Founding Director at [School Name]
Most college students wait until summer to do something meaningful. By then, it's too late.
This is a spring opportunity. Schools have limited windows for launch events - lunch presentations, call-out meetings, classroom visits. Those windows close at the end of May. The students who will earn their first dollar this summer are being recruited right now. That's your window.
Most college programs hand you a syllabus. This hands you a territory.
As a Founding Director, you walk cold into a high school nobody sent you to, convince a teacher to hand you the room, raise money from local business owners you've never met, and launch an entrepreneurship program from scratch. You will get rejected. You will figure it out anyway. And when you pull it off - you will have done something most people your age only talk about.
This is harder than any opportunity you'll find on this platform. It is also worth more than all of them.
What You're Building
High School Hustle (HSH) is a nonprofit entrepreneurship program operating under Sagamore Institute's 501(c)(3) that helps high school students launch real service businesses - lawn care, detailing, window washing, and more. We've helped 2,200+ students launch 575+ businesses and generate over $1M in student revenue. We're one of the fastest-scaling nonprofits in the Midwest.
You bring HSH to a high school near you. You pitch it. You fund it. You run it. You leave something behind that outlasts your time there.
What goes on your resume: Founder, High School Hustle at [Your High School]. Not intern. Not volunteer. Founder.
What You'll Do
- Identify and build a relationship with a teacher at a local high school
- Recruit 3-5 local business owners or professionals to serve as student mentors
- Fundraise a $100 lunch sponsorship from local businesses to fund your launch event
- Run a live launch event - present HSH to a room of students and sign them up on the spot
- Hold at least one follow-up meeting to onboard students to the HSH dashboard
- Log your school launch and report outcomes back to HSH
Total time commitment: approximately 8–15 hours per school, completed before the end of May. This is not a summer job — it's what you do before summer so the students you launch are earning all summer long.
Skills You'll Build (and Use)
- Sales & cold outreach - you'll contact teachers and business owners you've never met
- Public speaking - you'll present to a room of students with energy and confidence
- Fundraising - you'll make direct asks to local business owners for sponsorship
- Event coordination - you'll plan and run a live launch event end to end
- Relationship management - you'll maintain mentor relationships and student follow-up
- Self-direction - no manager is scheduling your meetings or telling you what to do next
Skills We're Looking For
- Communication
- Sales / persuasion
- Self-motivation
- Community networking
- Event planning
- Entrepreneurial mindset
- Resilience / comfort with rejection
Minimum Requirements
- Currently enrolled college student in Indiana
- Located within reasonable driving distance of a high school you plan to launch
- Ability to work independently without supervision
- Access to reliable transportation
No specific major required. Business, marketing, and entrepreneurship students are a natural fit — but so are students from any background who are motivated to build something real.
Compensation
This is a 1099 independent contractor role - unpaid at the base level, with real performance bonuses:
✅ Complete a verified launch (follow-up done + 1%+ of school signed up) $100
✅ Run a solid lunch (5%+ signup rate) - $250
✅ Run an exceptional lunch (10%+ signup rate) - $500
✅ A student from your school earns $100+ in real revenue - $25 per student (up to 5)
One strong launch earns you up to $625. Pull off two schools and you're over $1,000 - all before summer starts.
What Else You Get
- Official title: Founding Director, High School Hustle at [Your High School] — fully usable on LinkedIn and your resume
- Letter of recommendation from HSH's Executive Director upon successful launch
- Documented community impact stats - students reached, businesses launched, revenue generated
- Access to HSH's network of entrepreneurs, mentors, and high-net-worth donors - the kind of rooms most people don't get into until they're 40
- Qualifies for fraternity/sorority volunteer and service hours
How to Apply
Email gabriel@highschoolhustle.org & cc hunter@highschoolhustle.org
High School Hustle is a program of Sagamore Institute, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. We welcome applicants of all backgrounds, majors, and experiences.