CEO of First Aid Vending Machine Startup Is So Young He Can’t Even Drive Yet
File this under “it’s never too early” or, better yet, “there’s no such thing as a final version” of an idea. Opelika High School freshman Taylor Rosenthal just invented something that’s been done countless times before, but he’s doing it in a way that garnered him a $30 million dollar buyout offer.
How many times have you or your kids been out at the park or ball field? Someone gets a minor injury, but nobody thought to bring a bandage or any first aid. Taylor saw the problem over and over again, so he invented something that really should have already been invented — but nobody thought of yet — a vending machine for first aid supplies. Taylor’s company, Alabama based RecMed, is a hit, solving a common problem Taylor experienced first hand. In an interview with Fox Business, Rosenthal said, “I played baseball for 10 years now and every time a kid got hurt at a travel ball tournament or something, nobody could find a Band-Aid, and I kind of wanted to come up with something to help that.”