Bubbletaztiks, winner of BUILD Oakland's 2nd Annual Youth Business Plan Competition
Second Lieutenant Lyndsey Ballinger, BUILD Oakland Academic and Business Program Manager for East Oakland.
Summer 2008 Newsletter
BUILD holds Annual Youth Business Plan Competitions at Stanford and UC Berkeley
BUILD's Annual Youth Business Plan Competitions (BPCs) symbolize the culmination of a year of hard work by entrepreneurial ninth grade students and their mentors. Click here to read about the Peninsula BPC, and click here to read about the Oakland BPC.
BUILD celebrates its largest graduating class ever
BUILD held two graduation ceremonies to celebrate our twenty-nine seniors who are off to college. Click here to see a list of this year's graduating class and the schools they will be entering in the fall.
Alumni Profile
Winton Anderson, who graduated BUILD in 2005, spoke at the 2008 Peninsula Business Plan Competition, click here for his speech.
Staff Spotlight
Lyndsey Ballinger came to BUILD as an Americorps VISTA Volunteer in 2007, after serving . This Fall she'll become BUILD Oakland's Academic and Business Incubator Manager for East Oakland. She's also a Second Lieutenant in the United States Air Force reserves. Click here to read more about Lyndsey.
A BUILD Parent Reflects on the Program
Edith V., whose son Alfonso will be a senior this fall, gives us her thoughts on BUILD here.