Entrepreneur uses brief sports career as basis for fashion business

Paola Bedin, a designer of athletic apparel, continues to pursue her greatest passion: high-performance cycling.


As a teenager in Italy, Paola Bedin enjoyed a brief career as a professional cyclist. Today, she owns and operates MYN Sport, a clothing company that specializes in fashionable athletic apparel. (Photo by Mark Wemple)
As a teenager in Italy, Paola Bedin enjoyed a brief career as a professional cyclist. Today, she owns and operates MYN Sport, a clothing company that specializes in fashionable athletic apparel. (Photo by Mark Wemple)
Photo by Mark Wemple
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Executive: Paola Bedin is the founder and owner of MYN Sport (MYN stands for “Mind Your Nature”), an e-commerce company that specializes in fashionable athletic clothing. Born and raised in Italy, Bedin, 48, came to the United States about 15 years ago when she was working for an Italian company that wanted to expand its U.S. operations. She first landed in Austin, Texas, then came to Tampa. Her work took her back across the pond, to the United Kingdom, before she returned Stateside and settled for good in Tampa and went into business for herself.

 

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