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Learn from Fellows working at cutting-edge companies across the United States.
Given that the crypto space is still an emerging industry, there are no data standards in how to best analyze the success of crypto project. In this Build project, you'll wear the hat of a Financial Analyst and conduct due diligence on several blockchain startups. Under the supervision of an experienced Build Fellows, you'll build out financial models and write up an investment report. You'll become familiar with the blockchain industry and use tools like Excel and Messari Research. All this will happen in an environment that simulates the operations of a real Finance team.
In the rapidly evolving field of Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR), the demand for professionals who can navigate the unique software development models and methods is high. In this Build Project, you will step into the role of an AR/VR Software Developer and develop an application that can overlay augmented content on device camera frames. Under the guidance of an industry expert, you will explore and evaluate the specifications and performance of various mobile phones in the market that can be used for real-time object inference and world-locked rendering.
You will delve into the intricacies of Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) algorithms, which are crucial for world-locked rendering of overlay media content. Furthermore, you will identify the best methods and algorithms suited for real-time object inference and augmentation rendering to camera frames.
You will become familiar with AR/VR technologies and their unique software development cycles, using tools and methodologies like Unity, C#, and ARCore. All this will happen in an environment that simulates the operations of a real AR/VR development team. By the end of the project, you will have a functional application that can be further expanded and improved by adding other metadata as an augmentation layer on top of camera frames.
If you want to work in Commercial Real Estate, it’s beneficial for your portfolio to acquire some industry-specific experiences. In this Build Project, you'll wear the hat of an Asset Management Analyst and monitor the financial performance of an office asset within a commercial real estate portfolio in Los Angeles. The investment committee that approved the acquisition of said asset has requested a meeting to provide them with an update on market and asset performance a year into acquisition. Under the supervision of an experienced Build Fellow, you'll work on valuation and investment metrics, returns, variances in financial statements, and market fundamentals. You'll also become familiar with industry tools such as Excel, PowerPoint, Costar, and Cushman & Wakefield. All this will happen in an environment that simulates the operations of a real CRE (Commercial Real Estate) Asset Management team.
The goal of this project is to create a simulator prototype that will be used extensively as a tool for helping operators, production and maintenance personnel better understand the way the process works and be able to troubleshoot it more efficiently.
To stay relevant and profitable, companies need to constantly review their growth strategy and identify new market opportunities. Specialists who can do this work effectively are always in demand, so it's a valuable skillset to acquire. In this Build Project, you'll wear the hat of a Corporate Development Analyst and come up with a potential acquisition target (company) to analyze and present. Under the supervision of an experienced Build Fellow, you'll perform market research, financial analysis and build a dynamic valuation model in Excel. You'll become familiar with valuation methodologies like DCF, NPV and WACC. All this will happen in an environment that simulates the operations of a real Corporate Development team.
As e-commerce and social media become increasingly intertwined, startups face the challenge of extracting meaningful insights from vast amounts of data to inform their strategies. In this Build Project, you'll step into the role of a Data Engineer, tasked with building a comprehensive data pipeline that aggregates and analyzes customer behavior and market trends. Under the guidance of an experienced industry expert, you’ll develop Python scripts for data extraction, transform data for analysis, and load it into a structured database. You’ll become familiar with essential industry tools and methodologies like SQL and data visualization techniques, all within an environment that simulates the operations of a real data analytics team. This hands-on experience will equip you with valuable skills that are highly sought after in today’s data-driven landscape, making you a standout candidate for future roles in data engineering and analytics.
This is a pre-law project designed for college freshmen and sophomores to develop a practical understanding of lawyering and build analytical and advocacy skills. The first weeks of the project will focus on demystifying the law school admissions process. You will then develop an appellate brief that can be used as a writing sample for your future career endeavors. You will also present oral arguments in a simulated courtroom environment. This project emphasizes research, writing, and oral advocacy, providing you with the opportunity to analyze complex legal cases, formulate well-reasoned arguments, and participate in structured debates. More importantly, this project will serve as a preview of what you can expect during your year of law school. You will refine your analytical thinking, writing, and public speaking abilities. By the end of this project, you will have gained critical skills in research, writing, and argumentation, directly applicable to entry-level roles in law, public policy, and various sectors that value clear communication and analytical precision.
