Tuesday, June 6, 2017
Renaissance Boston Waterfront Hotel
5:30pm – 8:30pm
BUILD’s mission is to use entrepreneurship to ignite the potential of youth from under-resourced
communities and propel them to high-school, college & career success.
The BUILDFest Pitch Challenge (BPC) is a two-part event that represents the culmination of a year
of hard work by our ninth-grade students and celebrates the transformative power of entrepreneurship.
Here’s how it works…
In late May, more than 20 teams of BUILD 9th grade students from six different partner schools in Boston
will come together to pitch their innovative business ideas to panels of VIP judges at the First Round
competition. Only 4 teams will advance to the BUILDFest Pitch Challenge, which is the Final Round
competition.
The BUILDFest Pitch Challenge will take place on June 6th. The 4 Finalists will compete in front of a panel
of Celebrity Judges and 500 guests for cash prizes and start-up funds. This event will also feature a
family-friendly reception, Student Business Expo where guests will have the opportunity to meet BUILD’s
student entrepreneurs and purchase their unique products, and a graduation ceremony for BUILD’s 12th
grade students. This event is a great way to see our students in action while networking with Boston’s top
business, education, philanthropic, and community leaders.
Sponsor a 9th Grade BUILD Student Team
Your sponsorship will help a BUILD student team receive the coaching, skills-based workshops, and
increased confidence they need to win cash prizes and start-up funds required to launch their business.
You will receive a profile of your student business, email updates on your team’s progress, and
engagement opportunities for volunteers from your company to visit your team, including...
PowerPoint Workshops - Work directly with your team to help them complete their PowerPoint
presentations in preparation for the Business Plan Competition.
Pitch Practices - Work directly with your team to help them practice their sales pitch presentations,
providing feedback and coaching on presentation skills, persuasiveness, passion, and more.
You will also receive reserved seats to the BUILDFest Pitch Challenge where you will meet your team
and cheer them on as they compete onstage for funding or sell their products during the Student
Business Expo (Note: students who do not advance to the Final Round Challenge will still have the opportunity
to sell their products at the event).
BUILDFest Pitch Challenge Sponsorship Opportunities
LEAD SPONSOR - $50,000 (SOLD to EY)
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Sponsor one 9th grade BUILD student team
Sponsor one booth at the BUILD Student Business Expo
Reserved seats for 20 guests at the BUILDFest Pitch Challenge
Guaranteed invitation for a C-Suite representative to serve as a Celebrity Judge
Prominent recognition in speaking portion of BPC
Double-page advertisement in the program book distributed to all guests
Display of corporate logo as lead sponsor on signage throughout event
All 500 guests will receive a customized Cookie Boss cookie featuring your company’s logo*
Lead logo placement on BPC website, email announcements, and event program book
Social media recognition through BUILD Boston Facebook and Twitter
*Cookie Boss is BUILD’s top-selling student business, founded in 2012 by a team of 9th graders. Since then Cookie Boss has
sold more than $35,000 worth of customized cookies.
PITCH CHALLENGE SPONSOR - $10,000 per student team (Limited # of Teams Available)
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Sponsor one 9th grade BUILD student team
Volunteer engagement opportunities to coach team before event (Pitch Practice & PowerPoint Workshops)
Reserved seats for 10 guests at the BUILDFest Pitch Challenge
Guaranteed invitation for a C-Suite representative to serve as a Judge in the First Round competition (will
take place 2 weeks before the BPC)
Full-page advertisement in the program book distributed to all guests
Company logo placement on BPC website, email announcements, and event program book
Display of company logo on BPC event signage
Social media recognition through BUILD Boston Facebook and Twitter
BUSINESS EXPO SPONSOR - $5,000 per student team (Limited # of Teams Available)
Not able to sponsor a 9th grade team this year? You can still join in the fun with a $5k sponsorship of one of our
upper-class BUILD student businesses. Many of these teams will be featured at the Business Expo portion of the
event and will be engaged in their own friendly competition – winner of best customer service and most products
sold.
 Corporate logo placement at a student booth
 Reserved seats for 8 guests at the BUILDFest Pitch Challenge
 Company logo placement on BPC website, email announcements, and event program book
 Display of company logo on BPC event signage
 Half-page advertisement in the program book distributed to all guests