#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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189% Funded On

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

Grow Your Company

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Add Team Members Get First CustomersMove Into An Office

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.

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

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?

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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