never be
afraid to
reinvent
yourself
A note from
Mikaila
Ulmer
How to catch
a Shark!
Meet the 11-year- wonder kid who landed an $11million shark of a deal with Whole Foods to sell
her lemonade that’s sweetened with honey in an effort to save bees
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Mikaila Ulmer, 11, made $11million deal with 55 Whole Foods stores
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BeeSweet Lemonade uses tasty mint, flaxseed and it’s infused with honey, which came
from her great-grandmother’s 1940 recipe
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She came up with idea in an effort to save bees and support beekeepers
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Mikaila appeared on Shark Tank, where she won $60,000 in seed money
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She then served lemonade to President Barack Obama and was a part of Google’s Dare to
be Digital campaign
This incredible 11-year-old Texas girl
recently landed a sweet $11 million deal
with Whole Foods to sell her brand of
lemonade.
Mikaila Ulmer’s BeeSweet Lemonade will
be carried by 55 stores in Texas, Oklahoma,
Arkansas and Louisiana.
When Whole Foods saw the promise in
her lemonade, the supermarket agreed
to sell the products in its regional stores.
WHEN Mikaila’s lemonade does well, it’ll
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eventually be sold nationwide.
The savvy 6th-grader from Austin, Texas,
has developed her signature Me & The
Bees lemonade stand into a thriving
national business.
Mikaila incorporates a tasty mint, flaxseed
and honey lemonade recipe passed
from her great-grandmother. A portion
of the proceeds from her products go to
foundations that supports bee research.
BeeSweet lemonade supports Heifer
International,
Texas
Beekeepers
Association and the Sustainable Food
Center.
Mikaila came up with the idea for her
lemonade after being stung by bees twice
when she was four, according to NBCBLK.
‘It was painful. I was terrified of bees,’ she
said in an interview with NBC.
But then she began to study the bees after
her mother D’Andra turned her bee sting
experience into a research assignment.
When Mikaila found out that bees could
possibly become extinct in the years