Wilcox Business Experience
WBE team at a business competition
What we do

Competitions

We prep members for real business competitions — case studies, role plays, pitches, and written events.

Overview

How we approach competition.

Members pick the events that match their interests, then practice with weekly drills and peer feedback; with officers coaching prep sessions.

Travel, registration logistics, and team formation are handled together with our advisor.

Events

Where we compete.

WBE members at DECA
WBE members at DECA
WBE members at DECA
WBE members at DECA

DECA

57 top-10 state finishers since 2015, with 42 of those in a four-year run from 2020 to 2023. 18 members have qualified for ICDC, the international championship, and WBE has back-to-back state titles in Personal Financial Literacy (2022 and 2023) along with a 2021 state title in Human Resources Management. Members compete in role-play case studies across marketing, finance, hospitality, and management at district, state, and international.

WBE members at the Personal Finance Challenge
WBE members at the Personal Finance Challenge

Personal Finance Challenge

Two-time national champions (2020 and 2023) out of 15,000+ teams, plus four California state titles and two NorCal championships across 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2025, and 2026. The Council for Economic Education's flagship event covers budgeting, credit, saving, investing, and insurance.

WBE members at the Financial Advisor's Challenge

Financial Advisor's Challenge

Five state championships (2018, 2019, 2023, 2024, 2025) plus the inaugural NorCal title in 2026 after the competition split regionally. Members build portfolio recommendations for mock clients against real risk profiles and time horizons, judged on both analysis and live presentation.

WBE members at FlexFactor
WBE members at FlexFactor
WBE members at FlexFactor
WBE members at FlexFactor
WBE members at FlexFactor
WBE members at FlexFactor

FlexFactor

Top-three finish every year for nine straight years, including first place in 2020, 2021, 2025, and 2026. NextFlex's San Jose program challenges teams to design a product around flexible hybrid electronics and pitch it to a panel of industry judges, a natural fit for a Silicon Valley high school.

Diamond Challenge

Four straight Western Regional Championships from 2018 to 2021, qualifying for the Global Finals each year. 11th in the world in 2018 and tied for 3rd in the world in 2021.

Stock Market Game

Two state championships, first in 2015 and again in 2022 when a sophomore won the division outright. A few hundred teams enter each year across California.

Knowledge Matters All Access Challenge

Back-to-back national champions in 2020 and 2021 out of more than 1,500 entrants.

InvestWrite Essay

A WBE junior finished first in California in the national InvestWrite essay competition, the writing companion to the Stock Market Game.

…and many more.

Want to compete with us?

New members are welcome at any time during the year.