The Children’s Business Fair inspires children to discover their inner entrepreneur. This one-day market gives children the opportunity to showcase their very own businesses.

Please email us so we can put you on our list for our summer and pre-holiday fairs later this year. Then come out and support us!

#1 Submit your child's business idea to Sara portersm2003@gmail.com or Taniqua at tpino@securityprogroup.com.
#2 Join our FaceBook group at https://www.facebook.com/events/255634108692750/
#3 Visit our resources page to read inspiring stories about other young entrepreneurs and play games to hone your business skills. Then visit our Face

Submit an online application. Please submit one application for each business. Children working as a group should submit one application that includes each child’s information.
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Submit your child's business idea to Sara portersm2003@gmail.com or Taniqua at tpino@securityprogroup.com.

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 bookmark businesses? Not a problem. In general, we will let market forces play out, We will limit businesses to 2 max of the same business.

The fair will be in a large room and each business will need to bring a 6-8 foot table and whatever else you need for your business. Chairs will be available. There are some table available if you do not have one, please email of

A few electrical outlets are available upon request.

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.

several of us mom's do a Thursday morning coffee and chat constantly about our children and their futures. Remembering that a friends school had hosted an Entrepreneur day, we decided that we could do one too. We found Acton's website and are grateful that they provide a website, great insite, a group of other business fair hosts to compare notes with and some other AWESOME perks!

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.