Where future entrepreneurs begin.
PocketChange is a neighborhood-based youth job marketplace built to help kids ages 13–17 earn their first paychecks — safely, with parent approval, from neighbors they actually know.
Our mission
Every entrepreneur remembers their first job. Mowing lawns. Raking leaves. Hauling trash bins back up the driveway. Those small jobs teach responsibility, money, and confidence in a way school can't.
PocketChange makes those first jobs possible again — safer, more organized, and paid in a way parents can trust.
How we're different
PocketChange is not a gig app for adults. It's a purpose-built platform for minors, their parents, and their neighborhoods:
- Every job requires a parent's approval before it starts.
- Homeowner accounts are verified with a phone number and an address matched to a PocketChange neighborhood.
- Payments are authorized through Stripe before a job begins, so cash never changes hands.
- Every account is tied to a verified phone number or a linked parent.
What we're building
We're building the earliest, most trustworthy work history a young person can have. Reviews, ratings, badges, and skills that follow them from their first mowed lawn to their first internship — and beyond.
Get in touch
We'd love to hear from families, homeowners, schools, and community leaders. Reach us any time through the Contact page.