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Hi:

I heard that The Startup Game worked well in a master's level course here.

But, I cannot easily find the source of that game. Can anyone help me
with this?

John Callister
Cornell U.

> Hi. On behalf of our Entrepreneur-in-Residence I am soliciting your
> recommendations for simulations to use in graduate level
> entrepreneurship courses. It's been quite a while since I've used
> simulations (and in Strategy at that). Are there good ones to look at?
> Thanks very much!
>
> Alex
>
>
>
> Alex Stewart, Ph.D.
>
> Coleman Foundation Chair in Entrepreneurship
>
> Marquette University
>
> Milwaukee, WI 53201-1881
>
> Phone 414 288-7188
>
> Fax 414 288-1965
>
>
>
>
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--
John Callister
Director of the Harvey Kinzelberg Entrepreneurship in Engineering Program
Cornell University
College of Engineering
M&AE/OR&IE Departments
291 Grumman Hall
Ithaca, New York 14853-7501

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Ventures HO!

If this is "launching a high-risk business" it is quite good if you want
to use it as a group take-home assignment with feedback in one class
session. Available at good prices from HBS...works well with Sahlman's
article on writing a great business plan. We add a little flavor to it
by having students participate in a side betting pool. Every team gets
3 tries...with the highest retained equity value (in $$$) upon a
liquidity event getting the entire betting pool. This is for MBAs and
has worked well for years.

Best to all and a great Thanksgiving...Stan

Stan Mandel, Ph.D., CPA, PE
Executive Professor
Director: Angell Center for Entrepreneurship
Babcock Graduate School of Management
Wake Forest University
PO Box 7659
Winston-Salem, NC 27109
336-758-3689
stan.mandel@mba.wfu.edu



-----Original Message-----
From: Entrepreneurship Division Listserv
[mailto:ENTREP@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU] On Behalf Of John Richard Callister
Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2006 2:56 PM
To: ENTREP@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
Subject: Re: [ENTREP] Entrepreneurship simulations

Hi:

I heard that The Startup Game worked well in a master's level course
here.

But, I cannot easily find the source of that game. Can anyone help me
with this?

John Callister
Cornell U.

> Hi. On behalf of our Entrepreneur-in-Residence I am soliciting your
> recommendations for simulations to use in graduate level
> entrepreneurship courses. It's been quite a while since I've used
> simulations (and in Strategy at that). Are there good ones to look
at?
> Thanks very much!
>
> Alex
>
>
>
> Alex Stewart, Ph.D.
>
> Coleman Foundation Chair in Entrepreneurship
>
> Marquette University
>
> Milwaukee, WI 53201-1881
>
> Phone 414 288-7188
>
> Fax 414 288-1965
>
>
>
>
> **************************************
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> Division of the Academy of Management.
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>
> Ventures HO!
>


--
John Callister
Director of the Harvey Kinzelberg Entrepreneurship in Engineering
Program
Cornell University
College of Engineering
M&AE/OR&IE Departments
291 Grumman Hall
Ithaca, New York 14853-7501

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I've also had several good experiences with "Launching..". However, its
purpose and style is very different from simulations like the shoe game.
You do it a couple of times against the computer and you're done. It's
basically an interactive case. Also, they haven't revised it in several
years so you can face some compatibility problems with current
computers.

However, it is still effective. I used it last month in ex ed with
really good results.

Vance Fried
Brattain Professor of Management
Oklahoma State University
405-744-8633

-----Original Message-----
From: Entrepreneurship Division Listserv
[mailto:ENTREP@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU] On Behalf Of Stan Mandel
Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2006 2:45 PM
To: ENTREP@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
Subject: Re: [ENTREP] Entrepreneurship simulations

If this is "launching a high-risk business" it is quite good if you want
to use it as a group take-home assignment with feedback in one class
session. Available at good prices from HBS...works well with Sahlman's
article on writing a great business plan. We add a little flavor to it
by having students participate in a side betting pool. Every team gets
3 tries...with the highest retained equity value (in $$$) upon a
liquidity event getting the entire betting pool. This is for MBAs and
has worked well for years.

Best to all and a great Thanksgiving...Stan

Stan Mandel, Ph.D., CPA, PE
Executive Professor
Director: Angell Center for Entrepreneurship
Babcock Graduate School of Management
Wake Forest University
PO Box 7659
Winston-Salem, NC 27109
336-758-3689
stan.mandel@mba.wfu.edu



-----Original Message-----
From: Entrepreneurship Division Listserv
[mailto:ENTREP@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU] On Behalf Of John Richard Callister
Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2006 2:56 PM
To: ENTREP@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
Subject: Re: [ENTREP] Entrepreneurship simulations

Hi:

I heard that The Startup Game worked well in a master's level course
here.

