OUR PROGRAMS
Students Running Businesses, Learning Life Skills
Students take the lead as their team races against the clock to develop a world-changing idea and present it to potential investors at the end-of-week Trade Show and Stockholders Presentations.
Guided by a mentor from the professional sector, students work as a team, explore careers, build a network with professionals and future leaders.
Washington Business Week’s programs take place in the form of overnight and day summer camps or in-school programs where WBW takes over a week of school for an entire grade level in a school or district.
“I have had the privilege of working in my field, at great companies, for almost 40 years. I give a great deal of the credit to my experience at Business Week! It truly changed the direction of my life.”
– Brenda Morris, WBW Alumna,
Board Member Boot Barn, Xponential Fitness, Former CFO Zumiez, 5.11 Tactical, and more
Summer Programs
Students experience college life, as WBW summer camps run on campuses throughout the state. Students learn key career and life skills, while forging lifelong friendships, having fun, and earning two college credits.
In-School
Communities come together to give an entire grade the opportunity to connect with and learn from local business leaders while learning skills that students will use for the rest of their careers.
My experience here at WBW was a very fruitful one. I came to WBW hoping to learn about Business and to determine what I wanted to do with my life. I have come away with a greater understanding, a fun experience and the determination that business is the best way to use the talents I possess. I was able to practice the art of communication, and to develop my logic and math skills. I learned that sometimes [it’s] better to spend money, rather than save it. I also learned that there are sometimes when you just have to gracefully accept defeat.
– Joel Karkowski, O’Dea High School