Join a hands-on project where you'll explore the exciting world of digital marketing and CRM (Customer Relationship Management). You'll get to practice important CRM skills, like managing customer information and building strong relationships with them. As part of the Build Project, you'll create your own email campaign that matches your marketing goals. You’ll also learn how to use data to understand if your campaign is successful. This means you’ll dive into key performance indicators (KPIs) to see what’s working and what’s not, helping you improve future campaigns.
By learning how to segment (or divide) your audience, personalize your messages, and run A/B tests (comparing two versions of something to see which works better), you’ll develop the ability to create marketing campaigns that really connect with different types of people. These skills are super valuable for entry-level jobs in today’s job market, making you a strong candidate for companies that want to build great relationships with their customers.
By the end of the 8-week project, students will develop a comprehensive 'How-to Guide' for creating and sustaining a strengths-based company culture, based on their experiences with personality tests and talent management practices. A template will be provided to guide them through the process.
Throughout the project, students will engage in various activities including analyzing personality tests, identifying individual strengths, and applying talent management practices. Key deliverables will include a strengths assessment, an implementation plan for fostering a strengths-based culture, and regular reflections on their learning process.
With workplace regulations increasingly under scrutiny, organizations are prioritizing compliance to protect both employees and the business. Understanding and adhering to policies around anti-harassment, data privacy, and safety are now essential components of a healthy workplace culture. This Build Project will guide you through the process of designing a compliance training tool, focusing on creating an interactive quiz that reinforces knowledge about critical workplace regulations such as anti-harassment policies, data privacy laws (e.g., GDPR), and safety standards.
Over the course of 8 weeks, you will work on developing content, building quiz questions, and incorporating learning design strategies to ensure the material is engaging and easy to retain. By the end of the project, you’ll gain practical experience in both compliance and training development, equipping you with skills to build effective, engaging learning materials that foster a safer and more compliant workplace.
Cloud operations and DevOps have become heavily critical to hosting and running any high-performance web applications that can scale as the user demand increases. This Build Project will introduce you to basic cloud principles, explain some of the best practices and walk you through a couple of hands-on exercises to prepare you to dive deeper into the world of cloud engineering.
By the end of the 8-weeks project, you will develop a sound foundation of cloud principles. You will develop architecture diagrams and implement those on the AWS cloud platform for hosting a basic web application. Finally, you will be tasked to develop and present a migration strategy for a company that wants to move their web architecture from On-Prem to the AWS Cloud.
Since most software organizations use some form of the cloud or another, having these foundational principles can help you understand the company's software infrastructure as well as stand out from your competition.
In today’s fast-paced world, effective personal finance management is more crucial than ever, yet many people lack the tools to monitor their budgets and expenses efficiently. In this Build Project, you’ll wear the hat of a Full-stack Software Developer and develop “Wallet Wizard”, a comprehensive personal finance tracker built from the ground up. Under the supervision of an experienced industry expert, you’ll design and implement a fully functional application that enables users to set budgets, track expenses, and generate insightful financial reports. You’ll become familiar with industry-standard tools and technologies like React, Next.js, Node.js, and PostgreSQL. All this will happen in an environment that simulates the operations of a real software development team, providing you with practical experience that’s highly valued in the tech industry.
Ever wondered what it takes to build a criminal case from start to finish? In this Build project, you'll step into the role of a legal analyst to dissect and build a comprehensive case portfolio on a mock criminal case, mirroring the analytical work common in law firms and public defender offices. Under the guidance of an experienced industry professional, you'll analyze key elements of the case, assess possible defenses, map out trial procedures, and craft a verdict and sentencing recommendation based on criminal law principles. You’ll gain hands-on experience with fundamental legal techniques like case classification, evidence assessment, and procedural mapping, all within a simulated judicial process. This project offers a valuable, real-world experience for anyone interested in understanding the building blocks of criminal justice and applying legal concepts in practice.