But, I cannot easily find the source of that game. Can anyone help me
with this?

John Callister
Cornell U.

> Hi. On behalf of our Entrepreneur-in-Residence I am soliciting your
> recommendations for simulations to use in graduate level
> entrepreneurship courses. It's been quite a while since I've used
> simulations (and in Strategy at that). Are there good ones to look
at?
> Thanks very much!
>
> Alex
>
>
>
> Alex Stewart, Ph.D.
>
> Coleman Foundation Chair in Entrepreneurship
>
> Marquette University
>
> Milwaukee, WI 53201-1881
>
> Phone 414 288-7188
>
> Fax 414 288-1965
>
>
>
>
> **************************************
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>
> Ventures HO!
>


--
John Callister
Director of the Harvey Kinzelberg Entrepreneurship in Engineering
Program
Cornell University
College of Engineering
M&AE/OR&IE Departments
291 Grumman Hall
Ithaca, New York 14853-7501

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Thanks-does anyone have a url for these simulation games? \




Dr. Donald Siegel
Professor of Entrepreneurship and Associate Dean for Graduate Studies
A. Gary Anderson Graduate School of Management
University of California at Riverside
225 Anderson Hall
Riverside, CA 92521
Tel: (760) 834-0593
Tel: (951) 827-4996
Fax: (951) 827-3970
Fax: (760) 834-0796
e-mail: donalds@ucr.edu
http://www.agsm.ucr.edu/faculty/pages/don.html
http://econpapers.repec.org/RAS/psi32.htm
http://ssrn.com/author=33607
Editor-Journal of Technology Transfer
http://www.springer.com/west/home/business?SGWID=4-40517-70-35751012-details
Page=journal
http://heckmann.ucr.edu/
**************************
>

-----Original Message-----
From: Entrepreneurship Division Listserv [mailto:ENTREP@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU]
On Behalf Of Fried, Vance
Sent: Friday, November 17, 2006 6:42 AM
To: ENTREP@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
Subject: Re: [ENTREP] Entrepreneurship simulations

I've also had several good experiences with "Launching..". However, its
purpose and style is very different from simulations like the shoe game.
You do it a couple of times against the computer and you're done. It's
basically an interactive case. Also, they haven't revised it in several
years so you can face some compatibility problems with current
computers.

However, it is still effective. I used it last month in ex ed with
really good results.

Vance Fried
Brattain Professor of Management
Oklahoma State University
405-744-8633

-----Original Message-----
From: Entrepreneurship Division Listserv
[mailto:ENTREP@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU] On Behalf Of Stan Mandel
Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2006 2:45 PM
To: ENTREP@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
Subject: Re: [ENTREP] Entrepreneurship simulations

If this is "launching a high-risk business" it is quite good if you want
to use it as a group take-home assignment with feedback in one class
session. Available at good prices from HBS...works well with Sahlman's
article on writing a great business plan. We add a little flavor to it
by having students participate in a side betting pool. Every team gets
3 tries...with the highest retained equity value (in $$$) upon a
liquidity event getting the entire betting pool. This is for MBAs and
has worked well for years.

Best to all and a great Thanksgiving...Stan

Stan Mandel, Ph.D., CPA, PE
Executive Professor
Director: Angell Center for Entrepreneurship
Babcock Graduate School of Management
Wake Forest University
PO Box 7659
Winston-Salem, NC 27109
336-758-3689
stan.mandel@mba.wfu.edu



-----Original Message-----
From: Entrepreneurship Division Listserv
[mailto:ENTREP@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU] On Behalf Of John Richard Callister
Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2006 2:56 PM
To: ENTREP@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
Subject: Re: [ENTREP] Entrepreneurship simulations

Hi:

I heard that The Startup Game worked well in a master's level course
here.

But, I cannot easily find the source of that game. Can anyone help me
with this?

John Callister
Cornell U.

> Hi. On behalf of our Entrepreneur-in-Residence I am soliciting your
> recommendations for simulations to use in graduate level
> entrepreneurship courses. It's been quite a while since I've used
> simulations (and in Strategy at that). Are there good ones to look
at?
> Thanks very much!
>
> Alex
>
>
>
> Alex Stewart, Ph.D.
>
> Coleman Foundation Chair in Entrepreneurship
>
> Marquette University
>
> Milwaukee, WI 53201-1881
>
> Phone 414 288-7188
>
> Fax 414 288-1965
>
>
>
>
> **************************************
> This message is from ENTREP which is sponsored by the Entrepreneurship
> Division of the Academy of Management.
>
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> jbunch@benedictine.edu.
>
> Ventures HO!
>


--
John Callister
Director of the Harvey Kinzelberg Entrepreneurship in Engineering
Program
Cornell University
College of Engineering
M&AE/OR&IE Departments
291 Grumman Hall
Ithaca, New York 14853-7501

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Ventures HO!

