Mikaila Ulmer grew up with a fear of bees. Fortunately, she got over that fear and discovered bees are useful for something they make, honey. Everyone loves themselves some honey and Mikaila realized that and became determined to make money off of it. She took her grandma’s flaxseed lemonade recipe and added a twist to it with some honey. This delicious drink immediately became a hit with all of her friends in family, so she knew she had to start selling it.
Starting the business by herself was going to be hard, she knew she would need some help. So, at just 9 years old Mikaila went on shark tank to get some guidance and funding for her knew lemonade business. She managed to get a deal with Daymond John for $60,000. She is now running a successful business called Me & the Bees Lemonade. The lemonade product is available for purchase in all 50 states through retailers like Target, Whole Foods, and Publix. Sales have soared to a total of more than $10 million. Her company has the production ability of 12,000 cases of lemonade per day.
This inspirational young entrepreneur started out with the fear of bees, to running and little lemonade stand in her neighborhood, to starting a million-dollar business. Mikaila is a great example of the adjacent possible. She took honey and her grandma’s lemonade recipe and created a new twist on lemonade. I have to say that is a sweet idea.
Wow, I Think it’s just incredible that someone decided to invest to such a young and bright person, Personally I don’t think I would ever just deal a 9 year old $60,000 even if I was on a judge on shark tank, but also I looked into this drink and it does look really good I would love to try and order some at some point in the future.