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Delaney sells her products online and at YouthBiz Marketplaces including the Marketplace at Denver Startup Week.
Delaney hasn’t been in business very long, but her products have already found extraordinary success! Laney’s Lipcare, which Delaney started after creating a business plan for a school project, uses all-natural ingredients to create lip balm and lip tint. Looking to “make a change in the world,” Delaney donates 10% of her profits to The Skin Cancer Foundation. You can buy her products online at her website, or find her at Denver Startup Week next month at the YouthBiz Marketplace and Expo.
Question: Tell me a little bit about you – name, age, how long you’ve been an entrepreneur?
Answer: My name is Delaney Ryan, I’m 14 years old, and I am now a freshman at Arapahoe high school. I have been an entrepreneur for just over eight months now.
Q: Do you have a website? If so, let us know what it is.
A: I do have a website and an online store. You can learn about my company and order products online at laneyslipcare.com.
Q: What motivated or inspired you to start a business?
A: At my middle school, Aspen Academy, our 8thgrade project was to write a business plan. I took it one step further and actually started a business.
Q: Please share an overview of your business.
A: Laney’s Lipcare is an all-natural, handmade lip balm and lip tint company supporting the Skin Cancer Foundation. Our lip balm moisturizes your lips without leaving a color. Our lip tints however, have the same base as the lip balms but also have a light pigment. 10% of our net profits to the Skin Cancer Foundation.
Q: Tell us about some of the challenges you face being a young business owner.
A: I face challenges as a young entrepreneur such as people trusting my product. Another struggle is adults not thinking my business is legitimate or a real business.
Q: What’s the best part about having your own business?
A: The best part about having my own business is knowing I’m making a difference with my company and also having work you can be proud of.
Q: Why should other youth start a business?
A: I believe other youth should start a business because it teaches so many valuable lessons. It will also help you later in life because you have experience running a business. If your company is successful you will be self-reliant and may not have to get a job in high school.
Q: Do you have special products or sales in mind for the Denver Startup Week Youth Pass Marketplace and Expo?
A: I will have my three lip balm flavors; honey, vanilla, and strawberry and three lip tint colors; rose, coral, and peach.
Q: What is your involvement with Young Americans Center?
A: I am a finalist for the YouthBiz Stars Business Competition and I will be attending the Denver Startup Week Youth Pass Marketplace and Expo.
