Students from 2,300+ US colleges and universities welcome

Pick your college. Get real experience.

Real products need marketing, testing, and research — not just code. Build your portfolio on shipped work, earn bounties, and get founder references. No internship needed.

Free to join. Sign up with GitHub or Google. Takes 2 minutes.

Three ways to contribute

Not a coder? No problem. Most products need marketing and testing more than engineering.

Build

Code features, design UIs, write specs. For CS, design, and product students.

Market

Write content, run social, do SEO, create videos. For marketing, communications, and business students.

Research & Test

Test products, run user research, do competitive analysis. For everyone — no special skills needed.

Better than an internship you didn't get

Real titles, real scope

“Growth Lead for a fintech startup” is a better resume line than “class project.”

Founder references

A founder who worked with you for 8 weeks writes a better reference than any professor.

Earn while you learn

Bounties pay $5-50+ per task. Start with testing, graduate to bigger projects with higher pay.

Your BuildMap is your portfolio

Every contribution is tracked, reviewed, and permanent. Link your BuildMap on LinkedIn and resumes.

80% of students don't land an internship. You don't need one.

Your classmates who interned at Google have a brand name on their resume. You'll have shipped features, growth campaigns, and measurable impact. Which story gets the job?