Ever since she was introduced to slime by a school friend, 11-year-old Maddie Rea Greenspan was swept up in the ever so large slime trend of the past.
Being a veteran slime maker before the big slime trend hit everywhere, Maddie had the ease of being able to find any glue she needed for slime making. But once the slime hit hard in 2017 it became a nightmare to find even one bottle of glue in any store. So, to combat her frustration Maddie, with help from her father, experimented with making her own slime glue and was able to fix hers, and many others, glue scarcity problem. Her Business was then named “Maddie Rea’s Slime Glue”.
Pretty soon word spread of her glue from friends and Maddie was able to sell her glue around to many slime enthusiasts. When expanding to an online market, fans of Maddie’s glue even reached out to her for help with getting more slime related products and soon her product line up had expanded beyond its original goal of selling glue which is an amazing feat for someone at the age of 12.
Maddie’s Slime shop was created to help expand her customer base as well as product line up for slime making. Ever since her popularity has grown at an alarming rate, even spawning a Maddie Rea “Slime Bash”, the largest slime convention in the world! But Maddie’s list of achievements doesn’t end there. Maddie is even in the Guinness Book of World Records for the largest slime ever made, weighing in over 13,000 pounds!
To this day Maddie’s products are flying off shelves and new products are always being added such as, new charms or glitters that add to the fun of creating your own slime.
Maddie is a great example of a young and thriving entrepreneur who is brings innovation to the next level.
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Meet Maddie Rae – Slime Making
Okay this is very neat! This is a great example of how invention is created out of necessity. I love how she saw a struggle in the market, thought about it, and created a solution! I also had no idea that the slime market was that big. Nice job.