Mikaila Ulmer

In February 2020, Me & the Bees was in over 1,500 stores nationwide, including Whole Foods, and The Fresh Market. Me & the Bees has also expanded its product line to include lip balms made from bee’s wax.

In 2018, her lemonade, "Me & The Bees Lemonade" was being sold in 500 American shops in 360,000 bottles a year. Running a business requires finding the right balance to do well in school too.

Ulmer had the honor of introducing Barack Obama at the United State of Women Summit in 2016. Obama called her "an amazing young lady". In 2017, her business received $800,000 dollars as an investment made by a consortium of football players.

Ulmer appeared with her father on the television show Shark Tank in 2015 where she successfully received a $60,000 investment to support her growing business. Daymond John put up the money. Ulmer was invited that year to meet President Barack Obama at the White House.

Mikaila Ulmer (born c. 2005 ) is an American teen entrepreneur who started a lemonade business in Austin, Texas. Her lemonade is sold in over 1500 stores.

Ulmer was born in Austin, Texas c. 2005 . Her parents, D'Andra and Theo Ulmer, both have business degrees. She is from Austin, Texas where she attends St. Stephen's Episcopal School. By 2009, Ulmer she was in front of her house selling her lemonade inspired by her great grandmother’s 1940s recipe, using honey from local beekeepers which includes flaxseed. The lemonade sold well and she was asked by a local pizza shop to supply her product to it, which is how bottling her lemonade started. Since her humble beginnings, Mikaila has donated 10% of the profits to charities that are concerned with saving the bees.{{As the business grew her parents became involved.