Over five weeks, kids ages 7–13 become entrepreneurs—dreaming up, designing, and launching real businesses in a supported, confidence-building environment. The program culminates in an epic public Maker’s Fair + Food Truck Event that draws hundreds of attendees. Kids keep 100% of what they earn and walk away with pride, real-world skills, and a story that’s truly their own.

This year’s Minipreneur experience is bigger, bolder, and more powerful than ever.
Here’s what’s coming:

• Micro-sites for every Minipreneur
  Each young entrepreneur will receive a simple business profile page—featuring their name, product, logo, and brand description. Families can share them online, and customers can preview what each kid is building.

• On-Camera + Public Speaking Training
  We’re partnering with Good Day Sacramento again for live news coverage—and this year we’re adding a brand-new session focused entirely on presentation skills, customer confidence, and media readiness.

• Official Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
  We’re working with the Office of Vice Mayor Eric Guerra to make the opening of the Maker’s Fair an:

• Official grand opening celebration—complete with a ceremonial ribbon cutting for all Minipreneurs as they launch their businesses to the world.

This isn’t a classroom—it’s a launch pad.

Minipreneur 5.0 is a hands-on, high-energy, confidence-building adventure that blends real-world business skills with kid-level fun. Each week brings fresh challenges, wild creativity, and small wins that add up to something huge by the final event.

Here’s how we build it together:

• 5 Weekly Sessions (1.5 hours each)
  Each session builds toward launch day—from business idea to product design, branding to customer pitch. Sessions are fast-paced, collaborative, and designed to meet kids where they are.

• Gamified Weekly Challenges
  From slogan sprints, logo remix battles, and friendly peer to peer Shark Tank, our weekly activities are mini marketing Olympics. Students earn badge stickers for creativity, collaboration, and follow-through—building pride and motivation as they go.

• Money, Made Fun
  Kids learn to price their items, make change, track profits, and plan how to save or reinvest their earnings. We use real-world math in a way that feels like a money superpower.

• Creative Business Tools
  From poster boards and signage kits, and income and savings goals sheets, we provide age-appropriate, design-forward tools to help students feel legit and look the part.

• Mentorship Moments + Pep Talks
  Every session includes space for sharing wins, talking through challenges, and hearing from special guest speakers—including returning Minipreneurs and community entrepreneurs, public personalities, and local officials.

• Finale Event: The Big Day
  It all leads to one incredible night: a highly attended outdoor Maker’s Fair + Food Truck Festival, with booths, music, media coverage, and hundreds of customers. This is where kids see their ideas come to life—and walk away with real earnings, real pride, and real experience.

• Creative brainstorming + business ideation

• Branding, signage, and marketing

• Money basics: cost vs profit, sales tracking, reinvestment

• Customer service and real-world soft skills

• Resilience, confidence, and pride in their unique voice

Been here before? Our returning moguls get special status in 2026:

• Priority booth placement

• Mentorship opportunities for younger/new Minipreneurs

• Growth coaching for updating or reinventing their business

• Exclusive returning Minipreneur badge on their new micro-site

• A new experience! Each program is different than the last. The goal is the same, the activities change to keep things exciting and fresh.

At the end of the program, every Minipreneur will showcase their business at a live fair, where they’ll have the chance to sell their creations and meet the local community. You’ll get to see all their hard work pay off as they celebrate their entrepreneurial success.

• Full Program Materials: Everything they need to succeed, from business guides to creative tools, will be provided.

• Personalized Business Booth: Each child will have their own booth to showcase and sell their products, making their business experience even more legit and fun!

• Promotion: Their business will get real promotion—from social media shoutouts, cross promotion by local organization supporters, and to being featured in the news!

• Community-Inspired T-Shirt Design: The students will design a T-shirt that represents their business and the community. The Sacramento community votes on the final design, creating a collaborative and creative keepsake!

• Ownership of Their Profits: Your child will keep all of the money they earn from selling their products at the business fair—because we believe entrepreneurs should own their success!

• NEW!!!! Access to a financial savings account that is all their own and managed by you, their parent! Sewcial has partnered with Greenlight to help realize your child's financial future!

Spaces are limited, so don’t wait to sign up! This is your chance to give your child a powerful entrepreneurial experience that will last a lifetime. Whether they’re a first-time Minipreneur or a seasoned business whiz, this year’s program will be their most exciting adventure yet.

Sign up today to secure their spot in the MOST exciting, engaging, and fun program of the year!