Youngest Entrepreneur in the World
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I am back again guys for another blog of course, and since I wrote last time about the young entrepreneurs here in the Philippines, my thoughts wandered again, a never-ending wandering but oh well what could I do but find the answer to my thoughts. And yes what I'm going to share right now is the youngest entrepreneur in the world, come and let's find out!
Mikaila Ulmer is a 19-year-old lady from Texas who is building a lemonade empire, and hoping to save honey bees in the process! But she created this whole thing when she was just 11 years old. This all started when Mikaila was 4 years old and she was stung by a bee twice in one week! This prompted her to become very scared whenever bees were near.
In order to help her cope with this new fear, Mikaila’s parents asked her to do some research on bees. She learned that bees are incredibly important for flowers, gardens, and trees as pollinators. She also learned that they are dying at a rapid rate. In the past year, honey bee farmers have reported losing nearly 42% of their colony! Many believe that this could be due to the overuse of pesticides, which can have many bad effects upon bees.
This is when set her mind to create a product to help save bees. She decided she would sell Lemonade and she started her company, BeeSweet Lemonade. Her special lemonade recipe came from her great-grandmother’s cookbook. She decided to add honey to it, instead of sugar, in order to call attention to the problems honey bees face. Mikaila sells lemonade almost every day at her lemonade stand! And she takes every opportunity to tell her customers about the issues facing honey bees.
What began as a small operation is starting to grow. BeeSweet is projected to sell almost 140,000 bottles of lemonade this year! BeeSweet lemonade can be found on the shelves at select Whole Foods Markets as well as many restaurants and other locations near her home in Austin, Texas. However, they had to change the name due to a copyright issue so they decided to call it Me & the Bees Lemonade because they give a percentage of sales to help save the bees.
Mikaila and her cause have also been featured in many news reports, magazines, blogs, and even on Shark Tank, a TV show featuring hopeful entrepreneurs.
*Side Comment:)
To spread your wings widely and take up greater opportunities in engaging business you need to start young. Sometimes to conquer your fear, you need to face it head-on, just like what the young entrepreneur did, and now, not only did she get over with her fear but it made her what she is today. This ends my blog this week see you again on my next one!
For more information, you may just click here!
https://www.meandthebees.com/pages/about-us
https://inspiremykids.com/10-year-old-mikaila-ulmer-building-a-lemonade-empire-to-save-bees/
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