At 14, Sasha Bagrov is building a safer marketplace for teenage odd jobs
When I was a young teenager, I was in Girl Guides — essentially the Australian equivalent of Girl Scouts — and went to a school that strongly encouraged civic participation. So I duly knocked on stran...
When young Sasha Bagrov was a teenager, he participated in Girl Guides, a British organization similar to Girl Scouts. He often took on odd jobs for strangers, such as dog walking and washing cars, without realizing the potential safety risks. Now at 14, he is the founder and CEO of KidsHustle, the UK’s first iOS marketplace for teenage employment.
Bagrov started coding at age 9, had software on the App Store by 12, and spent three years developing KidsHustle before its launch in April 2026. As a Year 10 student at Hampton School in London, he aims to create a safer marketplace for teenage odd jobs by targeting the UK’s 3.6 million teenagers aged 13–17. This market has an estimated £1.2 billion casual labor market that currently lacks online platforms with safety measures.
KidsHustle differs from existing gig economy platforms, as it requires users to be at least 18. Instead, it provides verified, compliant infrastructure for teenage employment across the UK and Europe.
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