Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) club is a business and entrepreneurship club which serves as an introduction to business concepts. FBLA club is based off experiences from accomplished business gurus who serve as guest speakers and students will also have a chance to participate in a year end business pitch competition with an esteemed panel of judges.  

Important Dates:

September 4th 7:00pm - Parent & Student Info Session Recording

September 10th - Application Deadline (link below for application)

September 15th - Students to be notified via email of acceptance status

September 19th - First FBLA Meeting in the RMS Library

Business Pitch Presentation - Friday, May 15, 2026

See our final lineup from the Spring 2025 Business Pitch

FBLA Final Business Pitch Presentation Lineup and Program Details

FBLA Topics Include but are not limited to:

1. Overview of Basic Business Concepts - problems/solutions; market entry; startup types; research 
2. Founding a Company - Co-founders, structure, capital, vision, cap table 
3. Building Products - Product definition, Product market fit, IP, differentiation, pivot 
4. Creating Demand and Selling - defining paths to market (GTM) 
5. Managing Financials, P&L - concepts to know and levers to understand (burn, churn)  
6. Fundraising Techniques (F&F, Angel, VC) - how much to raise and when 
7. People/Leadership/Interpersonal skills - finding and retaining talent; making great hires, building company culture, and replacing talent etc. 
8. The Pitch - Getting ready to pitch to the outside world - investors, customers etc. 
9. Build, grow, or exit. Mergers and acquisitions. 

FBLA Requirements: FBLA is a very active organization and requires a 2-4 hour bi-weekly time commitment from your student with either meetings, stock market checks, and/or enrichment work. Additionally, students are in charge of their experience so responsibility is key. Students will have a great time being a part of this organization and will learn many important skills needed for their future educational endeavors and beyond.

Donation Request: Suggested donation for FBLA is $240/student to help cover costs to run the club and our activities.  Please make this donation through Membership Toolkit upon being accepted to the club.

Link to Donate

Speakers and Volunteer Recruitment: Our community is what makes this club amazing! Please consider sharing your business knowledge by presenting to our students. Additionally, if you have connections an introduction email would be fabulous.

Deadlines and Meetings: Fall semester meetings begin on 9/19/25. Application deadlines for all students are due 9/10/25 and students will be notified by 9/15/25. Meetings are held in the library from 3:30-4:45 on the 1^st and 3^rd Fridays of every month, unless otherwise noted*.

Semester 1 meetings are: 9/19, 10/3, 10/17, 11/7*, 11/14*, 12/5, and 12/12

Semester 2 meetings are: 1/9, 1/23, 2/6, 3/6, 3/20, 4/17, 4/24, 5/1, 5/8

Final Business Pitch Competition: 5/15/26

Sign-Up Information

Fill in the application below by 9/10/25:

Please print the pdf FBLA Application 2025 - 2026, and fill it in by hand (this is to help ensure answers are not generated with the help of AI).  Once completed, please upload a pdf or snapshots of the application to the drive folder - FBLA Application Upload.

Register for the club on this PTA website after logging in. You will see the FBLA Form when you click on My Account -> My Forms/Paperwork.  Please complete club donation upon acceptance into FBLA.

2024-2025 Info-Session Slide Deck

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1SuuJI9uSYRNBqDrQ749uGt59z0VpBjuh/edit#slide=id.p1