The founder of Me & The Bees Lemonade Makaila at age four was encouraged by her family to enter a Children’s Business Competition and make her own product. As she agreed and thought about different events in her life and things she was interested In to help her brainstorm a product she thought about two specific things. One, how she was stung by a bee and really did not like bees, and secondly, her Grandmas recipe for Flaxseed Lemonade. As she thought was, she could do with those two ideas she became highly interested in beeds, and what they are good for in our ecosystem. She got educated and felt passionate about them. After some thought she came up with an idea to use her Grandma’s recipe and to help Bee’s.
Her Lemonade recipe from her Grandma is sweetened by local honey from the bees. She was constantly selling out of her product at her entrepreneur events and became very successful. She was always busy whether she was selling her product, or educating people on bees. Today, at age 13 she has become a very successful entrepreneur and her product is being sold at Whole Food’s Market and is the world’s leader in natural and organic foods. It is also becoming available at many restaurants and other places.
Makaila took her interests, and passions and combined them to make a fantastic and successful idea. She has been successful because everyone can tell her passion for this product, and that is key.
I love that this is the classic start to children becoming entrepreneurs but she expanded on it. I remember when i was younger and I sold lemonade but I was really just looking to try and buy a candy bar and I would not have imagined being this successful. I hope that Makaila continues on her entrepreneurial journey. Great post!