Washington Business Week

WBW at Renton Technical College
Day 2 Recap in Photos 📷

💼 Second talk with Dr. McKinnon on Teamwork
📣 We heard from Micha, Business Breakout Speaker
🏥 Healthcare students got a tour of RTC's healthcare facilities
💥 Students presented their Hunk of Junk products
📊 We learned how teams were doing on WILE halfway through

WBW at Renton Technical College
Day 1 Recap in Photos 📷

👋🏼 Students checked in
📢 We heard from Opening Speaker, Prithvi, WBW Board Member
👩🏻‍🏫 Students met their Company Advisors a.k.a. Mentors
📊 Dr. Steven McKinnon gave his first lecture of the week
🗑 Hunk of Junk activity
📋 Students got introduced to WILE

Congratulations, Liam, winner of the PEMCO Insurance Scholarship from our camp at Northwest University!

"Hi! I’m Liam Vanderkolk, and I’m a Junior at North Creek High School in Bothell! I love programming and volleyball, and my time at Washington Business Week the last two summers has helped me learn many things while making friends along the way, and I can’t wait to meet more people and learn even more in the future!"

Your dedication and exceptional engagement throughout the program have been truly inspiring. This recognition is truly well-deserved!

WBW at the Univ. of Puget Sound
Day 6 Recap in Photos 📷

📋 The students presented their performance within our business simulation software to “stockholders” (our volunteer judges)
💸 A Trade Show followed where students worked their pitching skills, approaching judges to give them venture capital bucks
📢 We heard from Closing Speaker, Jim Schueren
🏆 We wrapped up the week with the Awards Ceremony

WBW at the Univ. of Puget Sound
Day 4 was Group Photo day 📸

WBW at the Univ. of Puget Sound
Day 3 Recap in Photos 📷

⛳️ Students played in the Olympics - Business Week style
🎯 Had a Career Industry Exploration workshop with Kyle Kavas
🤔 Had interesting discussions with Business Leaders, a new event this summer

WBW at the Univ. of Puget Sound
Day 2 Recap in Photos 📷

📊 Students designated Company Roles
📈 Got introduced to WILE
📣 Business, Advanced Business, and Healthcare students heard from respective Breakout Speakers
👨‍🏫 Heard from Dr. Steven McKinnon - Business 101
💥Students presented their Hunk of Junk products (Our interns judged!)

WBW at the Univ. of Puget Sound
Day 1 Recap in Photos 📷

👋🏼 Welcoming assembly hosted by WBW's Executive Director, Nick
👩🏻‍🏫 Students met their Company Advisors a.k.a. Mentors
📢 We heard Opening Speaker, Clark Roberts' story
🗑 Hunk of Junk activity

Some highlights from the final day at our Northwest University program:

📊 Students presented their WILE (our business simulation software) performance to volunteer Judges
🗣 They showcased their pitching skills during the Trade Show
🏆 We wrapped the week up with the Awards Assembly

Congratulations to the graduates of WBW's Day Program at Northwest University!

Day 3 at NU was Company Photo day! 📷

WBW’s Day 2 at NU was packed! We:
🤝 Learned about Teamwork with Dr. McKinnon
💻 Went through 3 quarters of WILE
🔊 Heard from Bamana Larsen, NU Business Faculty and Prithvi Addepalli, WBW alumnus and current WBW Board member
🕹️ Played Jeopardy led by the interns
📈 Presented our Hunk of Junk products
🌐 Met business professionals from different industries in a Networking event

Just kicked off our first in-person program of the summer at Northwest University! A recap:
✅ Students checked in
🪑 Heard from Eliot Brimage, this camp’s Chair and Company B CA, at the Welcome Note
👩‍💼 Met our Company Advisors
💡 Had Clark Roberts as the Opening Speaker
🏢 Met our company teammates and designated company roles
👔 Had the first session with Dr. Steven McKinnon
🗑️ Did the Hunk of Junk grab
💻 Worked on WILE Q1

Meet Nazar, 2023 alum joining us as an intern at our overnight program at the University of Puget Sound!

"Hey everyone! I am Nazar Sobal and I am absolutely thrilled to join WBW all the way from Spain. Last summer I got a taste of the business world at Renton Technical College and it was an absolutely life changing experience.

Apart from my business interest, I am a professional junior tennis player who is in love with debate.

I'm eager to get to know you all and ensure this is an equally unforgettable experience for you!"

We look forward to working with you this summer 🎉

Meet Suvendoo Ray, CEO Roundtable Guest joining us for two camps this summer!

Suvendoo is the current Chair for SCORE, Greater Seattle Chapter. As a volunteer leader, Chair’s responsibility is to focus all the passion, energy, and enthusiasm of SCORE’s volunteers into a successful organization to make a lasting impact to our community. This federally funded organization promotes new small business into success through mentoring, workshops for the business owners.

Prior to joining SCORE, Suvendoo worked in the field of aviation with global sales of commercial airplanes, enjoyed working in airline start-ups and engage with the management in taking the company to maturity. Maintained long-term trusting relationship with airline management, government entities and our company in the aviation industry.

Suvendoo will be a CEO Roundtable Guest at Northwest University and at Renton Technical College.

Want to hear from Suvendoo? Register or learn more about our programs on wbw.org 🌐

Joining us as a Resident Assistant at our overnight program at the University of Puget Sound is Kyle!

