The home for Gen-Z developers, designers, and founders
For the first time in human history, rapid technological growth paired with ground-breaking access to knowledge has led to new generations having the ability to pursue passions and acquire knowledge just one Google search away. This has led to fields like venture capital, design, software development, and many others witnessing kids as young as 12 years old breaking into the space, oftentimes making quite a splash while doing it.
Our mission is to support these ambitious teens.
<aside> 🏡 Community Our community is the heart of Buildergroop. It’s where people find friends, co-founders, answers to questions, and a group of builders to support them and back them up. We have 5k members who’ve sent over 1M messages.
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<aside> 🧠Resources We’ve worked with industry experts and talented young builders to create a series of podcasts and articles. Our most recent launch, BuilderBook, reached #1 Education Product of The Week on Product Hunt.
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<aside> 💻 Hackathons We host 48-hour virtual hackathons for members to be able to work together and build awesome projects. We’ve given away $10k in prizes so far and we’ve seen incredible projects, some of which turn into companies, emerge from events.
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In 2021, three teens, Aaryaman, Ari, and Tejas met on Discord. They shared a common pain point: building projects and businesses as minors was a constant uphill battle, in many ways, simply due to age. Adults can tend to discourage risk-taking, business incorporation was impossible for minors, and banks require your startup to be incorporated to open an account. Communities and social circles of young builders were decentralized and scattered, and age-specific educational resources and content were limited.
One year later, we became the first minors to incorporate a business with Stripe. More and more adults in tech are not only aware of young teens entering the space, but are actively supportive of it. Our community is strong, active, and centralized. Our resources are made in collaboration with extremely talented people in their respective industries. Discounts and perks valued at over $500k for hundreds of software and co-working spaces have been negotiated and offered to community members. The three of us have been joined by a team of amazing volunteers, hailing from countries ranging from Dubai to Canada. We built something we’re proud of, camaraderie included, and despite the challenges faced, we’re excited to keep doing so.