An Ecosystem Built By Its Members
Building in a new country is hard to do alone. BIES surrounds you with the people who've already figured it out. But this is more than support, it's an open platform: every part of the ecosystem is something members can add to and shape. Here's what's inside, and how you can be a part of it.
BIES Newsletter
Our newsletter is the pulse of the ecosystem: community updates and events, Builder Spotlight stories highlighting the entrepreneurs building in El Salvador, and our frameworks and analysis on what's happening in the country. Members shape it too. Get featured in a Spotlight, nominate a fellow builder, or publish your own articles through our platform. If you're building or thinking something worth sharing, the newsletter is your channel.
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YouTube Broadcast
Our channel broadcasts the stories, interviews, and lifestyle of life in El Salvador: conversations with the builders and thinkers shaping the country's future, project tours, and the ideas driving its new renaissance. It's also a platform for members who create. Have an idea for a piece of content? Bring it to the broadcast, and share it with an established audience already tuned in to El Salvador's builder movement.
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Workshops, Roundtables, & Retreats
Our events give builders the opportunity to meet and get to know each other beyond the digital realm. Events are hosted in small group settings, where discussions are open, productive, and protected under the Chatham House Rule. Our events bring builders together often enough for relationships to form and trust to build.
“Build in El Salvador is one of the key hubs for bringing together people with different areas of expertise, and that knowledge sharing is real. When I first came to El Salvador, it was a lot of figuring things out on your own. But the BIES community has changed that completely. Now people can just land, immediately plug in with like-minded people, and start contributing what they bring to the table. I learned a new AI workflow directly from someone in the community, and then turned around and paid it forward to the group. That's the culture here.”
Member Chat
Our member chat gives you instant connection to the ecosystem: ask questions, join discussions, share insights, and get to know the builders around you. Its value comes from its members. Everyone contributes, and what flows through the conversations isn't information you can Google or ask ChatGPT. It's first-hand knowledge from builders on the ground, earned through real-world experience. Lively, active, and high-signal, the chat is reserved for members who are actually in El Salvador, because cohesion and alignment are what make it work. We run it on WhatsApp today, with self-hosted solutions on the horizon.
BIES Digital App
Our custom-built app is the ecosystem's infrastructure, designed to support our members and their success in El Salvador. At its core is a private Nostr relay for decentralized, member-to-member communication that no third party controls. Around it are directories that connect the ecosystem: a project directory to list what you're building, an events directory so you never miss a gathering, a vendor directory with reputation scores for hiring with confidence, an organic farm directory for sourcing food straight from the farm, and a bounty board where members post and pick up work. And that's just the start. Like everything in BIES, the app grows stronger with every project listed, vendor rated, and bounty posted.
BIES Public Forum
Our public forum is where the ecosystem opens its doors. Members use it for long-form discussion: event reviews, ideas they want to explore, and thoughts they want feedback on. Because it's public, it also connects our community here in El Salvador with builders and outside interests abroad. And it's where we host our virtual calls, bringing the whole ecosystem together no matter where members are. Currently hosted on Skool.
Join our SkoolWhat Our Members Say:
“BIES has given me a space to share what I'm building and feel supported on what can otherwise be a challenging entrepreneurial journey.”
“The BIES community has linked me to other like-minded people looking to make better lives for themselves and everyone around them.”
“Grateful to be part of Build in El Salvador. So many bold ideas meet here, and decentralized mitochondrial health is one of them.”
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