America’s Young Entrepreneurs Shine at BUILDFest 2025: A National Celebration of Youth-Led Innovation

As BUILD.org embarks on its 25th year, it proudly showcases the next generation of entrepreneurial changemakers through its innovative BUILDFest events in Bay Area, Pittsburgh, Los Angeles, Washington, DC, Boston, and New York City over the next month. BUILD, a national nonprofit organization, is on a mission to use entrepreneurship to ignite the potential of youth from under-resourced communities, enabling them to build career success, entrepreneurial mindsets, and opportunity. BUILDFest events serve as vibrant celebrations of the transformational power of youth entrepreneurship, redefining education and creating opportunities for middle and high school students in under-resourced communities.
Okta Hosts Oakland BUILD Students for Investor Pitch Competition!

Okta Hosts Oakland BUILD Students for Investor Pitch Competition! On Wednesday, March 19th, BUILD partner Okta hosted fifty-nine 10th graders from Oakland, California’s Aspire Lionel Wilson College Preparatory Academy at […]
EY Hosts Successful BUILD LA Hackathon

EY Hosts Successful BUILD LA Hackathon BUILD LA’s inaugural Hackathon event hosted at EY’s Downtown LA office was a tremendous success! Thank you to Regional Advisory Board Member, Ahsan Ahmed, […]
BUILD.org Hosts Youth Entrepreneurship Competitions Nationwide to Celebrate 25 Years of Empowering Youth and Educators

As BUILD.org embarks on its 25th year, it proudly showcases the next generation of entrepreneurial changemakers through its innovative BUILDFest events in Bay Area, Pittsburgh, Los Angeles, Washington, DC, Boston, and New York City over the next month. BUILD, a national nonprofit organization, is on a mission to use entrepreneurship to ignite the potential of youth from under-resourced communities, enabling them to build career success, entrepreneurial mindsets, and opportunity. BUILDFest events serve as vibrant celebrations of the transformational power of youth entrepreneurship, redefining education and creating opportunities for middle and high school students in under-resourced communities.
BUILD’s 5th Annual Huddle Up 2024

BUILD’s 5th Annual Huddle Up 2024 event, held on March 5th at the SVB Experience Center in San Francisco, was a huge success thanks to our generous sponsor, SVB/First Citizen Bank! The event raised $25,000 in support of our mission to ignite the power of youth in under-resourced communities to build Career success, Entrepreneurial mindsets and Opportunity. Thanks to all our generous supporters.
Celebrating Mentorship: Leigh Mason’s Journey with BUILD.org

In celebration of National Entrepreneurship Week, we’re thrilled to shine a spotlight on Leigh Mason, BUILD California mentor for the last eight years. Leigh’s journey with BUILD exemplifies the transformative […]
EY Connect Day x BUILD

BUILD is proud to be a partner of EY and one of the signature initiatives for its global corporate responsibility program, EY Connect Day. On November 3, EY employees from […]
BUILD.org Announces The Winning Team of the Inaugural BUILDFest Los Angeles Youth Pitch Challenge

Los Angeles, CA – May 26, 2023 – BUILD.org declared the winning high school team, Maje Studios, from STEM Academy of Hollywood, as the first place winner of the 2023 […]
BUILD.org and Roku Partner to Showcase The First BUILDFest LA Youth Pitch Challenge

Partnership Ignites the Power of Youth Entrepreneurship in Under-resourced Communities to Create Opportunities for Future Success Los Angeles (May 18, 2023) – BUILD.org is excited to announce their partnership with […]