About the Game

The Startup Game is a great entrepreneurial card game to help you:

  • Structure your idea and tell a convincing story
  • Create a shared vision
  • Save time reading about models and theories
  • Collect input for your idea
  • Set yourself up for action

The Startup Game serves as a level playing field to develop an idea with others. It has proven to  bring valuable knowledge and insights in every stage of the process. And above all, it’s an inspiring and fun game to play with colleagues and friends.

Everything in this game is based on a model, theory or a bit of wisdom. Insiders might recognize Porter, Business model Canvas or Customer Journey, but the game can also be played without prior knowledge.

Why play?

Every venture, whether personal or business, starts with you. Don’t wait for the right time, or the right place. Start now.

Invite your friends and family to help you grow your idea or inspire others to grow theirs. The Startup Game generates more effective ideas than any other game in just 45 minutes.

The 60 toolcards put you actively in the seat of an entrepreneur. Who would you hire? What would be your marketing campaign? Would your company be a tiger or a turtle? And would you rather have Obama or Branson in your virtual board?

The Game will guide you from creation to realisation using the stages in the SixWaypoints framework: Define, Discover, Design, Develop, Deliver and Drive! Each Waypoint has it’s own specific focus and result, they are the logical order for all the tools you need, to get started.

The tools

The 60 tool cards in the game put you actively in the seat of an entrepreneur. The structure of the game across the SixWaypoints framework provides a valuable structure to pick and choose the best solution at the right time.

We have created a one-pager for each tool in the game in order to expand your knowledge. As a bonus we added an inspiring article, small assignment or online tool to each one-pager to guide you to your next waypoint. Find the tools structured according to the SixWaypoints in our library!

Where to buy

You can now buy your own Startup Game in various online stores as well as local bookstores near you.

 

 

What people say

The Startup Game is proud to have been featured in different entrepreneurial events, workshops and game nights.  From corporates to school and co-working spaces. Each time the players gained fresh views and new insights to help their ideas grow.  Please find below the references to and testimonials from those that have enjoyed playing the Startup Game already!

Whether aimed at solving a current challenge or to come up with new business ideas, the structure and gameplay have proven to be very effective in many situations.

Interested to find out how the Startup Game may inspire you and your teams?
Don’t hesitate to contact us to discuss how we might be able to help.

 

“With the Startup Game we have been able to introduce our team to a set of valuable tools to use in better understanding what our customer really wants.”
Joris Driest – ABN AMRO Bank

“Already from the discussion we had for the first toolcard it was clear how valuable this game is!”
Participant Innovation Kitchen – Design Thinkers Spain

“This game is a must have for startups, incubators, school that encourage entrepreneurship as well as corporate innovation departments.”
Prof. Dr. Pradeep Pendse – WeSchool Innovation Center (INNOWE) Mumbai, India

“The Game is a great way to help people dive deeper into an idea. It creates the perfect opportunity to share creative thoughts and build upon eachothers views.”  
Joram Knigge – Young Colfield

“I have a lot more questions to ask ánd a structure to better understand how everything is connected.”
Student in Advanced design management, strategy and entrepreneurship – ELISAVA Barcelona