Author: Rebecca Endicott
Is there anything more remarkable than the mind of a child?
They may not have the knowledge and experience of their parents and grandparents, but kids are just incredibly creative, adventurous, and flexible in the way they think about big problems.
That’s why kids — like adorable little Alia who cheers up San Franciscans with her rainbow rocks — have such a knack for solving problems with totally out-of-the-box solutions. They don’t snag on the same particularities as grown-ups, and always reach for the stars.
The latest example of the incredible phenomenon of kids taking charge? A little girl named Mikaila Ulmer who started with nothing but a painful bee sting and an old lemonade recipe from the 1940s.
For Mikaila, the unpleasant experience of being stung by a bee got her thinking, and launched her on the path to creating BeeSweet Lemonade.
It’s the kind of creative leap that only a child could make, and now, it has paid off big time. According to The Grio, In March 2016, the now-11-year-old entrepreneur signed a major, multi-million dollar deal with Whole Foods, placing her product on the shelves of 55 stores in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana.
Now, she’s poised to become one of the biggest new products on shelves across the country, but her clever and environmentally friendly idea grew from humble beginnings.