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Acton Tyler Children's Business Fair
Saturday, November 22, 2025
3:00PM - 6:00PM
Currently accepting applications 🏁
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About the fair
Launch Your Business at the Children’s Business Fair!
Do you have a business idea? Love creating, building, or inventing? The Acton Children’s Business Fair of Tyler is the perfect place for kids to bring their ideas to life.
At this one-day marketplace, young entrepreneurs will:
- Develop a brand
- Create a product or service
- Design a marketing strategy
- Open for real customers!
📅 Date: Saturday, November 22, 2025
📍 Location: ETX Brewing, Downtown Tyler
⏰ Time: 3:00–6:00 PM
🎪 Spaces: Up to 30 booths available
💲 Booth Fee: $20 (payment instructions sent after acceptance). The booth fee covers a booth with 1-2 entrepreneurs. Each additional entrepreneur will add $10 to the booth fee.
📍 Location: ETX Brewing, Downtown Tyler
⏰ Time: 3:00–6:00 PM
🎪 Spaces: Up to 30 booths available
💲 Booth Fee: $20 (payment instructions sent after acceptance). The booth fee covers a booth with 1-2 entrepreneurs. Each additional entrepreneur will add $10 to the booth fee.
Applications are open to children ages 5–17, and the deadline to apply is November 8, 2025.
This event is proudly sponsored by Acton Academy Tyler, the Acton School of Business, and our generous donors and volunteers. Together, we believe that principled entrepreneurs are heroes — whether they are kids like Moziah Bridges (Mo’s Bows), Mikaila Ulmer (Me & the Bees Lemonade), or Alina Morse (Zollipops) who started their businesses before they were even teenagers, or the many small business owners who innovate, create jobs, and serve their communities every day.
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Erica Timmons
🗓️ Started hosting in 2018
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2 booths participating
Abby’s Munchalotl Nuts
Crayons and Clay
Frequently asked questions
What is the Acton Children’s Business Fair?
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 50 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. It is suggested to have 1-2 entrepreneurs per business. Additional entrepreneurs will add $10 per person to the booth fee.
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 an outdoor event with booths. Each business will be given a booth with an 6-foot table and 1-2 chairs.
Will electricity be available?
There are a limited number of booths with access to electricity. These are assigned to those who ask for them first.
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.