"Hi everyone! My name is Kyle Wei and I am currently a junior at Skyline High School. After an amazing experience at WBW last summer, I couldn't be more excited to return this year as part of the WBW team. I can't wait to see you all this summer!"

We look forward to working with you! ☀️

We are still looking for judges to join us for our program at Northwest University!

This judging event will be on July 26th, Friday. You may choose to judge for 2 hours or up to 4.5 hours. The event comes with lunch as a thank you from WBW.

Sign up here - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfk0tSoNBrzUivof-i50GY_Dx1LsJrm0vNCh8DBAGOzc8DWvw/viewform

For any questions, reach out at [email protected]

Joining us an intern at our program at Northwest University is Abigail!

"Hey everyone!! My name is Abigail Nakimuli, and I'm a graduating senior at Renton High School! I'm extremely honored and excited to be an intern at Northwest University this summer! Last year, I attended the WBW overnight camp at the University of Puget Sound and absolutely loved it. I was on the business pathway and acted as the CFO of my company through which I learnt great communication and presentation skills and received wonderful mentorship and guidance from my mentor. I love traveling, volunteering and one of my favorite movies is Divergent. I can't wait to meet all of you and create a memorable experience this summer. "

We look forward to working with you 🎉

Meet Chris Gu, a new addition to WBW's speaker line-up this summer!

Chris (he/him) is a product manager by day and a creative entrepreneur by night. He's the mastermind behind those cool Augmented Reality filters on Instagram, Snapchat, and TikTok that have been viewed billions of times. Chris turned this fun hobby into a six-figure side hustle in just a year. Now, he's diving into new adventures but still cherishes this awesome milestone. Get ready to hear his exciting journey and some fun stories as our closing speaker!

Chris will be speaking at our day camp at Northwest University.

Want to hear from Chris? Register or learn more about our programs on wbw.org 🌐

Students - Do you know someone awesome who'd love to join you at WBW? The camp experience is 100% better with friends - invite them along and snag an Amazon gift card from us as a thank you! 🎁

Once your friend signs up and attends camp, we'll send your gift card straight to you! 🚀

Get in touch at [email protected] to learn more! 📩

Congratulations to the PEMCO Scholarship winner for our virtual camp, Company C CEO, Kai!

"Kai Parker will be a senior at Mercer Island High School in Mercer Island, WA. He is a competitive Soccer player, playing striker for both his high school Varsity team and for a Division 1 club team.

In his free time, Kai enjoys being a personal soccer coach mentoring younger players and also works at the front desk at a local Country Club.

Kai intends to pursue a Business Management degree and play Division 1 college soccer, with the hope of owning his own business in the future."

The entire WBW Team is impressed by your commitment to personal growth and active participation!

Thank you to PEMCO Insurance for providing this scholarship opportunity to our students!

Join us for another webinar on Instagram Live where we will discuss being a student at WBW with alumni coming from all over the state of Washington!

Give us a follow on IG 📷

We hope to see you there!

Meet Tillie, one of the Resident Assistants joining us at our overnight camp at the University of Puget Sound!

"Hello, I am Tillie Trinidad. I am currently a full-time student at Washington State University. Majoring in Elementary Education. I was a RA last year during Washington Business Week and I loved it! This was such an amazing opportunity to see students participating in an event that they enjoyed! I really got to learn a whole different perspective of the business world and learned new ways of engaging with new people. I loved being involved with such a welcoming environment with such passionate and intelligent students! That I thought I should come back again!"

We look forward to working with you again this summer 🎉

Join us for an exciting new event - Volunteer to Help Students Learn Networking at Washington Business Week!

Our networking evening is one of the best ways for students to connect with people from careers they might want to work, while also learning how to network in professional settings.

Sign up here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/volunteer-to-help-students-learn-to-networking-at-washington-business-week-tickets-933532389507

For any questions, reach out at [email protected]

Relive the week's memories - the virtual program wrap-up video made by our amazing intern, Liam, is up now!

Virtual Program 2024 Wrap-Up Video Made by our awesome intern, Liam Vanderkolk!

Students, thank you for such a great week! We hope we’ll see you in the future!

So much learned on Day 3! We:
- Created vision and mission statements
- Had our last session with Dr. McKinnon
- Worked through Quarters 5&6 of WILE
- Learned about college applications with Cynthia

Good luck on your Marketing Challenge videos, students!

Day 2 was packed! We:
- Learned about the Marketing Challenge
- Got through three quarters of WILE
- Saw the CA’s power poses
- Learned about Teamwork with Dr. McKinnon
- Got to learn about financial literacy with BECU

Students, get ready for Day 3!

WBW’s first camp of the summer is finally here!

On Day 1:

- Students got to know their teammates
- We had Matt Hudgins, WBW alumnus, as our Opening Speaker
- We decided on company roles and norms
- Dr. McKinnon talked about Business 101
- We learned about the business simulation software, WILE!

We’ll see you at Day 2, students!

There's only a few days left until Washington Business Week (WBW)'s first program of the summer and we can't wait to embark on this journey with students coming from different parts of the country and the world 🌎

WBW students will get a chance to win a college scholarship worth $1,500 from PEMCO Insurance! During each camp in 2024, one student will be awarded this scholarship 🏆

For any questions about WBW's programs, reach out at [email protected]

Reason number 4️⃣ why you should join a WBW program - Hone your critical thinking skills through our dynamic business challenges 🎯🏆

For any questions about WBW's camps - Reach out at [email protected] 📥