the next big thing board game - the game of entrepreneurship
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#1 Board Game For Entrepreneurship & Venture Capital
Take on the role of a startup founder and go through the exciting entrepreneurial journey from beginning to end. Compete with other players to build the biggest company and change the world with positive impact.
A great friends and family game to inspire the future founder's of "The Next Big Thing"
Ages 12+
2-6 Players
45min-2hr
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Pre-Ordering Continues On Our Website:
www.NextBigThingBoardGame.com
189% Funded On
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Supported By The Venture Community• Accelerators: 500 Startups, Plug & Play, Y Combinator
• Crowdfunding: Crowdfunder, SeedInvest
• Angel Groups: ARC Angel Fund, HBS Angels, NY Angels, Sand Hill Angels
• Seed Funds: Cowboy Ventures, ff Venture Capital, Founder Collective, Rubicon Venture Capital, Softech, SV Angel
• Early Growth Funds (Series A-B+): FirstMark, Greycroft Partners, RRE, Tomorrow Ventures, Upfront Ventures
• Multi-Stage Funds (Seed-Series C+): Battery Ventures, KPCB, NEA, Norwest Ventures
• Corporate Venture Groups: Comcast Ventures, Intel Capital
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How To Play
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Founder + Company CardsPlayers take on the role of startup founders and launch their company using their cash savings and superpower skills to create a minimal viable product (MVP).
Savings
Superpower
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The Board
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Experience all the ups and downs of being an entrepreneur:
• Start with an idea
• Develop a Minimal Viable Product (MVP)
• Build a Team & Get First Customers
• An Accelerator Program
• Pivot Paths
• Raise Capital From Investors: Seed-Series D
• Create A Social & Environmental Impact
• Experience Significant Events
• Generate Revenues & Pay Expenses
• Exit: Get Acquired or Do An IPO
• End With Piles of Cash or Go Bankrupt
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Grow Your Company
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Add Team Members Get First CustomersMove Into An Office
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Accelerator Program (Startup University)
See if you get into the Accelerator Program, “Startup University”!
• If you go the Accelerator route you get $100K, but you also give up 5% of equity.
• The Accelerator is a short cut to raising a Seed investment round.
• At the end of the Accelerator is a Demo Day, agraduation day, to present to potential investors, partners, and customers.
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Raise Investment Capital1. Stop on a Capital Raise space
2. Randomly select a Capital Raise Card
3. Randomly select a Investor Ownership Card
4. Collect your money
5. Roll Again
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Impact Points1. Ethics & Diversity
2. Health & Wellness
3. Sustainability
4. Social
These cards are positive and negative and tell a story about the impact the player and their company has on their own life and the rest of the world.
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Pivots & Significant Events
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A Pivot is when a startup re-evaluates its business and decides to go in a new direction with its product or service.
There are two pivot paths throughout the game.
Pivots are more time intensive and more expensive.
“!” spaces are Significant Events and are a mixture of good and bad things that can happen to your company.
Examples: • Product delays• Lawsuits• Add key team members,
giving up additional equity, but increasing revenues.
• Patents granted or acquire another company increasing the final exit value.
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Generate Revenue & Pay Expenses
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Players lose by running out of money (going bankrupt). Note: Having $0 doesn’t mean you’ve lost, it means you’re close to losing!
Expense Spaces
Revenue Spaces
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Exit (Cash Out!): Get Acquired or IPO?
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Your ChoiceHigher Risk /
Higher Return PotentialLower Risk /
Lower Return Potential
What will you choose?
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How To Win
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How To Win1ST Place Winner (1st Degree Startup Black Belt):
The Player With The Highest Final Founder's Value• Note: Founder’s Value = Company Value * Founder’s Equity
2nd Degree Startup Black Belt: …And Most Cash OR Most Positive Impact
3rd Degree Startup Black Belt: …And Most Cash AND Most Positive Impact
2nd Place Winner: The Player With The Most Cash AND A Positive Impact
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Amazed By How Much Your Company Is Worth? Take a photo “Doing The Unicorn” of the winner or group
Def: A “Unicorn” is a company worth $1B+.
Twitter: Tag @NextBigThingBG, #DoTheUnicorn
Facebook & Instagram: Tag @NextBigThingBoardGame, #DoTheUnicorn
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Serial Entrepreneurship• Play again! Serial entrepreneurs have higher success rates!
• Use resources on board game’s website to start creating your startup pitch deck and pitch investors on your real “Next Big Thing”.
• Get your Entrepreneur Swag!
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Custom/Personalized Versions Of The Game• Add Name or Logo
• Great For Gifting To Yourself, Friends, Family, Clients!
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Game Box Game Board
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To Learn More & Pre-Order Your Game:http://www.NextBigThingBoardGame.com
Follow Us On Twitter @NextBigThingBG
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