OUR STORY
Our story started at our high school Business Incubator class. Logging in remotely because of the pandemic meant lots and lots of screen time. Wouldn’t it be cool, we thought, to have a game that got us outside and allowed us to be together? A take it with you, play anywhere, ball and paddle game. That’s how paddleball was born! Our first prototype was made out of wood, a collapsible table, we brought to the park, to sand pits, parking lots. It was endless fun. But it was a little heavy. So we modified our invention with a light table, balls and paddles, drew up the rules and invited out friends for countless hours of fun. We hope you have fun too.
Dream it.
We were chosen out of 450 students in our school district to present our paddleball idea to a Shark-tank-like panel of judges made up of top business leaders in our community for a chance to win up to $3,000 and to progress to a national competition for the chance to win up to $25,000! We didn’t win the big prize, but we kept dreaming and eventually won $1,000 to build a manufacturable prototype.
Build it.
Today, our team is taking our second class at our high school, Business Accelerator, to launch our big idea and bring it to paddleballers everywhere - young and old. We are working hard behind the scenes to building the perfect product for you. We can’t wait to share it. Save your palms, use a paddle!
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Seth Lendzion
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Owen DeMonte
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Amber Rinker
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Adeen Rajputt