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FreshFixx CEO: WXXI American Graduate Champions
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Meet Young Entrepreneurs Academy graduate Taylor Quinton, the CEO of FreshFixx.
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FreshFixx CEO: WXXI American Graduate Champions
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Meet Young Entrepreneurs Academy graduate Taylor Quinton, the CEO of FreshFixx.
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(NICOLE) HI TAYLOR I'M SO EXCITED TO BE HERE TO LEARN ABOUT FRESHFIXX.
SO I HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS, FIRST CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE ABOUT IT AND WHAT IT DOES?
(TAYLOR QUINTON) OF COURSE, SO FRESHFIXX IS A MOUTH GUARD SPRAY THAT CLEANS YOUR MOUTH GUARD, FLAVORS YOU'RE MOUTH GUARD AND ITS VITAMIN FUSED SO IT GIVES THE ATHLETE A NATURAL BOOST OF ENERGY BEFORE THEIR GAME.
(NICOLE) WHERE DID YOU GET THE IDEA FOR FRESHFIXX?
(TAYLOR) I PLAY ICE HOCKEY AND LACROSSE, SO IM ALWAYS WEARING MOUTH GUARDS AND THEY'RE SO GROSS AND BEAT UP AND TASTE LIKE RUBBER.
SO I THOUGHT THERE NEEDS TO BE SOMETHING THAT CAN FIX THAT, SO I CAME UP WITH THIS SPRAY.
A LOT OF KIDS DON'T LIKE TO WEAR THEIR MOUTH GUARDS.
THEY'RE HANGING OUT OF THEIR MOUTH MOSTLY OR THEY JUST DON'T WANT TO WEAR THEM AT ALL WHICH IS REALLY BAD.
SO I CAME UP WITH IT TO KIND OF PROTECT KIDS, AND NOT SAYING IT'S GOING TO FOR SURE PROTECT THEM FROM CONCUSSIONS AND EVERYTHING BUT IF THEY SPRAY IT THEY'RE MORE LIKELY TO WANT TO KEEP IT IN, WANT TO WEAR IT AND NOT GET CONCUSSIONS AND NOT LOSE TEETH, WHICH NOOONE WANTS.
(NICOLE) SO WHAT FLAVORS DO YOU HAVE?
(TAYLOR) SO WE HAVE 6 FLAVORS, COTTON CANDY, BUBBLE GUM, LEMONADE, PEPPER MINT AND MINT CHOCOLATE CHIP.
(NICOLE) WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE?
(TAYLOR) MY FAVORITE?
MINT CHOCOLATE CHIP.
ACTUALLY I HAVE A FEW, BUT MINT CHOCOLATE CHIP WOULD DEFINITELY BE MY TOP.
(NICOLE) YOU HAD TO COME UP WITH THIS SPRAY ON YOUR OWN.
WAS THAT A LOT OF WORK TO MAKE THE RECIPE?'
(TAYLOR) OH MY GOODNESS.
YES IT WAS IT TOOK A LOT OF RESEARCH AND TALKING TO A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE THE CHEMISTS FOR THE INGREDIENTS WITH THE VITAMINS AND IF IT WAS RIGHT TO PUT THEM TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, AND THE AMOUNT TO PUT IN, THE RIGHT DAILY VALUE, THERE'S A WHOLE TON OF WORK THERE.
(NICOLE) SO DO YOU MAKE IT ON YOUR OWN OR DO YOU HAVE SOMEONE MANUFACTURING IT FOR YOU?
(TAYLOR) HOPEFULLY IN THE FUTURE WE WILL GET TO MANUFACTURING, BUT FOR NOW YEAH WE HAVE A CERTIFIED KITCHEN WHERE WE WORK AND WE PUT IT ALL TOGETHER AND ITS REALLY QUICK TO MAKE.
(NICOLE) WHAT WAS THE MOST DIFFICULT PART OF CREATING YOUR OWN BUSINESS?
(TAYLOR) COMING UP WITH THE IDEA WAS REALLY TOUGH.
I JOINED THE YOUNG ENTREPRENEUR'S ACADEMY TO START A BUSINESS BUT I HAD NO IDEA WHAT I WANTED TO DO.
I HAD A COUPLE OF IDEAS HERE AND THERE BUT NOTHING I COULD ACTUALLY FOLLOW THROUGH WITH.
WHICH FINALLY AFTER LOTS AND LOTS OF THOUGHTS AND IDEAS THAT WOULD NEVER WORK OUT I CAME UP WITH THIS.
SO THAT WAS PROBABLY THE HARDEST PART COMING UP WITH IT.
(NICOLE) SO TELL ME ABOUT THE YOUNG ENTREPRENEUR'S ACADEMY.
