Meet the 2017 BUILDFest Pitch Challenge Finalists
Our 9th grade students have been hard at work this year developing business ideas, pitching to investors, and selling their products to real customers for the first time. Last week, they […]
One Way to Inspire Students to Stay in School
“I don’t think I need to go to college,” said Honeya, a BUILD student, to her mentors. Mentors Ashley and Pallavi were alarmed. BUILD uses entrepreneurship and experiential learning to […]
Boston Harbor Angel, Ziad Moukheiber, Mentors BUILD 9th Graders
Ziad Moukheiber is a successful entrepreneur who is CEO of the Boston Harbor Angels, a group of Angel Investors who came together in 2004 to help promising entrepreneurs get their […]
Judges Choose the Winners of BUILD’s Student Sales Showcase
Yesterday, over 150 young entrepreneurs from six Boston high schools came together at MIT to sell their products for the first time at our 9th Grade Spring Sales Showcase. This […]
BUILD Students Ring in Over $5k at Spring Sales Bazaar
BUILD students sold more than $5,700 worth of products at our Spring Sales Bazaar at Davio’s on March 30. At least 300 shoppers from nearby office buildings stopped in to […]
Thank You, Mentors!
We’ve been having so much fun celebrating National Mentoring Month on our social media accounts! Today is International #ThankYourMentorDay and we are here to say THANK YOU to our amazing crew of mentors […]
BUILD Boston Receives $125K from State Street Foundation
The State Street Foundation awarded BUILD a $125,000 grant to support its Youth Entrepreneurship Program for Boston high school students. State Street is a founding supporter of BUILD Boston, and […]
Endurance Partners with BUILD to Help Educate and Empower Boston’s Youth
BURLINGTON, Mass., November 29, 2016 – Endurance International Group (NASDAQ: EIGI), today announced its official partnership with BUILD, a Boston-based organization that uses entrepreneurship and experiential learning to equip youth […]
BUILD Boston Raises a Record $650,000 at BUILDFest Gala
BUILD Boston raised more than $650,000 at our five-year anniversary gala, BUILDFest, on October 19 at the Boston Convention Center. The event, with more than 600 guests in attendance, honored Jeff […]
