Mikaila Ulmer’s Lemonade
Wen Mikaila was four years old, she was brainstorming ideas for a children’s business competition. While trying to figure out an idea, she was stung by a bee. From then on, she became fascinated with bees and learned about the crucial role that they play in our ecosystem and how they are threatened at the moment. So, she came up with Me & The Bees Lemonade which was a lemonade that she would start selling that was sweetened with local honey from Texas and would donate a portion of the profits to protecting the honeybee. In 2015, she pitched the business to on the show Shark Tank and received an investment of $60,000. Her drinks are now sold at retailers in 14 states.
