{"id":2127,"date":"2016-04-16T13:09:02","date_gmt":"2016-04-16T13:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging7.kidpreneurs.org\/?p=2127"},"modified":"2016-04-16T13:09:02","modified_gmt":"2016-04-16T13:09:02","slug":"not-your-average-lemonade-stand-mikailas-beesweet-lemonade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wecreatedesign.co\/dev\/WP\/kidpreneurs\/not-your-average-lemonade-stand-mikailas-beesweet-lemonade\/","title":{"rendered":"Not Your Average Lemonade Stand: Mikaila\u2019s BeeSweet Lemonade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mikaila Ulmer of Austin, Texas has produced a refreshing and sustainable beverage, pulled $60,000 in startup funding from one of the world\u2019s leading fashion moguls on \u2018Shark Tank,\u2019 and secured a four-state contract with Whole Foods. She\u2019s 11 years old.<br \/>\nMikaila didn\u2019t start off with your average lemonade stand. In fact, she wasn\u2019t at all interested in lemonade until she sustained two bee stings in a single week at the age of four. Though the stings upset her, they also inspired her to learn more about bees\u2014more specifically, how they were fighting to survive in a modern ecosystem. Coincidentally, Mikaila was preparing to enter a local children\u2019s business competition with her family. As she puts it, Mikaila had her \u201cthinking cap\u201d on as she tried to come up with a clever project for the fair and a way to help save the bees. Finally, when her great-grandmother sent the family a 1940\u2019s cookbook featuring her own special recipe for flaxseed lemonade, Mikaila knew what to do. Soon, <a href=\"http:\/\/beesweetlemonade.com\/\">BeeSweet Lemonade<\/a>\u2014made with flaxseed and sweetened with local honey\u2014was born.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2128\" src=\"https:\/\/staging7.kidpreneurs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/beesweet1.jpg\" alt=\"BeeSweet Lemonade\" width=\"480\" height=\"380\" \/><br \/>\nYear after year, BeeSweet Lemonade sold out at youth entrepreneurial events. Locals loved that the lemonade was made from locally-sourced and natural ingredients, and it made them feel good that some of the proceeds supported organizations who were working to save the honeybees. Mikaila and her family were struggling to produce BeeSweet Lemonade as quickly as it was being sold, so they pitched a potential expansion on the sixth season of the TV show \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shark_Tank\">Shark Tank<\/a>,\u2019 earning $60,000 in funding from fashion mogul <a href=\"http:\/\/daymondjohn.com\/\">Daymond John<\/a>. Finally, Mikaila\u2019s business was approached by Whole Foods, one of the largest health food grocery chains on the planet. While the details of the contract are unknown, southerners can expect to find BeeSweet Lemonade in 55 Whole Foods stores throughout Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, and Louisiana within the next several weeks. If the tasty lemonade does well, its contract will be expanded to cover other regions of the United States.<br \/>\nMikaila\u2019s BeeSweet Lemonade has won a variety of entrepreneurial awards, including the African American Harvest Foundation Story Changer Award and Environmental Entrepreneur Award. This year, Mikaila was invited to the White House\u2019s Easter Egg Roll, where she served the President a glass of fresh, honey-sweet lemonade.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2129\" src=\"https:\/\/staging7.kidpreneurs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Mikaila_Interv_1.Still001_314cc641-8c97-4a06-a9cc-52c47d63ad3a_1024x1024-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Mikaila_Interv_1.Still001_314cc641-8c97-4a06-a9cc-52c47d63ad3a_1024x1024\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" \/><br \/>\nThis summer, BeeSweet Lemonade will be rebranded as Me &amp; The Bees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mikaila Ulmer of Austin, Texas has produced a refreshing and sustainable beverage, pulled $60,000 in startup funding from one of the world\u2019s leading fashion moguls on \u2018Shark Tank,\u2019 and secured a four-state contract with Whole Foods. She\u2019s 11 years old. Mikaila didn\u2019t start off with your average lemonade stand. 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