local chapters take you from a business idea to an Investor Panel and launch over a school year.

You can only apply to Wharton's Leadership in the Business World, or LBW, if you're currently in Grade 11, have a 3.5 unweighted GPA or higher, and can show leadership experience.

Babson Summer Study is a three-week entrepreneurship course for rising high school juniors and seniors.

You can't enter the Wharton Global High School Investment Competition on your own. You need a team of four to six students from your school, plus a teacher from that school who registers you as your advisor.