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Reid Hoffman (photo: Crunchbase_
The BUILD Entrepreneurship Program was established in 1999 with a goal of propelling disengaged high school students academically through entrepreneurship. Build started in Silicon Valley. It’s a four year college prep program that helps high school students develop, build and run their own small businesses. The program currently serves 1,000 students and has expanded to Oakland, the San Francisco Peninsula and Washington DC. It was initially funded by Franklin “Pitch” Johnson and his wife Catherine.
Tonight at a gala dinner and award reception at the computer history museum in Mountain View California, build will honor Linked In co-founder Reid Hoffman with it’s coveted “Pitch Prize” named after Johnson. Last year’s recipient, Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, will present the honor to Hoffman.
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