I think 'selfish' is just a tainted word for self-leadership. I get the freedom to travel, hang out with the most important people in every industry and work on what I love.” “The most fun thing is to not have to go to school. “It’s a way for people to learn through the web, your phone, in virtual reality and in person,” he tells Entrepreneur.Įrik’s favorite part of being a kidpreneur: Keep your eyes open for Erik’s next exciting venture, a virtual reality-based personal computer. Today, he oversees a team of programmers, not only for Botangle, but for several other promising projects. He bootstrapped the startup on his own, using $100,000 he’d cashed-out from a very lucky early Bitcoin investment. When the robotics prodigy was 15, he took his “side project” to the next level, launching it at as fee-based online video tutoring service. Related: How a Teenage Entrepreneur Built a Startup on Bitcoin Riches “Its mission is to replace the public education system because of my really terrible experiences in it.” “I created this side project to kind of save myself,” he said before a crowd at a WIRED event for young innovators last year. He built his own learning environment from home, using a computer and an Internet connection, and called it Botangle (a combination of “robotics” and “angle”). A particularly mean teacher reportedly joined in, advising the Idaho native to “drop out and work at McDonald’s because never amount to anything.”Įrik eventually did drop out of school, but not his education. Twitter: a child, Erik Finman bounced from school to school and was often bullied, both emotionally and physically. Keely Brennan The Dropout Democratizing Education Because the more passionate you are about what you do, the more fun you have while doing it!” Create a business that you see the that world is missing, solve a problem with it and do something you have a passion for. Don’t go into business to make a lot of money.
Do something to help solve problems in the world. Mikaila’s advice for aspiring entrepreneurs: I love being able to go to different events and presentations to share my story, and to teach people about bees and how we can help them.” “Being able to meet awesome people is the most fun part. Mikaila’s favorite part of being a kidpreneur: Now, thanks in part to Mikaila’s charming but “nerve-citing” appearance on Shark Tank, she says, Whole Foods carries Me & the Bees Lemonade throughout its southeast region. Eventually, she was asked to sell her lemonade at the high-end grocery store. She later showcased her naturally sweet wares at a local Whole Foods store, where she held workshops on saving bees.
Mikaila originally sold her lemonade at a local pizzeria when she first started in 2009. For each bottle sold, Mikaila, who prefers the title “queen bee” over CEO, donates a percentage of the profits to organizations working to ease the plight of the bees, including her home state’s beekeepers association. That product is Me & the Bees Lemonade, a flaxseed- and mint-infused beverage that is sweetened mainly with honey from local honeybees. Related: Every Scalable Business Has These 10 Things In Common: Lessons From the Circular Summit “Then I did some research on bees and found out how important they are to our ecosystem and that they’re dying, so I created a product that would help save them.”
To help ease Mikaila’s resulting fear of bees, her great-granny Helen sent her a 1940s cookbook that contained her favorite recipe for flaxseed lemonade. “At that same time, I got stung by two bees in one week,” she tells Entrepreneur. Encouraged by her parents and teachers, the Austin, Texas, native signed up for two entrepreneurship contests when she was just 4-and-a-half-years-old. Twitter: Mikaila Ulmer, it all started with a bee sting. Me & The Bees Lemonade The Bee-Stung Beverage Queen
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