BPA is partnering with the National Pediatric Cancer Foundation (NPCF) for a Cause Marketing/Fundraising challenge. This partnership will support NPCF’s mission by engaging all members with future business career goals to make a difference within their community.

By participating in the social impact challenge and community service project, you will gain valuable business skills that will prepare you for your future. These campaigns promote social responsibility, helps you know what it takes to make your business stand out in the community, and reinforce a culture of teamwork and camaraderie in the workplace.

Knowledge Matters is excited to present the BPA Virtual Business Challenge (VBC), an online competition that gives Secondary Division members the opportunity to put their business skills to the test through engaging, real-world simulations.

Members can compete in one or both challenge tracks: Personal Finance, where participants make financial decisions involving budgeting, banking, credit, taxes, employment, and more; and Entrepreneurship, where participants launch and manage a simulated business while making decisions related to financing, staffing, marketing, operations, and growth.

Students may compete individually or in teams of up to three members, with nationally ranked teams earning cash awards (up to $1,000). The VBC is a great way to build practical skills, strengthen critical thinking and decision-making, and gain valuable competitive experience.

BPA Partner, Stukent CTE, the Stukent National Business Skills Challenge is an opportunity for students to compete against other business students nationwide. They will test their business skills by playing through Stukent Simternships™ on Social Media Marketing, Entrepreneurship, and Accounting. Each simulation will have students complete tasks that real professionals tackle in their roles.

The BPA LifeSmarts competition begins with the online challenges, with top-scoring teams receiving cash prizes. One Junior Varsity level BPA Team comprised of two members in grades 6-8, and one Varsity level BPA team comprised of two members in grades 9-12 will be recognized in each challenge. See the LifeSmarts BPA page for complete details and how BPA Teams can also compete in the LifeSmarts State and National Championships!

BPA teams can also earn $100 in the monthly TeamSmarts competitions starting in September through February.

You are a young professional launching a new insurance agency and want to build the ultimate team of next gen leaders. To secure startup funding, you must present a business plan to an investment company that demonstrates how your hiring strategy will help your agency succeed. Bring your vision to life by creatively summarizing your business plan in a video pitch designed to persuade investors to fund your agency. This challenge consists of two major parts: a business plan outlining your insurance agency’s hiring strategy and a 3 to 5 minute video presentation.

The Rubin Propel Scholarship Competition, in partnership with Business Professionals of America (BPA), allows students to showcase career readiness through the use — at no cost — of the Rubin Propel email etiquette tool. One secondary member and one postsecondary member will each win a $500 scholarship.

To participate, the chapter advisor must schedule a 10-minute meeting with the Rubin team to receive a unique Propel access code for the BPA chapter. Participants will then use Propel to draft an email to apply for a mock internship. The Rubin Propel Scholarship Competition encourages students to develop essential soft skills for college and career readiness.

Every emerging industry is stuck behind one keystone problem. Solve it, and the world as we know it changes. The companies working on these bottlenecks are the ones building the future, and the investors who spot them early win big.

In this challenge, your team plays senior analyst, briefing an investor on where to place their next bet. Pick a frontier industry, from grid-scale energy storage to cellular agriculture to reusable rockets. Find its bottleneck problem waiting to be solved, the companies working on it, and what you think will be the breakthrough that changes everything. Then call it: bet, wait, or pass, backed by one bold prediction.

Teams of 2 to 4. One 3 to 5 minute video, one one-page brief. Bonus for interviewing someone in the field.