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The Problem

Today, students are only taught theory. We teach hustle.

Textbooks prepare students for tests. Hustle prepares them for life, with skills, mentors and real action.
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Why We Exist

We accelerate entrepreneurs through mentors, incentives and software.

Students don’t need more theory. They need real-world hustle, guidance and incentives that shape tomorrow’s economy.

How It Works

01

Student Led.

Every hustle is imagined, built and run by students.

02

Mentor Supported.

Experienced guides help students learn faster and avoid dead ends.

03

Privately Funded.

Donors fuel the mission, not schools.

04

Parent Permitted.

Families are engaged and supportive of the journey.

Our Core Values

The principles that fuel our hustle.

Five principles shape every decision we make.

01

Faith Over Fear

The #1 command in the Bible is "do not fear." We believe faith plus action is the antidote to fear. (Isaiah 41:10)

02

Now, Not How

Success begins with action, not overthinking. Start now, figure out the details as you go.

03

Fail, Learn, Grow, Repeat

Failure is a teacher. Growth comes from trying, learning and improving.

04

Relationships Run the World

Social capital drives success. Build, keep and value your connections.

05

Do Hard Things

Grit is forged through challenges. Embrace the difficult to grow stronger.

A student cleaning a window on a brick house with a squeegee and an extension pole.

Faith over fear

“Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men.”

Colossians 3:23 (ESV)

Looking Ahead

1,000,000 hustles by 2034.

That is the big goal, launched nationwide, one student business at a time. Every season adds schools, mentors and hustles toward it.

Our Team

The team behind High School Hustle.

Staff, founders and the first hustle each of them ran.

Scott Lingle

Scott Lingle

First hustle: Lawn Mowing

Now: Co-Founder

Peter Servaas

Peter Servaas

First hustle: Lemonade Stand

Now: Co-Founder

Hunter Beale

Hunter Beale

First hustle: Snow Cones

Now: Executive Director

Gabriel Sagritalo

Gabriel Sagritalo

First hustle: Thrifting Clothes

Now: Chief of Staff

Janice Soliano

Janice Soliano

First hustle: English Tutor to Koreans

Now: Executive Assistant

Mateo Cedano

Now: Director of Community and Development

Chelsea De Leon

Now: Director of Partnerships and Programs

Schyler Conrad

Now: Director of Marketing and Partnerships

Lester Perreras

Now: Social Media Manager

Our reach

108 schools. 25 states.

Every dot is a school with students in the program. Blue means we showed up in person.

  • 19 in-person visits
  • 89 schools signed up on their own
  • 24 more states

Counts update as schools join

Indiana

Across the U.S.

Schools we visited in person

  • Bellmont High School
  • Pendleton Heights High School
  • Carmel High School
  • Fishers High School
  • Hamilton Southeastern High School
  • Zionsville Community High School
  • Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School
  • Heritage Christian School
  • Cathedral High School
  • Shortridge High School
  • Covenant Christian High School
  • Purdue Polytechnic High School Englewood
  • Danville Community High School
  • Avon High School
  • Cascade High School
  • Center Grove High School
  • Martinsville Academy
  • Bloomington High School South
  • Bedford North Lawrence High School

Schools that signed up on their own

  • Fremont High School
  • Saint Joseph High School
  • Penn High School
  • John Adams High School
  • Riley High School
  • East Chicago Central High School
  • Angola High School
  • Concord High School
  • Munster High School
  • Hamilton Junior Senior High
  • Valparaiso High School
  • Washington Township High School
  • Wheeler High School
  • Lake Central High School
  • DeKalb County Central United School District
  • Wawasee High School
  • Boone Grove High School
  • Warsaw Community High School
  • Carroll High School
  • Northrop High School
  • Columbia City High School
  • Bishop Dwenger High School
  • Woodlan Junior/Senior High School
  • Concordia Lutheran High School
  • Snider High School
  • Tippecanoe Valley High School
  • North Side High School
  • New Haven Jr/Sr High School
  • Canterbury High School
  • Homestead High School
  • Winamac Community High School
  • Wayne High School
  • Huntington North High School
  • Peru High School
  • Adams Central Community Schools
  • South Adams High School
  • Oak Hill High School
  • William Henry Harrison High School
  • West Lafayette Junior/Senior High School
  • Faith Christian School
  • Madison-Grant Jr./Sr. High School
  • Wes-Del High School
  • Muncie Central High School
  • Monroe Central Jr./Sr. High School
  • Winchester Community High School
  • Daleville Jr/Sr High School
  • Lebanon High School
  • Noblesville High School
  • Westfield High School
  • Guerin Catholic High School
  • Shenandoah High School
  • University High School
  • Hagerstown Jr. Sr. High School
  • North Central High School
  • Park Tudor School
  • Pike High School
  • Bishop Chatard High School
  • Lawrence Central High School
  • Brownsburg High School
  • Speedway Senior High School
  • Knightstown Community High School
  • Greenfield-Central High School
  • Warren Central High School
  • Herron High School
  • Scecina Memorial High School
  • Ben Davis High School
  • Crispus Attucks High School
  • Providence Cristo Rey High School
  • New Palestine High School
  • Lutheran High School
  • Plainfield High School
  • Southport High School
  • Rushville High School
  • Mooresville High School
  • Cloverdale High School
  • Franklin Community High School
  • Terre Haute North Vigo High School
  • Indian Creek High School
  • Batesville High School
  • Bloomington High School North
  • Seymour High School
  • Scottsburg High School
  • Borden High School
  • Floyd Central High School
  • Crawford County High School
  • Jeffersonville High School
  • Perry Central Community Schools
  • Academy for Innovative Studies Diamond
  • Reitz Memorial High School

More states

  • Arizona
  • California
  • Connecticut
  • Florida
  • Idaho
  • Illinois
  • Iowa
  • Kansas
  • Kentucky
  • Massachusetts
  • Michigan
  • Minnesota
  • Missouri
  • New Jersey
  • New Mexico
  • New York
  • Ohio
  • Oklahoma
  • Pennsylvania
  • South Dakota
  • Tennessee
  • Texas
  • Virginia
  • Washington

Our Commitment

Impact you can track.

High School Hustle is a project of Sagamore Institute, Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, committed to transparency, accountability and measurable impact.

Live on the dashboard

See the leaderboard.

The public leaderboard tracks student numbers, hustles launched and revenue earned. The top 20 hustlers in the Summer Competition win the Crawford Coats Hustle Award.

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