Startup & business kids
People testing ideas, selling services, building small products, learning sales, or thinking commercially.
Brisbane · high school students · invite-first
For students who are already building the future after school.
A fortnightly 5:30–7:30pm room for ambitious Brisbane high school students who are building projects, learning real skills, and looking for sharper people around them. Come to share what you are working on, get honest feedback, hear from people a few steps ahead, and leave with clearer next actions.
Fortnightly Thursdays · 5:30–7:30pm
The Precinct, Fortitude Valley
Project feedback, mentors, and driven peers.
Next room concept
Two hours of momentum
- 5:30 Arrive, grab a seat, meet people
- 5:45 Short talk, mentor story, or discussion
- 6:15 Project shares, feedback, and questions
- 7:00 Open room: mentors, collaborators, next steps
Built to feel more like a builder room than a school club.
The point
Not another networking event. A better peer group.
Most ambitious students only know one or two people who are serious about building things outside the classroom. SBB — Student Builders Brisbane exists to make that peer group easier to find: a consistent room where students can talk about real projects, ask better questions, meet mentors, and build confidence before they leave school.
Who belongs here
Bring the students who make things happen.
This starts small and invite-first to protect the quality of the room. Members can bring one strong friend who genuinely adds energy, curiosity, and execution.
AI, STEM & tech builders
Students making tools, experiments, robots, apps, data projects, research ideas, or technical demos.
Creative operators
Designers, speakers, video makers, writers, organisers, and creative students turning taste into output.
Why join
You get the room most schools do not create.
The value is not a certificate. It is the people, feedback, confidence, and momentum you build by being around students who are taking initiative early.
Get sharper on what you are building.
Share an idea, prototype, pitch, project, content plan, event, or problem you are stuck on and get useful outside perspective.
Meet students who are actually doing things.
Find collaborators, friends, accountability, and people who make ambition feel normal instead of weird.
Hear from people a few steps ahead.
Mentors bring practical stories from business, startups, AI, engineering, design, leadership, speaking, and community building.
Practise explaining your work.
Learn how to introduce yourself, talk about a project clearly, ask better questions, and take feedback without getting defensive.
Fortnightly rhythm
How a 5:30–7:30pm session works.
Each night has enough structure to create value, but not so much structure that it feels like school. The aim is simple: leave with clearer thinking, useful people, and one next action.
5:30
Arrive, settle, quick intros
Students introduce themselves by name, school, what they are building or exploring, and one question they want help with.
5:45
Short talk, mentor story, or discussion
A practical topic like finding your first customer, using AI without being lazy, pitching clearly, building confidence, designing better, or turning an idea into a real prototype.
6:15
Project sharing and feedback
A few students share what they are working on. The room gives questions, suggestions, introductions, and honest feedback.
7:00
Open room and next steps
Talk to mentors, meet collaborators, swap contacts, make plans, and write down the next thing you will do before the next session.
Mentor sessions
Not lectures. Real conversations with people who have done the thing.
Mentor sessions are short, practical, and question-led. A guest might explain how they started a company, built an AI tool, pitched investors, designed a product, ran an event, led a team, or recovered from a failed idea. Then students ask questions and connect the lesson back to their own projects.
Founders
AI builders
Startup operators
Engineers
Designers
Pitch coaches
Community leaders
What mentors do
Tell the truth about their path, share practical lessons, answer questions, and give students more realistic standards for what building actually takes.
What mentors do not do
Run a formal class, grade anyone, sell a course, or make the room feel like another compulsory school activity.
Long game
Build the best student-led builder community in Brisbane.
Start with a tight fortnightly 5:30–7:30pm room. Then grow into project nights, mentor sessions, pitch nights, build weekends, and larger student events — without losing the original standard: useful people, real projects, strong energy.
01Social first, not school-ish.
02Everyone should be making or attempting something.
03Leave with a sharper idea, connection, or next step.
Launch list
Know someone who should be in the first room?
Apply if you are building something, seriously exploring an idea, or looking for a stronger peer group. You do not need a polished startup or perfect project — just curiosity, initiative, and a willingness to contribute to the room.
Request an invite
Fill out the short application form. It should only take a few minutes — just tell us who you are, what you are building or interested in, and why you want to be in the room.
Open application formApplications are reviewed manually so the first room stays high-quality, useful, and genuinely worth attending.