Kids learn the power of owning a business at the Children’s Entrepreneurship Market | Local News

If you visited Rock The Riverfront Saturday you may have noticed a vendors market with a unique twist. Kids ages 5 to 17 joined the Children’s Entrepreneurship Market.

The event was organized by Children’s Entrepreneur Market in partnership with the River City Company.

The goal is to empower youth to start their own business. Nearly 100 kids joined in selling a wide variety of cool hand crafted products.

“Anything that you think a grownup or what you might find at a grown up craft fair, these kids are going to have it,” said Amanda Mollenhour,  Nashville Manager for Children’s Entrepreneurship Market.

“My aunt got me a hot sauce kit and I was bored, and these guys came along when I started making hot sauce,” said Maximus Presley, with Scorching Sensations.

Maximus, Judah Borkan, Sam Ott and Carter Guinn came together to start Scorching Sensations. The four chop their own peppers, and blend their spices to create flavors that famous shows like Hot Ones would even admire.

“I think it’s important because it’s teaching kids how they have to function when they’re adults in the real word,” said Judah Borkan

If you’re a fan of all things hot we recommend their mango blaze bottle.

We also visited Hunter Holbrook who is selling cereal necklaces, hand beaded characters and bird feeders. 

“I’m excited I finally get to run my own business, and I’m excited to get some money finally,” said Holbrook.

Hunter wants other kids to know how fun it is to run a business and of course the satisfaction that comes with earning some cash.

Then we heard from Nico Avila who sells collectables, including baseball and Pokémon cards. His highest value cards go for hundreds of dollars.

He says he finds the items by going into thrift stores then using an app on his phone to find their real cost.

“You could get something for $5 and you can re-sell it for a whole lot more,” said Avila.

And the last but certainly not least of the entrepreneurs, Lily Parrish runs Lily’s Clips.

“Well when I was littler’ I had not pierced ears, so I wanted to sell clips, but now I have pierced ears,” said Parrish.

She is very passionate about what she does and enjoys sharing it with the community.

If you care about supporting local businesses then consider helping these little tycoons.

You can learn more about the market and theses vendors, just click here.