March 2017
Volume XV, Issue IX
Is the 10 Year Old Kidpreneur the New 30 Year Old Entrepreneur? Think back to when you were 10 years old. Can you remember what you were doing or what you wanted be when “you grew up” - a fireman, ballerina, teacher, baseball player? Owning a business?
Sheriff’s Crime Update Luncheon
Chamber Board Member Dr. Mark Chung, Cerritos City Councilmember Carol Chen, Capt. Joe Nunez, Past Chamber Board President Julie Knabe, and Cerritos Councilmember Jim Edwards More on Page 8
Cerritos City Council
CANDIDATES FORUM 2017 Tuesday, March 14, 2017 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
City Hall Council Chambers 18125 Bloomfield Avenue - Cerritos
4-6er Networking Mixer Romano’s Macaroni Grill Thursday, March 23, 2017 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Flash forward! The modern day kidpreneurs are pursuing their passions and becoming business owners before graduating from high school or middle school. Why run a lemonade stand when you can be like Mikaila Ulmer who started her own brand of BeeSweet Lemonade. And then there is Moziah "Mo" Bridges, the 14-year-old CEO of Mo's Bows handmade bow ties who started making and selling bow ties at the age of nine. Or how many kids declared that they would like to become the President of the United States? Well, self proclaimed Kid President isn’t waiting for the age requirement. Today’s kidpreneurs don’t just watch TV, they are on TV - pitching their business plans on Shark Tank in hopes of successfully gaining a millionaire business partner and expanding their business. What can we, as adult, learn from these amazing kids? What business insights do they have beyond their years? Here are a few inspiring stories that are sure to lift your spirits and believe that entrepreneurship is alive and well. Mikaila Ulmer – BeeSweet Lemonade
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“State of the District” Luncheon ABC Unified School District Superintendent Dr. Mary Sieu
Mikaila Ulmer is building a lemonade empire at the young age of 10. After getting stung by a bee when she was 4-years-old, Mikaila’s mother urged her to study them to help her overcome her aversion to bees. She became fascinated by them and their job in our ecosystem and was concerned about the worldwide dwindling bee population.
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Mikaila received her grandmother’s 1940’s recipe book that contained her secret recipe for flaxseed lemonade. Using her grandmother’s lemonade
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