In today's data-driven world, being able to transform raw data into valuable insights is a critical skill. In this Build Project, you’ll wear the hat of a Data Scientist and tackle the challenge of creating interactive dashboards that showcase business insights from raw data. Under the supervision of an experienced industry expert, you will develop essential skills in SQL, Python, machine learning, and data visualization. You’ll become familiar with industry-standard tools like sklearn and git, while applying these skills to a real-world data problem. This project provides a unique opportunity to experience the full data science lifecycle, from raw data to visualization, simulating the operations of a real data science team.
Think of this Project as a day in the life (likely a month) of a lawyer. You will learn the basics of how the US Legal system operates, how laws are interpreted, how to analyse decisions of different US courts and how to apply this law to factual circumstances. You will acquire skills vital for a career in the legal profession such as analysis, research, legal writing and oral advocacy. You will then apply these skills to a fictional legal dispute, draft a legal brief and present these arguments in a trial simulation. These skills are helpful for those of you contemplating taking the LSATs. These skills would also benefit those of you considering careers in fields such as communications, business management and consultancy.
Quantum physics is an emerging field. It has demonstrated supremacy in many ways, such as quantum sensing being much more precise, and quantum computers being capable of solving problems exponentially faster than their classical counterpart.
In this Build Project, you’ll learn the key concepts in quantum physics, such as quantum states, Schrodinger equations, and use those concepts in real-life applications, including lasers and atomic spectroscopy. You will also learn and use Python to develop software programs to solve quantum problems. Those software programs will be very useful as they are not readily available in industry but only in academia. You will build your software program on Github, which is also a critical skill to have in the software development field. A well-built and active Github account is a good plus for jobs in software engineering, which has the highest pay grade among other fields.
In this Build Project, you'll position yourself as a young investment professional and prepare a recommendation for the senior committee that evaluates and chooses where to allocate a finite amount of capital. Your recommendation will be in the form of a short written document in which you outline your considerations and support them with commercial data points and analyses. Drafting investment papers is a highly sought skill in entry-level analysts, and with investment writing, practice truly makes perfect. Under the supervision of an experienced industry expert, you'll choose and review a number of sources to select the most important data to justify your statements. You'll become familiar with key analyst skills such as top-down and bottom-up analysis, and market and company research. All this will happen in an environment that simulates the operations of a real investment team.
In this Build project you’ll think about a company like a financial analyst at an Investment Bank, Private Equity firm, or Hedge Fund. As a group, we will choose a stock to value. Individually, you will build a full 3-statement financial model and use it for your own DCF valuation of the company. You will use publicly available data to build an income statement, a balance sheet, and a cash flow model. Then, you will project key financial figures into subsequent years. Finally, you will use these assumptions to assess the fair valuation of the company. Familiarity with these techniques will help with understanding what a career in investment banking or investing may look like.
The chatbot industry is rapidly growing as more companies adopt AI to enhance customer interactions. In this Build Project, you’ll take on the role of an AI Developer to design, build, and deploy a sophisticated chatbot using Natural Language Processing techniques. Under the supervision of an industry expert, you will create and fine-tune a chatbot using tools like Python, SpaCy, and Rasa.
Digital manufacturing technologies encompass a broad range of tools and systems that are transforming manufacturing through digitization and connectivity. They are foundational to the smart factory and Industry 4.0, where real-time data, automation, and advanced analytics drive efficiency. However, despite their potential, digital manufacturing technologies face challenges in scalability and integration within traditional manufacturing environments. In this Build Project, you will act as a multi-disciplinary analyst, selecting a digital manufacturing technology (such as IoT, robotics, or digital twins) to explore its applications in a specific industry sector.
Guided by expert Project Leaders, you will analyze technology-specific challenges and the unique demands of your chosen industry, identify key stakeholders who influence adoption, and create a business plan to support implementation. By the end of the project, you will present this plan, demonstrating the role of digital manufacturing in enhancing productivity and agility. This project will introduce various digital manufacturing technologies and tools, including industrial IoT platforms, simulation software, and AI. To keep it realistic and fun, you will do your study in an environment simulating the operations of a real, small-scale startup team.
