Key Biscayne Children's Business Fair
Sunday, October 3, 2021
1:00PM - 4:00PM
Up to 50 businesses
This fair has ended
To participate you must fill up the application and send a 1 minute (or less) video describing your product or service to kbchildrensbusinessfair@gmail.com. Remember to tell us the name of your business, why do you want to participate and what makes your product unique. NO APPLICATION WILL BE CONSIDERED WITHOUT A VIDEO.
The cost of the stand is a non-refundable fee $35. This fee includes, space, table, a chair, a tablecloth and lunch for participants. Each business space needs to be left as received, no trash or decoration can be left behind. Each business can participate with up to 3 young entrepreneurs.
KBCBF will take great care to limit the number of businesses in specific categories so as not to have too many similar business concepts. If an applicant’s business idea is similar to entries that were accepted before the applicant’s submission, KBCBF will notify the applicant and provide the opportunity to resubmit a new application. KBCBF reserves the right to deny an entry.
This event is designed to give children the experience of selling a product or service. Parents are encouraged to support their kids by letting them enjoy this learning adventure; parents cannot promote, make or sell any product.
Participants under the age of 18 must be accompanied and supervised at all times by an adult or guardian.
Prizes will be awarded to:
Most profitable business
Most original business
Most creative decoration or setup for stand.
All entries will be automatically entered in the business competition, and booths will be judged by fellow entrepreneurs on a variety of criteria, including most original business idea, highest business potential, and best presentation/creativity. The judges’ decisions are final.
Cash prizes of $50 per category (to be split among the business owners) will be presented at the conclusion of the fair.
Inappropriate content, including but not limited to profanity, vulgarity, excessive violence, drug or alcohol use, or material considered offensive to any religious or ethnic groups, gender, or physically or mentally challenged persons is not permitted.
If selling food items: ingredients should me label and if containing any allergenic food.
Get ready, apply now and turn your ideas into action!
Cristina Dalmau
🗓️ Started hosting in 2018
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🚀 Has hosted 4 fairs
Frequently asked questions
The Acton Children’s Business Fair inspires children to discover their inner entrepreneur. The largest entrepreneurship event for kids in North America, this one-day market gives children the opportunity to showcase their very own businesses.
Start with our resources page. Read inspiring stories about other young entrepreneurs and play games to hone your business skills.
Application must be submitted online. Please submit one application for each business. Children working as a group should submit one application that includes each child’s information. No more than 3 participants per business.
The application asks kids to think through some simple, but important elements of their business:
What product or service do you plan to sell?
What price will you charge for each product/service? How much will each product/service cost you?
How will you pay for your startup costs? If someone is helping you with your startup costs, how will you pay that person back?
How will you advertise/market your business before the fair?
At the end of the fair, how will you determine if your business was a success?
Two cupcake businesses? Not a problem. In general, we will let market forces play out, though we will let later entries know if another applicant has a similar idea so the later entrant can decide what to do.
The fair will be a tented outdoor event with booths. Each business will be given a booth with an 6-foot table (to share with one other business), full-cover tenting, and 1-2 chairs. Table cloths will be provided. We are not able to accommodate businesses requiring electricity.
This event is designed to give children the experience of selling a product or service. If a parent is found selling or promoting a child’s product or service, their child’s business will be disqualified from the competition.
Parents of younger children may sit in the booth, but the children should be responsible for set up, customer interaction, and sales.
Parents may help their child fill out the application, but we expect the children to do as much as possible by themselves.
Jeff and Laura Sandefer and a few other families wanted to spark a sense of wonder and entrepreneurship in their children so they created the first Acton Children’s Business Fair in Austin, Texas, in 2007. That year, there were seven entrepreneurs and around 25 attendees. Now, there are over 115 entrepreneurs and 1,500 attendees at the Acton Children's Business Fair in Austin.