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Ventures HO!

Has anyone used Roller Coaster Tycoon or similar Sim-City-like computer
software games? It is for kids as a general rule. What my SIFE students are
doing is teaching entrepreneurship and small business principles to middle
school kids. The learn by teaching the simulation. Many of my
undergraduates enjoy playing the game and internalize the lessons learned as
they share with the kids in local schools.

Your thoughts? Bill

William Schulte, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Sam Walton Free Enterprise Fellow
Harry F. Byrd Jr. School of Business
Shenandoah University
wschulte@su.edu
wschulte@msn.com
mobile 703-283-9705
Individualized Education, Entrepreneurial Thinking, Global Understanding and
Ethical Practice.
Students In Free Enterprise
www.sife.org  www.su.edu


-----Original Message-----
From: Entrepreneurship Division Listserv [mailto:ENTREP@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU]
On Behalf Of Donald Siegel
Sent: Friday, November 17, 2006 1:32 PM
To: ENTREP@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
Subject: Re: [ENTREP] Entrepreneurship simulations

Thanks-does anyone have a url for these simulation games? \




Dr. Donald Siegel
Professor of Entrepreneurship and Associate Dean for Graduate Studies
A. Gary Anderson Graduate School of Management
University of California at Riverside
225 Anderson Hall
Riverside, CA 92521
Tel: (760) 834-0593
Tel: (951) 827-4996
Fax: (951) 827-3970
Fax: (760) 834-0796
e-mail: donalds@ucr.edu
http://www.agsm.ucr.edu/faculty/pages/don.html
http://econpapers.repec.org/RAS/psi32.htm
http://ssrn.com/author=33607
Editor-Journal of Technology Transfer
http://www.springer.com/west/home/business?SGWID=4-40517-70-35751012-details
Page=journal
http://heckmann.ucr.edu/
**************************
>

-----Original Message-----
From: Entrepreneurship Division Listserv [mailto:ENTREP@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU]
On Behalf Of Fried, Vance
Sent: Friday, November 17, 2006 6:42 AM
To: ENTREP@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
Subject: Re: [ENTREP] Entrepreneurship simulations

I've also had several good experiences with "Launching..". However, its
purpose and style is very different from simulations like the shoe game.
You do it a couple of times against the computer and you're done. It's
basically an interactive case. Also, they haven't revised it in several
years so you can face some compatibility problems with current
computers.

However, it is still effective. I used it last month in ex ed with
really good results.

Vance Fried
Brattain Professor of Management
Oklahoma State University
405-744-8633

-----Original Message-----
From: Entrepreneurship Division Listserv
[mailto:ENTREP@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU] On Behalf Of Stan Mandel
Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2006 2:45 PM
To: ENTREP@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
Subject: Re: [ENTREP] Entrepreneurship simulations

If this is "launching a high-risk business" it is quite good if you want
to use it as a group take-home assignment with feedback in one class
session. Available at good prices from HBS...works well with Sahlman's
article on writing a great business plan. We add a little flavor to it
by having students participate in a side betting pool. Every team gets
3 tries...with the highest retained equity value (in $$$) upon a
liquidity event getting the entire betting pool. This is for MBAs and
has worked well for years.

Best to all and a great Thanksgiving...Stan

Stan Mandel, Ph.D., CPA, PE
Executive Professor
Director: Angell Center for Entrepreneurship
Babcock Graduate School of Management
Wake Forest University
PO Box 7659
Winston-Salem, NC 27109
336-758-3689
stan.mandel@mba.wfu.edu



-----Original Message-----
From: Entrepreneurship Division Listserv
[mailto:ENTREP@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU] On Behalf Of John Richard Callister
Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2006 2:56 PM
To: ENTREP@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
Subject: Re: [ENTREP] Entrepreneurship simulations

Hi:

I heard that The Startup Game worked well in a master's level course
here.

But, I cannot easily find the source of that game. Can anyone help me
with this?

John Callister
Cornell U.

> Hi. On behalf of our Entrepreneur-in-Residence I am soliciting your
> recommendations for simulations to use in graduate level
> entrepreneurship courses. It's been quite a while since I've used
> simulations (and in Strategy at that). Are there good ones to look
at?
> Thanks very much!
>
> Alex
>
>
>
> Alex Stewart, Ph.D.
>
> Coleman Foundation Chair in Entrepreneurship
>
> Marquette University
>
> Milwaukee, WI 53201-1881
>
> Phone 414 288-7188
>
> Fax 414 288-1965
>
>
>
>
> **************************************
> This message is from ENTREP which is sponsored by the Entrepreneurship
> Division of the Academy of Management.
>
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> If you have questions or need help, please contact Dr. John Bunch
> jbunch@benedictine.edu.
>
> Ventures HO!
>


--
John Callister
Director of the Harvey Kinzelberg Entrepreneurship in Engineering
Program
Cornell University
College of Engineering
M&AE/OR&IE Departments
291 Grumman Hall
Ithaca, New York 14853-7501

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Ventures HO!