Ever wondered why some startups succeed, while most fail? It all starts with the first pitch to a potential investor. Whether you are interested in analyzing investment opportunities or starting your own company, being able to analyze pitch decks and build your own is fundamental. Come to our first session with your own startup idea, and we will develop a pitch deck and presentation for it.
During this Project, you will learn how to build an effective and compelling pitch deck and present it to investors. We will develop a business plan and a go-to-market (GTM) strategy. Throughout the workshops, you will gain the knowledge and skills you need to build a pitch deck. This will all culminate in you presenting your own startup idea to a group of investors as the audience!
The skills you gain during this Project will help you in your future career in many roles you might consider that involve analyzing investment opportunities, in particular in the world of private equity and venture capital.
In the construction industry, accurate estimation of materials like concrete, steel, and brick is essential for project planning and budgeting. By designing a worksheet to estimate these materials, you will tackle a real-world challenge faced by construction companies daily. This project not only will give you practical skills crucial for success in the field but also fosters critical thinking, attention to detail, and problem-solving abilities essential for your professional development. Additionally, mastering estimation techniques enhances your employability and prepares you to contribute meaningfully to construction projects upon entering the workforce. In today's U.S. society, where infrastructure development and construction projects are essential for economic growth and societal well-being, professionals equipped with such skills play a vital role in driving progress and meeting the evolving needs of communities across the nation.
Are you intrigued by the dynamic world of finance, where decisions made today can shape the economies of tomorrow? Welcome to our space finance project, where we dive deep into the intricate mechanisms of securitized financial markets, investment strategies, and risk management techniques. Embark on a journey that challenges your intellect and sharpens your analytical skills as we explore topics ranging from capital structure optimization to rating agency arbitrage. Through hands-on exercises, real-world case studies, and collaborative discussions, you'll gain invaluable insights into the principles that drive global financial systems. Whether you're a seasoned enthusiast or just beginning to explore the world of finance, this project promises to equip you with the knowledge and tools necessary to navigate the complexities of today's financial landscape.
Under the supervision of an experienced industry expert, you'll learn how financial analysts assess risk and investors decide where to put their money to work. You'll become familiar with Excel modeling, scenario analysis and the structured products methodology. All this will happen in an environment that simulates the operations of a real investment team.
Any young career specialists who want to work in Venture Capital find it hard to understand how to break into this industry. One of the things that help a lot is having a prior VC experience. In this Build Project, you will wear the hat of a Venture Capital Analyst and prepare an investment memo for a potential gaming startup to perform financial, operational, and market due diligence. Under the supervision of an experienced Build Fellow, you will learn how a potential gaming startup investment opportunity will be analyzed and discussed to ultimately decide whether or not to invest. You will become familiar with financial modeling, operational modeling and various research methodologies that will aid you in your conclusion. All this will happen in an environment that simulates the operations of a real investment committee in a venture capital firm.
Sentence embedding models have a wide variety of use cases in the Natural Language Processing (NLP) landscape, such as to facilitate vector search of unstructured text for semantically similar entries, or within a larger model to enable tasks such as regression or classification on free-text.
During this project, you will devise a prompt to generate a synthetic dataset to fine-tune a pretrained sentence embedding model to address deficiencies in the domain-specific use-case of embedding job titles. You will then use this dataset to fine-tune your pretrained model and evaluate the improvement in performance for the vector search task. Finally, you will deploy your fine-tuned model within a Streamlit web app, allowing you to easily show your model to anyone.
This project will help build your familiarity with basic prompting techniques, querying LLMs and parsing their outputs through an API, as well as popular Machine Learning and NLP frameworks (such as Hugging Face and Sentence-Transformers) and provide a compact end-to end experience from initial prototyping to dataset gathering, to training and evaluation, and finally deployment, covering the core parts of common workflows for a Data Scientist or ML Engineer.
