Real businesses. Teenage founders.

Founders Fair is a one-day market where founders ages 14–18 build something real and sell it to real customers.

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4,967 fairs 115,018 entrepreneurs 852 cities 35 countries

How it works

One day. Three steps. Zero lectures.

Build it.

A product or service, built from scratch. By you, not your parents.

Pitch it.

Live customers, live feedback, live revenue. All in one afternoon.

Own the results.

You keep the earnings, and the lessons that come with them.

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What is the Founders Fair?

A one-day market where young entrepreneurs ages 14-18 create a product or service, set their prices, and sell to real customers. Grown-ups cheer. Children sell.

What does it cost to host?

Nothing. The program is a nonprofit gift from Acton Academy: the playbook, the website, and the prize money all come free. Some hosts charge a small booth fee to help cover local costs like the venue; that's up to each fair.

How do young entrepreneurs get a booth?

Find an upcoming fair above and apply. Each fair's host reviews booth applications for their own event.

No fair near you?

Start one. Hosting is free. We share the playbook, the website, and the prize money. You bring the neighborhood.

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Founders Fair admits hosts and participants of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to them. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national and ethnic origin in administration of its policies and programs.