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Challenge Overview:

The FBLA Virtual Business Management Challenge encourages FBLA members to test their skills at managing either a bicycle manufacturing business or a blue jeans manufacturing business. Students will be limited as to which concepts they are able to control during each of the qualifying rounds. What participants control will include various combinations of the following concepts: recruiting/hiring/supervising employees, risk management, organizing floor layouts, bidding on orders and more. For each round, teams will be ranked based on their business' cumulative profit after running the simulation for six virtual months.

• Who: FBLA Members can compete as individuals or in teams of up to three
• Price: Free
• Location: Virtual
• Dates:  October 19, 2021, 10:00 a.m. EST - November 12, 2021, 5:00 p.m. EST
• Recognition: Top 10 individuals/teams will be recognized at NLC and prizes are available

Details

There will be two rounds (challenges) held via the Internet during the school year. The Fall Challenge is October 19, 2021, 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time - November 12, 2021, 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time and the Spring Challenge is February 1, 2022, 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time - February 25, 2022, 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time.

At the conclusion of both rounds of the FBLA Virtual Business Challenges, the teams that qualified to compete in the final round for this event which will be held virtually will be notified by National FBLA. Chapter advisers must notify National FBLA if their VBC qualifiers will be participating within the final round. The final round dates are TBD.