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Ventures HO!

Here is a link to some business simulators, hope it can help you

http://entrepreneur-business.info/academic-resources/business-simulators.php

best regards

Ing. Ricardo Bolaños Barrera (ricardob@itesm.mx)
Director de la Incubadora de Empresas
División de Posgrados e Investigacion
Tecnológico de Monterrey, Campus Estado de México

Teléfono: (5255) 5864.5555 extensión 3464
Fax: (5255) 5864.5779
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Enviado el: Viernes, 17 de Noviembre de 2006 12:32 PM
Para: ENTREP@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
Asunto: Re: [ENTREP] Entrepreneurship simulations

Thanks-does anyone have a url for these simulation games? \




Dr. Donald Siegel
Professor of Entrepreneurship and Associate Dean for Graduate Studies
A. Gary Anderson Graduate School of Management
University of California at Riverside
225 Anderson Hall
Riverside, CA 92521
Tel: (760) 834-0593
Tel: (951) 827-4996
Fax: (951) 827-3970
Fax: (760) 834-0796
e-mail: donalds@ucr.edu
http://www.agsm.ucr.edu/faculty/pages/don.html
http://econpapers.repec.org/RAS/psi32.htm
http://ssrn.com/author=33607
Editor-Journal of Technology Transfer
http://www.springer.com/west/home/business?SGWID=4-40517-70-35751012-details
Page=journal
http://heckmann.ucr.edu/
**************************
>

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From: Entrepreneurship Division Listserv [mailto:ENTREP@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU]
On Behalf Of Fried, Vance
Sent: Friday, November 17, 2006 6:42 AM
To: ENTREP@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
Subject: Re: [ENTREP] Entrepreneurship simulations

I've also had several good experiences with "Launching..". However, its
purpose and style is very different from simulations like the shoe game.
You do it a couple of times against the computer and you're done. It's
basically an interactive case. Also, they haven't revised it in several
years so you can face some compatibility problems with current
computers.

However, it is still effective. I used it last month in ex ed with
really good results.

Vance Fried
Brattain Professor of Management
Oklahoma State University
405-744-8633

-----Original Message-----
From: Entrepreneurship Division Listserv
[mailto:ENTREP@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU] On Behalf Of Stan Mandel
Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2006 2:45 PM
To: ENTREP@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
Subject: Re: [ENTREP] Entrepreneurship simulations

If this is "launching a high-risk business" it is quite good if you want
to use it as a group take-home assignment with feedback in one class
session. Available at good prices from HBS...works well with Sahlman's
article on writing a great business plan. We add a little flavor to it
by having students participate in a side betting pool. Every team gets
3 tries...with the highest retained equity value (in $$$) upon a
liquidity event getting the entire betting pool. This is for MBAs and
has worked well for years.

Best to all and a great Thanksgiving...Stan

Stan Mandel, Ph.D., CPA, PE
Executive Professor
Director: Angell Center for Entrepreneurship
Babcock Graduate School of Management
Wake Forest University
PO Box 7659
Winston-Salem, NC 27109
336-758-3689
stan.mandel@mba.wfu.edu



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Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2006 2:56 PM
To: ENTREP@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
Subject: Re: [ENTREP] Entrepreneurship simulations

Hi:

I heard that The Startup Game worked well in a master's level course
here.

But, I cannot easily find the source of that game. Can anyone help me
with this?

John Callister
Cornell U.

> Hi. On behalf of our Entrepreneur-in-Residence I am soliciting your
> recommendations for simulations to use in graduate level
> entrepreneurship courses. It's been quite a while since I've used
> simulations (and in Strategy at that). Are there good ones to look
at?
> Thanks very much!
>
> Alex
>
>
>
> Alex Stewart, Ph.D.
>
> Coleman Foundation Chair in Entrepreneurship
>
> Marquette University
>
> Milwaukee, WI 53201-1881
>
> Phone 414 288-7188
>
> Fax 414 288-1965
>
>
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A simulation to give experience with starting up a business and writing a
business plan

Here is an option to give students experience in both starting up a business
and working on a business plan. Try using a simulation where preparation and
presentation of the business plan is an integral part of the exercise.
I have created the Marketplace Venture Strategy simulation that is designed
for a new venture or entrepreneurship course. It has become very popular as a
way to give students experience in the start up and management of a new
enterprise. During 2006, more than 5000 students and 50 schools will have used
the simulation.

