DECA Inc.
With over a 75-year history, DECA has impacted the lives of more than 10 million students, educators, school administrators and business professionals since it was founded in 1946. Their strong connection with our organization has resonated into a brand that people identify as a remarkable experience in the preparation of emerging leaders and entrepreneurs. DECA’s programs and activities have constantly evolved as we use the latest technology and apply cutting edge educational research. Our core focus has remained consistent and is captured in our mission. DECA prepares emerging leaders and entrepreneurs for careers in marketing, finance, hospitality and management in high schools and colleges around the globe. DECA is organized into two unique student divisions each with programs designed to address the learning styles, interest and focus of its members. The High School Division includes more than 294,000 members in 4,250 schools. The Collegiate Division includes over 5,400 members in over 200 colleges and universities. DECA Inc. is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit student organization with nearly 300,000 members in all 50 United States, Canada, Guam, Puerto Rico and Germany. The United States Congress, the United States Department of Education and state, district and international departments of education authorize DECA’s programs.www.deca.org
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Sep 15, 2026
Cheryl SnowHOST
So Dave, let me ask you a question first.
Cheryl SnowHOST
Why isn't there just an umbrella provision in these rule books? I even looked up the DECA rule book to see if there was one there to give the race directors autonomy to run the race in the fashion that it is intended to be run.
Dave ClaxtonHOST
Um, because blanket autonomy leads to a lack of accountability.
Dave ClaxtonHOST
If you give me full autonomy to run a race, whatever I want, that means I can literally just make shit up as I go.
Karissa BodnarGUEST
They knew about Thrive, and they knew about our mission.
Karissa BodnarGUEST
And it was students at DECA, which is a marketing organization, extracurricular activity, um, program, and it was the Renton, Washington, DECA students that showed up, or the Future Business Leaders of America students that showed up and would box eyeliners into cartons, or they would ship products.
Karissa BodnarGUEST
And, and we made a lot of mistakes.
Karissa BodnarGUEST
I remember there was, there were times where we would accidentally in ShipStation double print the labels, and my aunts and uncles and, and friends and family would be there until, you know, midnight doing order fulfillment, and we had double shipped people.
Ethan KleinHOST
That's, that's decades.
Ethan KleinHOST
Deca- decades of f- of, um, furrowing his d- his stressed brows.
TamaraPANELIST
Mm-hmm.
Chuck SchumerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
To try and prove Trump's sad, tired-
Sam HassellHOST
One piece of advice you gave is that business kids should do research, something they wouldn't normally think of.
Sam HassellHOST
I agree that doing research is probably better than just participating in DECA and student council, but why aren't you recommending that business kids actually start a business? Many business schools are looking for proof that you have pursued something in business so that when they admit you into their business programs, you have demonstrated the desire and ability to actually do business.
Sam HassellHOST
It seems to me that there would be no substitute for that on an activities list or resume.
Sam HassellHOST
I know many kids applying to business programs who definitely have not started businesses or even held a part-time job in high school.
ChrisAUDIENCE
I lived in the suburbs of Austin.
ChrisAUDIENCE
I was in this organization called DECA, which is like a business competition club.
ChrisAUDIENCE
And so there's three levels.
ChrisAUDIENCE
To get to internationals, you have to make it through the district and then the state competition.
ChrisAUDIENCE
In Texas, obviously, there's a ton of kids that participate in DECA.
ChrisAUDIENCE
So in our specific category, there was over 250 competitors or teams at the state level.
ChrisAUDIENCE
So somehow, miraculously, me and my partners pulled it off.
ChrisAUDIENCE
The first thing out of my mouth was, "What, why does this, what does this matter?" And she told me that if I was gay, I wouldn't be allowed to room with my friends from the other school because they could also be gay and we could all potentially have sex together.
speaker_0NARRATOR
Chris's story brings a very different kind of school trauma, though.
speaker_0NARRATOR
After helping his DECA team place first in Texas and qualify for internationals, a teacher suddenly asks, Are you
speaker_1NARRATOR
gay? What happens next is heartbreaking.
speaker_1NARRATOR
The advisor says he can't room with certain students because they could all potentially have sex together, then refuses a proposed alternative by saying, We can't prove you're gay.
Lola ShellHOST
When I got back into modeling the second time, I was still a teenager, like I wasn't an adult yet.
Lola ShellHOST
I was in high school and there was a club called DECA.
Lola ShellHOST
If you're in the United States, you might have had this opportunity inside of your high school.
Lola ShellHOST
It's a thing.
Lola ShellHOST
If you're a former DECA member, shout out to you.
Lola ShellHOST
It was a great program inside of school.
Lola ShellHOST
They taught you a lot about marketing, putting yourself out there, communications.
Lola ShellHOST
They even went straight up to college.
Hannah MillsGUEST
I didn't take any interest in business, like in marketing or growing up.
Hannah MillsGUEST
I had a lot of friends in DECA in high school and things like that.
Hannah MillsGUEST
And that was just never part of my journey.
Hannah MillsGUEST
I never saw myself opening a business.
EricHOST
I've stood at opening day parades and homecoming parades where it isn't just the team on the flatbed.
EricHOST
It's DECA.
EricHOST
It's the Spanish club.
EricHOST
It's the robotics team walking down Main Street next to a marching band.
Jeff CameronHOST
You could walk into any gym and steroids were prevalent.
Jeff CameronHOST
Diana Ball, Deca, all those things.
Jeff CameronHOST
You can find them anywhere.
Jeff CameronHOST
Syringes on the sink? Not syringes on the sink, but you'd see a guy shoot himself in the ass.
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