(TALOR) SO THE YOUNG ENTREPRENEUR'S ACADEMY IS A CLASS FOR KIDS THROUGH MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL THAT GET THE OPPORTUNITY, THE INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY, TO START AND RUN THEIR OWN BUSINESS, WHETHER IT'S A PRODUCT, AN APP OR EVEN A SOCIAL MOVEMENT.
YOU HAVE 3 TEACHERS THROUGHOUT THE COURSE AND THEY ALL TEACH YOU DIFFERENT SEGMENTS OF THE CLASS.
FIRST WAS COMING UP WITH THE IDEA FOR THE BUSINESS.
THEN YOUR BUSINESS PLAN, HOW YOU'RE GONNA GET IT GOING AND HOW YOU'RE GONNA PUT IT TOGETHER AND MAKE IT WORK.
AND THE THIRD WAS GETTING IT OUT THERE AND HOW YOU'RE GONNA SELL IT.
(NICOLE) SO BESIDES TEACHING YOU ABOUT BUSINESS AND HOW TO GET IT STARTED, HOW DID THE YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS HELP YOU INDIVIDUALLY?
(TAYLOR) AS A PERSON IT REALLY CHANGED ME.
I WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO GET UP HERE AND TALK TO YOU RIGHT NOW IF IT WASN'T FOR YOUNG ENTREPRENEUR'S ACADEMY.
BEING ABLE TO TALK IN FRONT OF PEOPLE WAS A HUGE THING FOR ME.
I COULD NOT DO THAT BEFORE THIS CLASS.
(NICOLE) SO WOULD YOU SAY THAT YEA IS A GOOD STEPPING STONE TO GET INTO THE BUSINESS WORLD?
(TAYLOR) OH DEFINITELY.
THE THINGS I LEARNED IN ONE YEAR, PEOPLE GO TO COLLEGE FOR 4 YEARS TO LEARN ABOUT, AND I FEEL I'M DEFINITELY ONE STEP AHEAD.
AND I WAS ONLY 15 AND IT WAS A 1 YEAR CLASS.
THE THINGS I LEARNED THROUGH THAT ONE YEAR, PEOPLE GO TO COLLEGE FOR 4 YEARS TO LEARN ABOUT.
(NICOLE) SO DO YOU THINK YEA IS A GOOD OPTION FOR STUDENTS THAT DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY WANT TO DO?
(TAYLOR) OH DEFINITELY, DEFINITELY.
THERE'S SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR US AND DEFINITELY GOING INTO YEA AND CHECKING OUT THE BUSINESS, SEEING IF YOU'RE EVEN INTERESTED IN THIS, IT'S A GREAT CLASS TO JUST, IT'S ONE YEAR IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT THEN GOOD.
THEN YOU DON'T HAVE TO SPEND THE REST OF YOUR LIFE DOING IT SO IT'S AWESOME YEAH.
(NICOLE) SO NOW THAT I LEARNED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR PRODUCT CAN I TEST IT OUT?
(TAYLOR) OF COURSE.
SO THESE ARE MY SPRAYS DO YOU WANT TO TRY THEM OUT?
(NICOLE) YEAH.
(TAYLOR) ALRIGHT, SO YOU CAN TAKE THAT.
AND IT'S BEST TO TRY AND, TRY SPRAYING IT 2 TO 3 TIMES.
(NICOLE) OKAY.
(TAYLOR) THIS IS LEMONADE.
ALSO YOU COULD USE IT FOR RETAINERS OR NIGHT GUARDS.
ANYTHING REALLY, IT'S NOT JUST FOR ATHLETES.
(NICOLE) OKAY.
(TAYLOR) OKAY.
(NICOLE) YEAH I DO.
(TAYLOR) ALRIGHT WANT TO TRY THE NEXT ONE?
LET'S SEE THIS IS COTTON CANDY.
(NICOLE) I LIKE COTTON CANDY.
(TAYLOR) SEE WATERMELON.
(NICOLE) WATERMELON'S REALLY GOOD IT TASTE LIKE CANDY.
(TAYLOR) YEAH DOESN'T IT?
IT'S REALLY SWEET.
THIS ONE'S PEPPERMINT, THIS ONE'S VERY STRONG TOO.
I COULD SMELL IT TOO.
(NICOLE) IT TASTES LIKE CHRISTMAS.
(TAYLOR) CHRISTMAS YEAH!
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, MINT CHOCOLATE CHIP.
YEP THAT'S MY FAVORITE, I HAD TO SAVE THE BEST FOR LAST.
(NICOLE) SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME AND FOR TELLING ME ABOUT FRESHFIXX, I THINK I'M GONNA BUY ONE FOR MY RETAINER NOW.
CAN I TRY MINT CHOCOLATE CHIP AGAIN?
(TAYLOR) THANK YOU, OF COURSE!
(NICOLE) THANK YOU.
I'M DEFINITELY GETTING THIS.
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