High School Summer Business & Entrep Experience | Alamo, CA
Join us for Team Business Summer 2026 Business Experience and level up your business skills with BOX EXPRESS!
Join the Team Business Summer 2026 Business Experience!
Give your student an experience that builds real world business expertist, confidence, leadership, communication before the new school year begins.
Students work in teams to solve business challenges, make strategic decisions, communicate under pressure, and compete in a 4-hour hands-on simulation designed to build confidence and leadership.
WHY STUDENTS LOVE TEAM BUSINESS
- Real-World Leadership: Lead a team through fast-paced business challenges and executive-style decision making.
- Communication & Teamwork: Build collaboration, presentation, negotiation, and leadership skills.
- Strategic Thinking: Learn how businesses make decisions involving competition, quality, marketing, and innovation.
- Confidence Building: Practice speaking, leading, solving problems, and working under pressure.
- College & Career Readiness: Ideal for aspiring entrepreneurs, DECA/FBLA students, and future business leaders.
WHAT EDUCATORS ARE SAYING
“Having something dynamic and exciting keeps students engaged and energetic. Team Business can customize to your specific dynamics — the group experience is one to remember.” — Juston Glass, MS, CPA, The Harker School
LED BY
Andre van der Bergh, Co-Founder, Team Business
California DECA Businessperson of the Year
International Business Executive & Leadership Facilitator
Andre brings more than 25 years of international executive leadership experience and works with DECA, FBLA, schools, colleges, and organizations to help students develop real-world leadership and business skills.
Good to know
Highlights
- 4 hours
- In person
Refund Policy
Location
Alamo Women's Club
1401 Danville Blvd
Alamo, CA 94507
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Agenda
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Team Business Summer 2026 Leadership Experience
Welcome & Introduction: Students are introduced to the BOX EXPRESS business simulation, program objectives, and competition format. | Team Formation & Business Challenge: Participants are organized into teams and presented with a business challenge where they operate and compete as a company. | Business Planning Session: Teams develop a strategy, identify value and cost drivers, assign team roles, and create an operational plan. | Competition Rounds: Teams execute their plans while managing production, marketing, financial decisions, teamwork, and time-sensitive problem solving. | Financial Review & Performance Analysis: Students evaluate income statements, cash flow, profitability, productivity, and overall business performance. | Reflection & Debrief: Teams discuss successes, challenges, lessons learned, and how business decisions impacted results.