Current Events

11th Annual BUILD Peninsula Youth Business Plan Competition
Saturday, May 8, 2010
Stanford University Graduate School of Business
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4th Annual BUILD Oakland Youth Business Plan Competition
Saturday, May 22, 2010
Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley
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2nd Annual BUILD Metro DC Youth Business Plan Competition
Saturday, May 22, 2010
George Washington University School of Business

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

Oh the places they'll go!

Wednesday, 07 July, 2010

Congratulations to BUILD's graduating class of 2010! Sixty-three BUILD seniors were accepted to four-year colleges and 6 seniors intend to enroll in two-year associate programs.

Two BUILD Oakland seniors receive Gates Scholarships

Tuesday, 06 July, 2010

"I kept telling my mom, 'we don't have to worry no more,'" said Aja. And indeed, 2010 BUILD Oakland graduates Aja S. and Prescilla R. do not have to worry any longer about affording their college tuitions after both were awarded good-through-graduation Gates Millennium Scholarships in late April.

Spring BPCs a Huge Success!

Monday, 05 July, 2010

This May, BUILD’s freshman student business teams competed for seed money before large audiences of supporters at our Business Plan Competitions.

BUILD featured on Dowser.org

Tuesday, 22 June, 2010

BUILD founder & CEO, Suzanne McKechnie Klahr, is featured on dowser.org, a leading social change media orgaization. Check out the interview here.

Student Success BUILDs From a Business Plan Competition

Thursday, 20 May, 2010

Biz Plan Competitions gives BUILD and the Peninsula Youth Business Plan Competition some recognition.

BUILD Featured by the San Mateo Daily Journal

Tuesday, 18 May, 2010

Heather Murtagh, of the Daily Journal Staff, wrote an insightful piece about the 11th Annual BUILD Peninsula Youth Business Plan Competition, featuring interviews with students and judges.

BUILD Peninsula to Hold Business Plan Competition May 8th

Tuesday, 04 May, 2010

Prestigious Judges to Include Guitar Hero Founder and Twitter Founder

BUILD Oakland to Hold Business Plan Competition May 22nd

Tuesday, 04 May, 2010

Prestigious Judges to Include Executives from Rockport Shoes and PlumpJack Group

Stanford's Graduate School of Business Center for Social Innovation Features Article on Project Redwood and BUILD

Saturday, 17 April, 2010

BUILD is featured in an article on the Stanford Graduate School of Business Center for Social Innovation website.

BUILD Featured in East Bay Express

Thursday, 04 March, 2010

BUILD Oakland was featured in the East Bay Express' Small Business Monthly section on February 24, 2010.