Programs

Hustle PHX 101

Ready to learn how to grow your small business? The Hustle PHX 101 program is for you!

Hustle PHX 101 is a 14-week business development program that helps aspiring entrepreneurs put ideas into action and turn a passion into a sustainable and thriving business.

Volunteer business professionals will challenge you to think through your business model and create a plan to validate your business or business idea. You’ll leave the Hustle PHX 101 program with a deeper understanding of how to start or scale a sustainable business.

Hustle PHX 101 takes place in a hybrid learning setting, incorporating a mix of in person Hustle Labs, and virtual interactive workshops. These workshop settings include guest speakers and facilitators that will teach the curriculum and facilitate group discussions.

The program leads up to Pitch Night, a celebration of your completion of the program! Pitch Night is where YOU take the stage and pitch your business to our community

Applications for Hustle PHX 101 throughout the year. Cohorts run in the Fall (August-November) and Spring (March-May). Dates and locations vary by semester.

If you’re a business owner or aspiring entrepreneur, apply for our next cohort HERE!

Hustle PHX 202 graduates 2023 bethany stanton cici colbert jesse villegas gabby clark brenda avalos
Bethany stanton ris coffee accepting hustler of the year 202 award
hustle phx 202 entrepreneurs 2022

Hustle PHX 202

The mission of Hustle PHX 202 is to position entrepreneurs to validate their business concepts through the provision of intellectual and social capital. Entrepreneurs will walk away from the program with a comprehensive understanding of how to successfully test whether their business is viable and capable of scaling.

Over the course of 9 months, entrepreneurs will begin to validate their business concept and position themselves to scale their businesses by focusing on three areas:

  • Business Mentorship
    • Entrepreneurs receive a personal business mentorship who will walk alongside them over the course of the program.
  • Technical Assistance
    • Entrepreneurs receive additional technical assistance from volunteers with expertise in the areas of accounting, digital marketing, web development, business law, and so much more!
  • Business Portfolio
    • By the end of the program, entrepreneurs will have completed a comprehensive business portfolio consisting of the tools they need to validate their business concept and begin to successfully scale their businesses.

Applications for Hustle PHX 202 occur once a year and open in November, interviews and notification of acceptance in December. Pre-requisites and completion of Hustle PHX 101 required to be considered.

Hustle PHX 303

The mission of Hustle PHX 303 is to position entrepreneurs to build sustainable and successful businesses through the provision of intellectual, social, and financial capital. Entrepreneurs will walk away from the program with the proper understanding, tools, and routines to scale their businesses for the purpose of providing value to their customers and bringing restoration to the lives of those impacted by the entrepreneurs’ businesses.

Over the course of 1 year, entrepreneurs will be given an advisor team made up of volunteer business professionals and business owners. The program will take an interdisciplinary approach to supporting the entrepreneurs in growing their business that includes applicable and transferable workshops led by subject matter experts, meeting and working with mentors and advisors, fellowship and building community with other hustlers and their personal advisor team.

Hustle PHX has developed a five part framework to the workshops which includes:

  • Strategic planning
  • Customer Experience
  • Building a Sales Culture
  • Generating Predictable Profits
  • Operational Effectiveness

Applications for Hustle PHX 303 occur once a year in the fall. Pre-requisites and completion of Hustle PHX 101 and 202 required to be considered.

Youth Entrepreneurship program

With financial support from the Arizona Governor’s Office of Youth, Faith and Family and Americorps AZ, Hustle PHX launched the Youth Entrepreneurship Program (Y.E.P.) in spring 2022. The purpose of Y.E.P. is to empower youth and equip them with tools that will allow them to take their business from the ideation phase to the execution of starting their business.

Hustle PHX has created partnerships with organizations including Neighborhood Ministries, and AZ Reach, organizations who specialize in working with underserved youth. Hustle PHX’s Y.E.P. has also partnered with Maricopa County Regional School District, and Adobe Mountain School, two juvenile detention facilities here in Arizona.

The traditional Hustle PHX 101 curriculum has been modified to be youth-degistable and highly interactive. This new curriculum primarily focuses on financial literacy and the ABC’s of business.

Interested in joining the Y.E.P. team as an intern? Click here to learn more and apply!

the hustle phx youth entrepreneurship program team

Hustle USA Affinity Loan Program

The Hustle USA Affinity Loan program provides microloans in a group setting which serves as a networking and credit building space for small business owners who have close ties to each other.The program also provides business consulting and monthly workshops to help participants understand how to better manage their finances.