The students work within a full-enterprise business setting where they start
up and manage a new venture. The decision content includes the essential
elements of marketing, distribution, human resources, manufacturing, finance
and accounting. The game is set for 6 decision rounds, with each round taking
two to three hours to complete.

A key ingredient of this simulation is the preparation of a business plan at
the mid-point of the exercise. Student teams must formulate a business
development strategy, along with a tactical plan and a set of pro forma
financial statements. The software provides templates for the completion of
these tasks. The preparation of the business plan is rather extensive and an
entire week is dedicated to the task.

A favorite pedagogical option of the simulation is to have the students
present their business plan to a group of outside investors and then negotiate
with these VCs for an equity investment in their firm. This experience is
highly realistic and gives the students experience in selling their ideas to
independent, outside investors.

Another advantage of a simulation is that after the students prepare and
present their business plan, they must then execute it for an additional three
decision periods. Very seldom is it possible to execute the plan as
formulated. There is generally a need to make skillful adjustments in response
to surprises in the market or one’s own ability to make good decisions.

At the end of the exercise, the students must make a report to the investors
regarding their performance following the infusion of new equity. This report
is to underscore the students’ accountability to an investment group. They
review their plan, deviations from the plan, justification for the deviations
and how well the team has prepared the firm for the future.

In the end, the student teams are graded based upon the business plan, report
to the investors and their performance on a balanced scorecard. The balanced
scorecard includes measures of financial performance, market performance,
customer satisfaction, human resource management, investments in the future,
asset management and creation of wealth. The balanced scorecard emphasizes the
need to achieve strong performance in all areas of the business.

Obviously, there are many ways in which to give students experience in
starting up a company and preparing a business plan. A new venture simulation
is another option to consider.

Ernie Cadotte
University of Tennessee


>===== Original Message From "Stewart, Alex" <alex.stewart@MARQUETTE.EDU>
=====
>Hi. On behalf of our Entrepreneur-in-Residence I am soliciting your
>recommendations for simulations to use in graduate level
>entrepreneurship courses. It's been quite a while since I've used
>simulations (and in Strategy at that). Are there good ones to look at?
>Thanks very much!
>
>Alex
>
>
>
>Alex Stewart, Ph.D.
>
>Coleman Foundation Chair in Entrepreneurship
>
>Marquette University
>
>Milwaukee, WI 53201-1881
>
>Phone 414 288-7188
>
>Fax 414 288-1965
>
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I would recommend Railroad Tycoon 2 or 3 rather that those you mention.
I would say they are more suitable for adults than Roller Coaster Tycoon
or Sim City, and are somewhat realistic in their treatment of
competition, environmental change, and business complexity. (I'm just
getting my six-year old started on Zoo Tycoon 2.) Even better however
are online games, especially EVE Online, in which an extremely
sophisticated business can be established from the ground-up, based
around an extremely realistic market, albeit without sophisticated
capital raising/exit mechanisms. I would very much like to run an
experimental course based on EVE one day.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Darian Brookes-Hefetz
Doctoral Researcher
Warwick Business School
University of Warwick, Coventry, UK

darian.brookes-hefetz03@phd.wbs.ac.uk
Mobile: +44 (0)7720 847010
Skype: darian_brookes
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~





