Author: Oliver Hill
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MASTER YOUR OWN DESTINY – A parent’s view…
Categories: Children's Business Fair Blog
CBF UK – COVID-19 Update
Categories: Children's Business Fair Blog
Update – Children’s Business Fair UK in 2020 We hope you are safe, sane and enjoying this precious time with your families? As you might have guessed, due to the Coronavirus outbreak, we’ve postponed April and May’s events to later in the year. New dates: Farnham CBF – Saturday, July 4th @ The Maltings, Farnham…
Britain’s youngest entrepreneur?
Categories: Children's Business Fair Blog
Molly started her first business aged seven… Yes, you read that right. At just seven years old, Britain’s youngest entrepreneur had launched her first business at the Children’s Business Fair, helped save the planet and made money. Here, Molly tells the story (dictated to Mum) of why launching Crayonames – her business recycling old…
How We Started! (Part Two)
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In part two of their guest blog, entrepreneurial sisters Catherine and Michelle reveal that their first experience at the Children’s Business Fair resulted in meagre sales of their 3D-printed products. Undaunted, the duo went back to the drawing board to redesign the business. Here, they tell us how they improved their approach – and how…
How We Started (Part One)
Categories: Children's Business Fair Blog
Sisters Catherine (12) and Michelle (10) launched their 3D printing business at July 2019’s Children’s Business Fair in Guildford, Surrey. Here, Catherine describes how they got started, the critical stages of business development and about how careful planning helped them avoid disaster when technology failed them. We had always wanted to run a business, so…
The Children’s Business Fair – The Story So Far
Categories: Children's Business Fair Blog
Read on for a sample of the many stories, lesson and observations emerging from the Children’s Business Fair in its first amazing year. Start Small. Make Mistakes. Learn. Get better. Our events run throughout the year for one key reason. We want CBF’s young entrepreneurs to persist with their ideas. Re-launching having thought critically about…
Children’s Business Fair in 2020
Categories: Children's Business Fair Blog
Question… How many other young entrepreneurs might benefit from launching their own business, selling in an authentic, real-world setting and making their own money? The answer? Loads. In fact, we’d take a punt and say – everyone. Absolutely everyone. So, after lots of planning, we’re over the moon to announce that Farnham and Haslemere are…
BIG ORDERS INCOMING!
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Libby and Molly received a giant order for their Bottle Lights at November’s CBF. Negotiating wholesale prices and then sweating to fulfil the order, this excellent team has since delivered all 75 of their creations to a grateful Southampton-based buyer (who gifted them to her employees for Christmas.) Strong skills, Team Light It Up…
BIG FAN… HUGE!
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The owner of gorgeous little gift boutique, The Hideaway in Elstead, Surrey, absolutely loves the CBF story, products and their makers – so much so that she’s not only snapped up all of the Children’s Business Fair Christmas hampers (featuring CBF entrepreneur’s products), but has already put in follow up orders – crikey! Drop by…