Laila (in red) and her business partner Shaquannah Floyd started in the two-jump-rope sport of double dutch when they were ages five and seven. They had a bigger vision for double dutch as a way to change the world, as entertainment, a fitness initiative, and as a new avenue of entrepreneurship, so they combined their last names and founded FloydLittle’s Double Dutch. The internationally-competitive team became a safe haven for girls that functions as a method for fighting obesity and keeping students out of trouble, providing benefits that are much “bigger than the ropes.”