BizBuild is a student-run 501(c)(3) turning high-school hustle into real companies — through mentorship, pitch comps, and a community that ships.
High school shouldn't be the waiting room for your life.
We believe teenagers with an idea, a group chat, and a shipping deadline will out-learn any syllabus.
That an LLC beats an extracurricular. That the best way to learn business is to run one, badly, first.
So we're building a nonprofit where students build companies — for real customers, with real stakes, backed by a community that actually ships.
A full cycle takes one semester.
Most students do two.
Join a chapter, pitch the dumbest version of your idea to other teens who won't let you get away with it.
BizLab gives you mentors, templates, an LLC stipend, and a group chat that'll text you at 11pm to fix your landing page.
Get your first $1. Then your first hundred. Then your first angry support email. This is where it clicks.
Pitch in regionals. If you make it, the national final is on a real stage with real judges and a real prize pool.
One cycle, three paths. Do them in sequence, or run them in parallel — your call.
Every business in our directory was built by a BizBuild student. Shop them. Follow them. Roast their landing pages (lovingly).
Every dollar goes into student stipends, mentor honoraria, and the unglamorous bits — domains, Stripe fees, and the one-off hardware some genius needs to ship their thing.
