Maybe this shouldn’t be a game! There are flight simulators, virtual reality rides, but why not a business simulation game? I think that young people and aspiring entrepreneurs could learn a lot from a simulation game. There could be different settings. Since I am a fan of bootstrapping, I like the idea of having a setting where you start with millions and lose it all because you don’t know anything! Then, there could be a bootstrapping setting where you grow little by little as you learn the business. It would be even more fun if you get little notices (similar to monopoly cards) of what went wrong and why.
You just lost $3000 because you hired the wrong subcontractor. If you had gone to business school you wouldn’t have made that mistake. Or, you would be out $160,000 and would still have made that mistake!
You chose the wrong office, and your employees want to quit as a result. You should have picked an office with more trees even if it is not on the bus line.
Your habit of jogging helped you have more energy for work and got you a new contact you met in the park who is in financial planning. Congratulations, your investments just netted you an additional $1000. Had you jogged in the adjacent park you would also have met a financial planner — but, one who would have lost you $2000!
You chose a bigger office right when your business was expanding and then you took a dive. You lose $5000 this month. Try using more foresight next month (if there is a next month.)
Sorry, but you have exhausted your million that the venture capitalist gave you. You will not only be unemployed, but sued for negligence. Better luck next time.
In any case, it would be fun if someone could learn something by this game. The more realistic it is, the more fun. What would be even more fun is to base certain versions of the game on 100 real life entrepreneurs who learned by playing hard-ball in the game of life.