Rachel Zietz created Gladiator Lacrosse at 13 years old. While playing Lacrosse, she found her equipment to be too expensive and not durable. After attending the Young Entrepreneurs Academy in Boca Raton, Florida she pitched her idea to investors. She received $2,700 to develop her idea. Rachel used this money to create a line of  inexpensive and durable lacrosse gear. In her company’s first year, it had over $200,000 in sales! Two years later, it had generated over 1 million dollars in revenue! Rachel was recently honored as one of the finalists for the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce’s 2015 Entrepreneur award.