Dr. Bill Schulte wrote:
> Has anyone used Roller Coaster Tycoon or similar Sim-City-like computer
> software games? It is for kids as a general rule. What my SIFE students are
> doing is teaching entrepreneurship and small business principles to middle
> school kids. The learn by teaching the simulation. Many of my
> undergraduates enjoy playing the game and internalize the lessons learned as
> they share with the kids in local schools.
>
> Your thoughts? Bill
>
> William Schulte, Ph.D.
> Associate Professor
> Sam Walton Free Enterprise Fellow
> Harry F. Byrd Jr. School of Business
> Shenandoah University
> wschulte@su.edu
> wschulte@msn.com
> mobile 703-283-9705
> Individualized Education, Entrepreneurial Thinking, Global Understanding and
> Ethical Practice.
> Students In Free Enterprise
> www.sife.org www.su.edu
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Entrepreneurship Division Listserv [mailto:ENTREP@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU]
> On Behalf Of Donald Siegel
> Sent: Friday, November 17, 2006 1:32 PM
> To: ENTREP@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
> Subject: Re: [ENTREP] Entrepreneurship simulations
>
> Thanks-does anyone have a url for these simulation games? \
>
>
>
>
> Dr. Donald Siegel
> Professor of Entrepreneurship and Associate Dean for Graduate Studies
> A. Gary Anderson Graduate School of Management
> University of California at Riverside
> 225 Anderson Hall
> Riverside, CA 92521
> Tel: (760) 834-0593
> Tel: (951) 827-4996
> Fax: (951) 827-3970
> Fax: (760) 834-0796
> e-mail: donalds@ucr.edu
> http://www.agsm.ucr.edu/faculty/pages/don.html
> http://econpapers.repec.org/RAS/psi32.htm
> http://ssrn.com/author=33607
> Editor-Journal of Technology Transfer
> http://www.springer.com/west/home/business?SGWID=4-40517-70-35751012-details
> Page=journal
> http://heckmann.ucr.edu/
> **************************
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Entrepreneurship Division Listserv [mailto:ENTREP@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU]
> On Behalf Of Fried, Vance
> Sent: Friday, November 17, 2006 6:42 AM
> To: ENTREP@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
> Subject: Re: [ENTREP] Entrepreneurship simulations
>
> I've also had several good experiences with "Launching..". However, its
> purpose and style is very different from simulations like the shoe game.
> You do it a couple of times against the computer and you're done. It's
> basically an interactive case. Also, they haven't revised it in several
> years so you can face some compatibility problems with current
> computers.
>
> However, it is still effective. I used it last month in ex ed with
> really good results.
>
> Vance Fried
> Brattain Professor of Management
> Oklahoma State University
> 405-744-8633
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Entrepreneurship Division Listserv
> [mailto:ENTREP@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU] On Behalf Of Stan Mandel
> Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2006 2:45 PM
> To: ENTREP@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
> Subject: Re: [ENTREP] Entrepreneurship simulations
>
> If this is "launching a high-risk business" it is quite good if you want
> to use it as a group take-home assignment with feedback in one class
> session. Available at good prices from HBS...works well with Sahlman's
> article on writing a great business plan. We add a little flavor to it
> by having students participate in a side betting pool. Every team gets
> 3 tries...with the highest retained equity value (in $$$) upon a
> liquidity event getting the entire betting pool. This is for MBAs and
> has worked well for years.
>
> Best to all and a great Thanksgiving...Stan
>
> Stan Mandel, Ph.D., CPA, PE
> Executive Professor
> Director: Angell Center for Entrepreneurship
> Babcock Graduate School of Management
> Wake Forest University
> PO Box 7659
> Winston-Salem, NC 27109
> 336-758-3689
> stan.mandel@mba.wfu.edu
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Entrepreneurship Division Listserv
> [mailto:ENTREP@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU] On Behalf Of John Richard Callister
> Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2006 2:56 PM
> To: ENTREP@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
> Subject: Re: [ENTREP] Entrepreneurship simulations
>
> Hi:
>
> I heard that The Startup Game worked well in a master's level course
> here.
>
> But, I cannot easily find the source of that game. Can anyone help me
> with this?
>
> John Callister
> Cornell U.
>
>
>> Hi. On behalf of our Entrepreneur-in-Residence I am soliciting your
>> recommendations for simulations to use in graduate level
>> entrepreneurship courses. It's been quite a while since I've used
>> simulations (and in Strategy at that). Are there good ones to look
>>
> at?
>
>> Thanks very much!
>>
>> Alex
>>
>>
>>
>> Alex Stewart, Ph.D.
>>
>> Coleman Foundation Chair in Entrepreneurship
>>
>> Marquette University
>>
>> Milwaukee, WI 53201-1881
>>
>> Phone 414 288-7188
>>
>> Fax 414 288-1965
>>
>>
>>
>>
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Now that Eve Online has been mentioned, I would like to suggest Second Life.
It's free to join, has its own currency and its own online economy. The
whole world has been created by the players/users and a brimming
entrepreneurial economy has been set up. Everything from retail, design to
real estate exists.

Javier Monllor
Research Assistant/Doctoral Candidate
Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies
University of Illinois at Chicago


-----Original Message-----
From: Entrepreneurship Division Listserv [mailto:ENTREP@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU]
On Behalf Of Darian Brookes-Hefetz
Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2006 4:17 AM
To: ENTREP@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
Subject: Re: [ENTREP] Entrepreneurship simulations


I would recommend Railroad Tycoon 2 or 3 rather that those you mention.
I would say they are more suitable for adults than Roller Coaster Tycoon
or Sim City, and are somewhat realistic in their treatment of
competition, environmental change, and business complexity. (I'm just
getting my six-year old started on Zoo Tycoon 2.) Even better however
are online games, especially EVE Online, in which an extremely
sophisticated business can be established from the ground-up, based
around an extremely realistic market, albeit without sophisticated
capital raising/exit mechanisms. I would very much like to run an
experimental course based on EVE one day.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Darian Brookes-Hefetz
Doctoral Researcher
Warwick Business School
University of Warwick, Coventry, UK

darian.brookes-hefetz03@phd.wbs.ac.uk
Mobile: +44 (0)7720 847010
Skype: darian_brookes
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~





