The Key Biscayne Children’s Business Fair (KBCBF) aims to motivate young entrepreneurs ages 8 to 16 to pursue their projects and understand the value of their ideas.
Kids develop a brand, create a service or product, build a marketing strategy and then open for customers at this one-day marketplace. It is truly a complete business hands-on experience, a great educational tool and also lots of fun.
We will host 40 booths at the Key Biscayne Community Church grounds (next to Village Green) on February 10th, 2019 from 1:00 PM to 4:30 PM.
How to participate
Fill out the application. After submitting it, you will receive a confirmation receipt. Your application will be reviewed by KBCBF and you will be contacted by email with participation details.
This event is possible thanks to the generous support of our sponsors and volunteers. We all believe that principled entrepreneurs are heroes and role models for the next generation.
Whether an entrepreneur is famous like Elon Musk or Oprah Winfrey or they are one of the thousands of unsung business owners across this country, these are the people who make sacrifices to innovate, create jobs and serve their communities.
Basic Rules & Guidelines
Applicants must be between the ages of 8 - 16.
A $25 participation non-refundable fee from all accepted business ideas will be collected. Includes tent, 6 ft. table, white table cloth and a chair.
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.
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 challenged persons is not permitted.
If selling food items, please advice if it contains any allergenic ingredients.
No more than 3 participants per booth/business idea. Parents of younger children may sit in their booth, but the children are to be responsible for setup, sales and interacting with the customers.
Participants under the age of 18 must be accompanied and supervised at all times by an adult or guardian.
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.
Any parent seen selling to the customer or promoting the child’s product will result in disqualification from the competition.
This event is designed to give children a taste of selling a product. Please let them have that experience.
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Cristina Dalmau
🗓️ Started hosting in 2018
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We are a team of passionate entrepreneurs, teachers, mentors, and parents, who want our children to learn about entrepreneurship in a practical and fun way.
The Key Biscayne Children's Business Fair will motivate young entrepreneurs, engage families and unite our wonderful village; we look forward to creating opportunities together for our community’s future leaders.
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.
How many businesses will you accept?
We will accept up to 40 businesses ideas.
Where should I begin?
Start with our resources page. Read inspiring stories about other young entrepreneurs and play games to hone your business skills.
How do I apply? Can I apply as part of a group?
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.
After application is complete you will receive an email asking for a video showing your product or service.
What is on the application?
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?
What if someone else has the same business idea?
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.
How will the fair be set up?
The fair will be a tented outdoor event with booths. Each business will be given a booth with an 8-foot table (to share with one other business), full-cover tenting, and 1-2 chairs. Table cloths will not be provided. We are not able to accommodate businesses requiring electricity.
Will electricity be available?
Unfortunately, we are not able to provide electricity to the booths.
What are the rules?
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.
How did the Acton Children’s Business Fair get started?
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.
Our incredible sponsors
Thank you for your interest! We are actively looking for sponsors to support youth entrepreneurship. Please contact us at kbchildrensbusinessfair@gmail.com
The Acton Children's Business Fair does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national and ethnic origin and admits and gives all hosts and participants access to the same rights, privileges, programs and activities.
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