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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-44860428

The BBC's weekly The Boss series profiles a different business leader from around the world. This week we spoke to Mikaila Ulmer, the 13-year-old chief executive of Me & The Bees Lemonade.

Mikaila Ulmer's lemonade is now stocked in more than 500 stores across the US, but unfortunately she has slipped to a "C" in her maths class.

Running a successful business is very much a full-time job, but Mikaila - the founder and boss of Me & The Bees Lemonade - also has to make time for her school work.

Just 13 years old, one day she will be in class, the next she could be speaking at an entrepreneurship conference.

"It is not the easiest, that is for sure," she says.

"Sometimes I have to miss classes to do an interview, or travel for a TV show. Or I'll miss a big show or presentation because I have a large project or test at school."

 

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Wow, congrats to her . 

Hopefully this will lead on to future successes - once she's sorted out her maths grades, of course !

Yep, great job

This just shows that to be successful, you don't always have to have the best grades or to be older. She's done well for herself and it seems like she's got a good outlook. I hope she's keeps up the good work.

That’s a amazing. But not surprised her math grades are crap.

I feel like this is/was a plot to a Disney Channel original series? Maybe? Not specifically Lemonade....but....some sort of drink?

Regardless, it's pretty rad to see someone young being able to do something like this. It's inspiring.

Whoa that's pretty impressive for a 13 year old! That's also got to be very stressful too, having to juggle school and work at such a young age.

most of the big new trends that take off tend to be from those who actually never finished higher education or schooling. hopefully she can manage to finish school and still enjoy her childhood but perhaps that time was long since over for her.