Dr. Bill Schulte wrote:
> Has anyone used Roller Coaster Tycoon or similar Sim-City-like
> computer software games? It is for kids as a general rule. What my
> SIFE students are doing is teaching entrepreneurship and small
> business principles to middle school kids. The learn by teaching the
> simulation. Many of my undergraduates enjoy playing the game and
internalize the lessons learned as
> they share with the kids in local schools.
>
> Your thoughts? Bill
>
> William Schulte, Ph.D.
> Associate Professor
> Sam Walton Free Enterprise Fellow
> Harry F. Byrd Jr. School of Business
> Shenandoah University
> wschulte@su.edu
> wschulte@msn.com
> mobile 703-283-9705
> Individualized Education, Entrepreneurial Thinking, Global Understanding
and
> Ethical Practice.
> Students In Free Enterprise
> www.sife.org www.su.edu
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Entrepreneurship Division Listserv
> [mailto:ENTREP@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU] On Behalf Of Donald Siegel
> Sent: Friday, November 17, 2006 1:32 PM
> To: ENTREP@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
> Subject: Re: [ENTREP] Entrepreneurship simulations
>
> Thanks-does anyone have a url for these simulation games? \
>
>
>
>
> Dr. Donald Siegel
> Professor of Entrepreneurship and Associate Dean for Graduate Studies
> A. Gary Anderson Graduate School of Management
> University of California at Riverside
> 225 Anderson Hall
> Riverside, CA 92521
> Tel: (760) 834-0593
> Tel: (951) 827-4996
> Fax: (951) 827-3970
> Fax: (760) 834-0796
> e-mail: donalds@ucr.edu
> http://www.agsm.ucr.edu/faculty/pages/don.html
> http://econpapers.repec.org/RAS/psi32.htm
> http://ssrn.com/author=33607
> Editor-Journal of Technology Transfer
>
http://www.springer.com/west/home/business?SGWID=4-40517-70-35751012-details
> Page=journal
> http://heckmann.ucr.edu/
> **************************
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Entrepreneurship Division Listserv
> [mailto:ENTREP@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU] On Behalf Of Fried, Vance
> Sent: Friday, November 17, 2006 6:42 AM
> To: ENTREP@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
> Subject: Re: [ENTREP] Entrepreneurship simulations
>
> I've also had several good experiences with "Launching..". However,
> its purpose and style is very different from simulations like the shoe
> game. You do it a couple of times against the computer and you're
> done. It's basically an interactive case. Also, they haven't revised
> it in several years so you can face some compatibility problems with
> current computers.
>
> However, it is still effective. I used it last month in ex ed with
> really good results.
>
> Vance Fried
> Brattain Professor of Management
> Oklahoma State University
> 405-744-8633
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Entrepreneurship Division Listserv
> [mailto:ENTREP@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU] On Behalf Of Stan Mandel
> Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2006 2:45 PM
> To: ENTREP@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
> Subject: Re: [ENTREP] Entrepreneurship simulations
>
> If this is "launching a high-risk business" it is quite good if you
> want to use it as a group take-home assignment with feedback in one
> class session. Available at good prices from HBS...works well with
> Sahlman's article on writing a great business plan. We add a little
> flavor to it by having students participate in a side betting pool.
> Every team gets 3 tries...with the highest retained equity value (in
> $$$) upon a liquidity event getting the entire betting pool. This is
> for MBAs and has worked well for years.
>
> Best to all and a great Thanksgiving...Stan
>
> Stan Mandel, Ph.D., CPA, PE
> Executive Professor
> Director: Angell Center for Entrepreneurship
> Babcock Graduate School of Management
> Wake Forest University
> PO Box 7659
> Winston-Salem, NC 27109
> 336-758-3689
> stan.mandel@mba.wfu.edu
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Entrepreneurship Division Listserv
> [mailto:ENTREP@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU] On Behalf Of John Richard Callister
> Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2006 2:56 PM
> To: ENTREP@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
> Subject: Re: [ENTREP] Entrepreneurship simulations
>
> Hi:
>
> I heard that The Startup Game worked well in a master's level course
> here.
>
> But, I cannot easily find the source of that game. Can anyone help me
> with this?
>
> John Callister
> Cornell U.
>
>
>> Hi. On behalf of our Entrepreneur-in-Residence I am soliciting your
>> recommendations for simulations to use in graduate level
>> entrepreneurship courses. It's been quite a while since I've used
>> simulations (and in Strategy at that). Are there good ones to look
>>
> at?
>
>> Thanks very much!
>>
>> Alex
>>
>>
>>
>> Alex Stewart, Ph.D.
>>
>> Coleman Foundation Chair in Entrepreneurship
>>
>> Marquette University
>>
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Dear Colleagues,

I am looking into the possibility of integrating a simulation game into
teaching entrepreneurship. Can anyone please tell me about their experiences
in using simulations in the entrepreneurship classroom? Were they a positive
experience? If so, what simulation game(s) would you recommend? I know there
is a free one out of MIT, but have not used it yet. I asked my students if
they would be interested in doing a simulation and nearly everyone raised
their hands.

