Taylor Lindsay-Noel
Founder & CEO of Cup of Té
A gymnast-turned-CEO who turns disability lived experience into a practical playbook for resilience, accessibility, and reinvention at work.
Taylor Lindsay-Noel is an award-winning entrepreneur, motivational speaker, and disability advocate from Toronto, Canada. Once a promising Canadian national gymnast, her life took an unexpected turn in 2008 when a training accident resulted in a spinal cord injury, leaving her paralyzed from the neck down. Rather than allowing this life-altering event to define her, Taylor transformed adversity into purpose, building a career dedicated to empowering others and advocating for greater inclusivity.
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In this inspiring keynote, renowned entrepreneur Taylor Lindsay-Noel highlights the business strategy she used to build her thriving loose-leaf tea company, Cup of Té. Listen as Taylor details her extraordinary journey as, after a life-altering incident, she overcame extreme adversity to create a successful business from the ashes.
At the age of 14, Taylor was a nationally-recognized Canadian gymnast, on track to compete in the 2012 London Olympics. Everything changed in an instant when, following a tragic accident, she found herself paralyzed from the neck down. After more than a decade of growth and healing, Taylor has channeled the passion that drove her as a gymnast into her endeavours as a thriving entrepreneur, podcaster, speaker, and motivational figure.
In this talk, Taylor applies her personal and professional insights learned from a lifetime of overcoming obstacles to help audiences identify their own challenges and push past them. Taylor’s message and tangible life lessons inspire business audiences to believe they can tackle any goal, no matter how big or small.
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- Afternoon Keynote - Taylor Lindsay-Noel - Redefining Possible: Lessons for Taking on the World - University of WaterlooUniversity of Waterloo·4mo ago
- This influencer puts venues’ claims of accessibility to the test - The Globe and MailThe Globe and Mail·3mo ago
- Toronto’s Most Inspiring Women of 2024: Taylor Lindsay-Noel - Streets Of TorontoStreets Of Toronto·1y ago
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