RVA Children’s Business Fair - Short Pump, VA
Sunday, March 24, 2024
1:00PM - 4:00PM
This fair has ended
“Hi! I’m Anya, I’m 9 years old and I’m excited to host a Children’s Business Fair as I love finding fun activities to do with my family and friends and sharing these opportunities with my community. Experiences in business are not usually offered to kids my age so I hope this Children’s Business Fair gives kids a chance to put their creativity and skills to work in a fun and friendly environment”.
DETAILS:
RVA Children’s Business Fair in Short Pump VA is a one-day marketplace with free booths set up for children to sell their products and services to friends, family and the general public to get real life experience in launching and operating their own business. The goal of the fair is to inspire children to discover their inner entrepreneur and learn about business while also having fun! Free registration, ages 6-17.
Just click on the green “APPLY TO THE FAIR” button at the top of this page to start your journey as a kidpreneur and launch your own startup. You can always update or edit your application later by clicking on Contact Us with your changes.
The main objective of our business fair is for children to learn about business while having FUN with friends and family. Learning objectives include:
- Create a business name, logo and marketing materials
- Learn business terms like sales, cost of sales, profit, loss and how to budget
- Practice soft skills like selling, relationship building, negotiating and teamwork
- Create a product or service and make it your own
Amishi Amin
🗓️ Started hosting in 2023
🚀 Has hosted 1 fair
50 booths participating
Sunny Blossom
HandLBling
And 48 others.
Frequently asked questions
A Children’s Business Fair is a one-day marketplace where children can sell their products and services to friends, family members and the general public to get real life experience in running their own business. The goal of the fair is to inspire children to discover their inner entrepreneur.
We have no minimum or maximum number of businesses we will accept.
Start with our resources page. Read inspiring stories about other young entrepreneurs 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 an indoor event with booths. Each business will be given a booth with 1-2 6-foot tables and 3-4 chairs. No electricity will be provided for booth use.
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.
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