Acton Children's Business Fair Lockhart, Texas
Saturday, September 28, 2024
1:00PM - 4:00PM
Up to 40 businesses
This fair has been canceled
Children will have the chance to develop their own brand, create a product or service, build a marketing strategy, and then showcase their skills at our one-day marketplace.
We are thrilled to announce that we will be hosting up to 40 booths at our first annual event in Lockhart, TX on September 28, 2024, from 10:00 am – 1:00 pm.
Booths are open to mini entrepreneurs aged between 6-13 and all products must be self-made (no resale of manufactured products).
To add more excitement to the event, we have cash prizes available for the following categories:
* Best Booth Presentation - $75
* Most Original Product - $75
* Best Customer Interaction - $75
* Best Overall - $100
Thanks to the support of our generous sponsors, the registration cost for each booth is only $25. So, what are you waiting for? Register now!
This event is sponsored by Acton Academy, the Acton School of Business, and the unwavering support of our donors and volunteers. We all believe that principled entrepreneurs are heroes and role models for the next generation.
Yolanda Dunkin
🗓️ Started hosting in 2024
🚀 Has hosted 1 fair
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.
An 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 space of approximately 10X10. Table and chairs will not 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 most of the 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.
