Do you need a new book to read? If so, I have a book suggestion for you.
Bee Fearless: Dream Like a Kid is, believe it or not, written by the young founder and CEO of Me and the Bees Lemonade, her own sweet lemonade business. The book is basically an autobiography about herself and how she formed her business, along with tips and tricks to owning a business and making money. At age four, Mikaila got two bee stings. Just when she was having business ideas of her own! However, the bees didn’t ruin Mikaila’s life. After her parents consoled her and encouraged Mikaila to learn more about the bees since she was staying inside, Mikaila started to read and study about the bees. Once knowing that they were starting to become endangered, Mikaila came right into action and started her own lemonade stand at the business fair. But the money that she received from that stand was used to donate to organizations helping the bees just like Mikaila wanted to and enough left over for a new doll.
Soon after, Mikaila was inspired and started her own lemonade business. Mikaila also posted things on social media and created her own website for the business, making it a bit more popular. Mikaila found an investor from Shark Tank, and soon, her business was excellent. At the time, Mikaila’s business was named “Bee-Sweet Lemonade”, so what (or who) caused it to change to “Me and the Bees Lemonade”? Well, Mikaila’s parents, who helped run the business as well, received a message from another company, and they were complaining about Mikaila’s company’s name being similar to their company’s. Mikaila’s parents told her not to take it so personally…but she did.
Mikaila managed a way to be happy with a name for her company and save lots of money that would’ve been wasted on keeping the name “Bee-Sweet Lemonade”. Mikaila and her family were given a bunch of names to choose from for the business. They went from 500 to 100 names, to 10 names, to 5. Mikaila and her family thought that “Me and the Bees Lemonade” would be best suitable for the company name. It was settled! “Me and the Bees Lemonade” would become the official name of the lemonade business.
As Mikaila grew, so did her business and the endangerment of bees. Mikaila kept on working her business, selling products with the help of modern computer software and technology, and started hiring people to work in her business. Mikaila visited the White House, was invited to South Africa to teach children about finance and confidence. Today, Mikaila has more time on her hands to manage the business. She keeps posting information about the bees on social media and keeps people updated. Mikaila has over 80 thousand followers on social media.
This book and Mikaila taught me to follow my dreams and produce a product. As she says, business is all about trial and error, basically meaning that you can’t be perfect all the time. Sometime, you’re gonna have to make mistakes. It’s the same in life. But you always learn from your mistakes and improve each and every day. Being confident is also a key. You have to speak to strangers and be able to communicate with them. If you want to start a business, you’re gonna have to talk to people who you don’t know. But don’t be nervous, if you are starting a business. Maybe, out there, some people will be inspired by you and other young entrepreneurs. They might be impacted to start their own businesses.
If you want to buy Mikaila’s sweet, delectable lemonade, you can visit meandthebees.com. Mikaila’s lemonade is very unique because it has its own flavors: lemonade with mint, lemonade with ginger, lemonade with iced tea, lemonade with prickly pear (This one is Texas-inspired.), and, the lemonade we all know, classic. In conclusion, I think that this book is an amazing and inspiring one that you should definitely read if you are interested in starting a business. And, maybe you should also do Mikaila a favor by buying one of her lemonades. Happy reading!!!
Written by Kruti Patel
