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2024 Howard County Children’s Business Fair Registration is Now Open!

It’s time to register for the 3rd Annual Howard County Children’s Business Fair!

May 11, 2024, 1-4 PM at the Mall in Columbia.

Find out more information HERE.


2023 Baltimore Children’s Business Fair

Thank you for joining us at the 7th Annual Baltimore Children’s Business Fair and supporting kid businesses! Check out the pictures below!

2023 Baltimore Children’s Business Fair

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Save the 2024 dates:

Howard County Children’s Business Fair | May 11. 2024

Baltimore Children’s Business Fair | October 5, 2024


Support the Baltimore Children’s Business Fair’s programming (Business Fair, Camps, Workshops, and Education) for kid entrepreneurs in the Baltimore area. Donations are tax-deductible. Donate HERE

Check out a few highlights from our events!

 
 
 

About

About the Children’s Business Fair

The Baltimore Children’s Business Fair is a nonprofit organization with a mission to inspire and develop young entrepreneurs in and around the Baltimore area.  We do this through workshops, camps, expos, and our annual event, the Baltimore Children’s Business Fair.

At the Baltimore Children’s Business Fair event, kids will create a product or service, develop a brand, build a marketing strategy, and then open for customers at this one-day marketplace. The children are responsible for the setup, sales, and interacting with customers, and any parent seen selling to the customer or promoting the child’s product will result in disqualification from the competition.

A previous competitor from 2009, Makaila Ulmer of Bee Sweet Lemonade, was once a participant in the Acton Children’s Business Fair.  Mikaila’s Bee Sweet Lemonade is now sold in Whole Foods Market across the country as a result of her young business savvy.

This year’s event is sponsored by the Chesapeake Educational Alliance, Chase Street Accessories and Engraving, Baltimore Community Lending, Baltimore Museum of Industry, Launch Business Camp, Acton School of Business, and the generous support of our Baltimore donors and volunteers, who 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 one of the thousands of unsung business owners across this country, these entrepreneurs are the people who make sacrifices to innovate, create jobs, and serve their communities.

Sponsors

We invite you to invest in the next generation of entrepreneurs right here in the Baltimore area!  Contact us today to become a sponsor of our business fair as well as entrepreneurship education and resources for children in the Greater Baltimore area. [email protected]

Volunteers are also needed for the event.  Please send us an email if you would like to volunteer.

Thank you to our generous 2023 sponsors:

Supporting Sponsors

Associate Sponsors

Friends of BCBF Sponsors

Acton Academy
Acton School of Business

 

2023 BCBF Judges

2023 BCBF Judges

Chris Beach

Chris Beach

Owner

Chase Street Accessories & Engraving

Shana Kayne Beach

Shana Kayne Beach

Owner and Project Lead

Chase Street Accessories & Engraving

Greg Nalley

Greg Nalley

Owner and Chef

Nalley Fresh

Lori Kleppin

Lori Kleppin

Director of Membership and External Affairs

Howard County Chamber of Commerce

Jared Silberzahn

Jared Silberzahn

Founder and Attorney

The Law Office of Jared Silberzahn, LLC

Steven Banks

Steven Banks

Co-Founder

Doner Brös

Devin Harvin

Devin Harvin

Founder

Beneficial Pain

Learn more about our Judges here

Contact

[email protected]

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