Lily Born, founder of the Kangaroo Cup, was only seven-years-old when she had her initial idea for the business she now runs. Young Lily had a grandpa suffering from Parkinson’s disease. This disease attacks one’s central nervous system and causes muscle stiffness, difficulty with balance, and trembling hands, neck, and jaw. Lily noticed her grandpa’s issue with holding cups steady and felt bad for her grandma who always cleaned up after him whenever he spilled something. After noticing this, Lily decided to develop a cup that would stop the spillage.
Over the next three years, Lily perfected her design. Lily and her father even traveled to China to inspect the company and materials her business would eventually use. At age ten, Lily was prepared to officially launch her company “Imagiroo”. Her company made a specialty cup called a “Kangaroo Cup” which featured a design with three legs to add stability. Her cups are made with ceramic and plastic and made in multiple colors.
Lily Born has been able to sell ten of thousands of cups globally through her idea. She has gone on to win a multitude of different awards and has been recognized on many different platforms. This young girl is inspiring because she took a need she experienced first hand and made a solution herself. Her innovation is remarkable and she has the ability to impact the world with her solution. Not only was she able to help her grandpa, but she is now able to help others in similar situations.
This is a super cool idea and it’s crazy that a 7-year-old came up with such an impactful idea. I have recently seen that people are converting this main idea into new technology to help people with Parkinson’s disease be able to perform everyday tasks that aren’t as easy for them compared for others. I am impressed that this young girl came up with such an idea and I’m curious about how her company is doing today.
She is a wonderful person for wanting to help out her grandpa. It is incredible how she made something so valuable out of something so small. It is also amazing that she has been able to expand her business throughout the whole world at such a young age.
Impressive that she was able to understand her grandfathers condition at such a young age and was able to analyze the situation and create a solution for him. Also crazy that she was having business meetings with manufacturing companies in China to further grow her business!