Current Events

9th Annual BUILD Peninsula Youth Business Plan Competition
Saturday, May 10, 2008

Stanford University Graduate School of Business
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2nd Annual BUILD Oakland Youth Business Plan Competition
Saturday, May 31, 2008
Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley
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If you are unable to attend but would like to contribute to the ongoing support of BUILD, donations are welcome. Please make checks payable to BUILD or donate online.

News

Suzanne McKechnie Klahr in May 2008 Stanford Lawyer

Tuesday, 03 June, 2008

Suzanne McKechnie Klahr, BUILD's CEO and founder, is featured in the May 2008 edition of Stanford Lawyer. Read the article...

BUILD Oakland Students on the Front Page of the Oakland Tribune

Monday, 02 June, 2008

Moses Singh has about 17 pairs of sneakers. But these days his favorite by far are the ones he and his classmates have designed for their business project.

Moses and his classmates have spent the entire school year creating Colorful Kicks, tennis shoe line company They have written a 30-page marketing and business plan, completed market research and prepared financial statements.

Today, they will have an opportunity to make their pitch at the Youth Business Plan Competition, going head-to-head with more than 30 other young entrepreneurs to impress a panel of judges and win a chance at receiving start-up funding for their business.

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Christian Abrego featured on msn.com

Friday, 11 April, 2008

Christian Abrego, CEO of Young Sprouts, is featured in a slideshow about 10 Entrepreneurs Under 18. Click here for link to multimedia presentation.

KQED "Perspectives" Features BUILD

Thursday, 27 March, 2008

Michael Stahl, a second-year student at Stanford Law School, speaks about financial literacy, and mentions a certain youth business incubator serving East Palo Alto. Listen now...

Money Alone Cannot Help Our Schools

Tuesday, 11 March, 2008

BUILD CEO and Founder, Suzanne McKechnie Klahr, writes today's Guest Opinion in The Palo Alto Daily News.

BUILD CEO and Founder Inducted into 2008 San Mateo County Women's Hall of Fame

Tuesday, 04 March, 2008

BUILD press release

BUILD CEO Joins Social Entrepreneurship Day 2008 Panel

Sunday, 24 February, 2008

More than 150 people attended the Social Entrepreneurship Day panel, which was sponsored by Stanford Social Innovation Review and the Stanford Graduate School of Business's Center for Social Innovation. The second annual Stanford University event, held February 24, brought a diverse, standing-room-only crowd and featured a lively discussion on ways to fund social enterprises, moderated by Kriss Deiglmeier, Executive Director of the Center for Social Innovation. Panelists included dynamic social sector leaders Jenny Shilling Stein ( Draper Richards Foundation), Jessica Jackley Flannery (Kiva.org), Amy Clark ( Ashoka), and BUILD Founder and CEO, Suzanne McKechnie Klahr. Get the details...

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