Entrepreneurship is the spark. College, career and life success are the goals.
BUILD is an entrepreneurship program for underserved high school students that teaches them how to build their own business while becoming the CEO of their own lives.
Bridging Communities
We connect our young entrepreneurs to a network of volunteer mentors from the business world who light a path along the way, creating access and opportunity.
Every year in America, there are half a million, brilliant kids dropping out of high school.
Entrepreneurship means opportunity – for the students BUILD serves and for all of us through a more diverse, equitable and interconnected community.
America’s Young Entrepreneurs Shine at BUILDFest 2025: A National Celebration of Youth-Led InnovationMay 8, 2025As 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 onRead More
BUILD.org CEO Thais Rezende joins the Entrepreneurship Education Coalition on Capitol HillApril 28, 2025Today, April 28, 2025, BUILD.org’s very own CEO, Thais Rezende, will be part of a Entrepreneurship Education Coalition in Washington, D.C., in high-impact briefing titled “What is Entrepreneurship Education and […]Read More
Celebrating BUILD Alumnae for Women’s History MonthMarch 30, 2025At BUILD, we’re proud to celebrate the remarkable women in our community who continue to lead with courage, creativity, and care. For Women’s History Month this year, we’re spotlighting four […]Read More
