You can't budget your way out of poverty.
So we help young people build businesses instead. Real seed funding, a room to work in twice a week, and a stage to sell from every month.
Next Launchpad: Thursday, October 1, 2026 · Denver
Start something.
Join the Side Hustle Incubator. Two sessions a week, seed funding, and people who will actually hold you to it.
See how it works →Come watch.
Every month our founders pitch live and sell at the youth marketplace. Free, open to everyone.
Find the next Launchpad →Fund a founder.
Your gift goes straight into a young person's first business.
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How it works
Talent first. Then a problem. Then a paycheck.
Find what you're already good at.
We start with your talent, not a textbook. Confidence first, business model second.
Find a problem worth solving.
Point that talent at something that actually bugs you in a world you already care about.
Get paid for solving it.
Build it, sell it at the Launchpad, take the feedback, do it again next month.
And you're paid $25 a session while you do it. The incubator, in detail →
Founder story
Elijah · tufted rugs
Elijah makes tufted rugs. He's one of the founders who launched a side hustle through Mini Money — and the reason the Launchpad has a rug stall.
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Pick a door.
Build something, come watch, or fund a founder. Or just get the next Launchpad date and decide then.