Intro

Last August I sat at my son's football game in 107-degree heat getting sick in the stands. I kept thinking: what's happening to those kids in full pads on turf?

I looked up heat safety protocols. The system: check weather apps, watch for symptoms, react when kids show signs. That's it. We're guessing. Heat illness kills young athletes every year—yet it's 100% preventable. The problem? You can't prevent what you can't see.

HeatSense makes individual heat response visible in real time. Non-invasive wearable sensor + app showing core temperature, heart rate, and heat strain as it rises. Real-time alerts. Individual monitoring instead of weather-based guesswork. Started for youth athletes, expanding to anyone active outside in the heat.

Where I Am Now:

• Launched August 2025

• Building Team Dashboard for coaches

• Bootstrapped so far

What I'm Learning: Creating a new category is hard. "Heat Readiness" doesn't exist yet. Education is 80% of the sale.

Would love to hear from anyone who's built in the sports tech or youth safety space. Would also love to hear if anyone has created an unsought product? What worked? What didn't?