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Acton Children's Business Fair Redwood City, CA
Sunday, June 2, 2019
11:00AM - 2:30AM
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About the fair
Please join us at our 2nd annual Redwood City Children's Business Fair.
Casa Circulo Cultural, in partnership with Acton Children's Business Fair and the Redwood City Public Library, invites you to come and support the young entrepreneurs as they launch their own startup business!
Each young entrepreneur will develop a brand, create a product or service, build their marketing strategy, and will then open for business at our one-day fair.
We will host 50 participants at the downtown public library in Redwood City, CA on Sunday, June 2nd, 2019 from 11:00 AM to 2:30 PM.
The children's business fair helps foster an environment where children can boost self confidence, enhance their communication skills, develop their creativity, and overall improve their personal growth.
Hosted by
Wendy Segovia
🗓️ Started hosting in 2018
🚀 Has hosted 3 fairs
Casa Circulo Cultural is a non-profit, truly vibrant grass-root, multidisciplinary art organization dedicated to creating cultural programming reflective of theexperiences of the Latino communities in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Our mission is to provide creative, educational, and recreational opportunities for Hispanic families, while promoting Hispanic art, culture, and traditions.
Our mission is to provide creative, educational, and recreational opportunities for Hispanic families, while promoting Hispanic art, culture, and traditions.
Frequently asked questions
What is the Acton Children’s Business Fair?
The Acton Children’s Business Fair inspires ch ildren 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.
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.
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.
