Teen entrepreneur design protective gear for women which will make them unstoppable on the field
Entrepreneur Name: Taylor Ryan, (Age: 14)
Business Name: Unstoppable Protective Gear, Manhattan Beach, California, United States
What do you do when you face a problem? You, search for a solution. But what if there’s no solution? Well, you create one. Taylor Ryan faced a problem. She couldn't give her best in sports because she was afraid of getting hit - especially in the breast area. Being best in the game comes with the cost of getting hurt time and again. While men have athletic cups, there's nothing for women.
So Taylor designed a protective sports gear for women and named it Unstoppable Protective Gear. They are cups that one can insert into their sports bra. She wants girls to feel unstoppable on the field. Although many sportswomen would love her idea, her product received mixed reactions. Many weren't comfortable talking about breast protection. Even today people tend to avoid such topics which is one of the reasons why there are no such products.
Taylor had this idea bugging her mind for five years but the Manhattan Beach Chamber of Commerce's chapter of YEA enabled her to take it to the next level. It's a year-long course that molds students into confident entrepreneurs. She was chosen to compete against 35 youth-run businesses in the YEA Saunders Scholars Competition.
