When you were a teenager did you feel a lack of control over your circumstances? Often times when we are younger we put boundaries on our abilities to fix problems, but Rachel Zietz did not. Rachel started her own business at the age of 13, coming up with a solution to her problem: the lack of affordable and quality lacrosse practice equipment.
The one thing most people will note about this young entrepreneur is her age, Rachel is now 17 years old and has a professional business model and making money from her solution to a problem she had when she was 13. The thought process Rachel went through to create this idea is how entrepreneurs think every day. We see a problem and we think of all the different ways we can solve it, but she also found a problem that was effecting others as well. Rachel has also taken great strides pitching her business on multiple scales, including season 7 of the Shark Tank. Rachel has a great confidence in her business, which I believe is a big key to her success. Most young people have great ideas but lack the self-confidence to get over the obstacles and criticism they face along the way. Taking a business from the ground to production can be a rough course, but if you believe in your product you can make it to the end.
I like the name of the business as well as the logo. Its incredible to hear how young Rachel was when she started this company. I would like to know more about how she actually got the business off the ground with prototypes for affordable equipment when she was just thirteen. Good blog post!
This is interesting that a girl came up with a a business for a sport that is typically seen as a male sport. I agree with the comment above that I would have loved to have more backstory and know more about how she got her business from an idea to an actual business.
It’s so exciting to see young people getting to work on things they have a passion for!! I think that Rachel Zietz is effectively solving a real problem and fully serving a niche market.
Finding affordable equipment anymore can be almost impossible so its cool to see her doing something about it. I like how she found a problem in her own life and then realized how many other people had that same problem. She is also very proactive with growing her business so she definitely has I bright future ahead of her.
A young person having confidence in both their product and themselves is uncommon and inspiring. She saw an issue in something she was passionate about, and she solved that problem. This problem-solving entrepreneurial attitude is something we should all be striving for.
The concept of making expensive sports equipment affordable is very intriguing to me as a baseball player. I hear all the time how baseball is too expensive of a sport because of the equipment, but then I see Dominican and other Latin American nations surpassing the US and I feel that there has to be a solution. Seeing how she overcame these obstacles inspires me to do the same.