BUILD Peninsula to Hold Business Plan Competition May 8th

PALO ALTO, CA (April 28, 2010) – BUILD, the nation’s largest entrepreneurship-focused college access program, will celebrate its 11th Annual Youth Business Plan Competition for high school students on Saturday, May 8, 2010, at Stanford University Graduate School of Business. BUILD is a non-profit organization that offers a youth development program in partnership with high schools across the Bay Area to help underserved youth start their own businesses, graduate high school, and get accepted into college.

At the Youth Business Plan Competition, teams of ninth-grade students will present unique business models to a prestigious panel of judges, which will include representatives from both business and academic communities. The judges include:

• Patrick Chung, Partner at NEA
• Natasha Deganello Giraudie, Founder/CEO of MicroDocumentaries
• Jack Dorsey, Founder/Chairman of Twitter
• Kai Huang, Founder/CEO of Guitar Hero
• Neeru Khosla, Founder/CEO of CK-12 Foundation
• Wing Lam, co-Founder of Wahoo’s Fish Tacos
• Jim Lussier, Managing Partner of NorWest Venture Partners
• Milbrey McLaughlin, Professor at the Stanford University Graduate School of Education

BUILD is grateful to its signature sponsors, Silicon Valley Bank and AT&T, for supporting this event and San Francisco Peninsula youth entrepreneurs.


11th Annual BUILD Peninsula Youth Business Plan Competition
Saturday, May 8, 2010, 12:30 pm – 3:30 pm
Stanford University Graduate School of Business, Bishop Auditorium


About BUILD:
Founded in 1999, BUILD is a four-year college preparation program whose mission is to provide real-world entrepreneurial experience that empowers youth from under-resourced communities to excel in education, lead in their communities, and succeed professionally. By helping students develop and run their own small businesses, BUILD supplements traditional school with real-world business experiences and critical skill-building for the future. BUILD currently serves nearly 600 students and operates high school programs on the San Francisco peninsula, Oakland, and Washington DC. For more information see: www.build.org

CONTACT:
Elizabeth Gordon
408-840-9883
elizabeth@gordonpr.com