Thank you for your time and feedback.

Todd Finkle, Ph.D.
Pigott Professor of Entrepreneurship
Gonzaga University
finkle@jepson.gonzaga.edu

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Hi,
I think simulations will be a great value add. However, I use real life
projects. An example is shown in the following link on 10-minute video of
my last class project with full-time MBAs in my school:
http://tinyurl.com/qc43md8 . It may spark off some ideas for you.

Regards,
Henrietta
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-----Original Message-----
From: Entrepreneurship Division Listserv [mailto:ENTREP@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU]
On Behalf Of Todd Finkle
Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2013 10:06 PM
To: ENTREP@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
Subject: [ENTREP] Entrepreneurship Simulations

Dear Colleagues,

I am looking into the possibility of integrating a simulation game into
teaching entrepreneurship. Can anyone please tell me about their
experiences in using simulations in the entrepreneurship classroom? Were
they a positive experience? If so, what simulation game(s) would you
recommend? I know there is a free one out of MIT, but have not used it
yet. I asked my students if they would be interested in doing a simulation
and nearly everyone raised their hands.

Thank you for your time and feedback.

Todd Finkle, Ph.D.
Pigott Professor of Entrepreneurship
Gonzaga University
finkle@jepson.gonzaga.edu

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You might distinguish between a management game and an entrepreneurship game. In a management game, players have no money; they are given a business to manage. In an entrepreneurship game, players have money; they choose the business they want to found, buy, sell, and manage, until they can hire another player to manage their business for them, which enables them to apply the talents to more challenging work, such as takeovers, arbitrage, and speculation.

I do supply a free entrepreneurship game for serious academic use. It's Internet based. You can download and install the demo version through my website, below. Actually, if your students just want to play, they can play the demo immediately, no hassles, no fees. But if you want serious competitive play, you'll need a special setup. E-mail me for a special setup.

Best,

Precha
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Professor of Management
Business Area Editor, Simulation & Gaming
Department of Management
Towson University
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U.S.A.
t. 410-704-3230
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-----Original Message-----
From: Entrepreneurship Division Listserv [mailto:ENTREP@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU] On Behalf Of Todd Finkle
Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2013 5:06 PM
To: ENTREP@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
Subject: [ENTREP] Entrepreneurship Simulations

Dear Colleagues,

I am looking into the possibility of integrating a simulation game into teaching entrepreneurship. Can anyone please tell me about their experiences in using simulations in the entrepreneurship classroom? Were they a positive experience? If so, what simulation game(s) would you recommend? I know there is a free one out of MIT, but have not used it yet. I asked my students if they would be interested in doing a simulation and nearly everyone raised their hands.

Thank you for your time and feedback.

Todd Finkle, Ph.D.
Pigott Professor of Entrepreneurship
Gonzaga University
finkle@jepson.gonzaga.edu

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I have been using Retail Entrepreneur
(https://www.interpretive.com/rd6/?pg=en) with very good feedback from
my part-time MBA students. The cost is $30 per student, and most of the
administration is handled by the software provider. You can run the
sim--advancing one round per week--over the course of a semester, or run
multiple rounds during 1.5 three-hour classes (I do the latter, but you
should be willing to handle more of the admin yourself). It can be run
against the computer or against live teams (I do the latter, as the
students really enjoy the within-class competition).

There are two aspects that I find valuable for learning. First, the sim
integrates real-world elements of entrepreneurship, in which a student
has to consider multiple dimensions (marketing, financing, strategy,
inventory, staffing, competition, etc.). This can help students
integrate ideas drawn from across their coursework. Second, the sim has
dilemmas that can be added to a round, such as situations that involve
employee theft, supplier bribery, local politics, charitable/community
support, switching suppliers, etc. As in the real-world, the simulated
firm's performance reflects the effect of bad PR, HR precedents,
unethical dealings, etc. These dilemmas create excellent opportunities
for reflection and debate, so I build in time to allow for in-class
discussion.

The company that provides the software has always been very responsive
to my questions. They also have other sims, which might suit your needs
better. But as a former entrepreneur myself, I find this sim to be
reasonably realistic and comprehensive (esp. the operational aspects).
The sim has several other options that can allow you to customize it to
your class needs.

Best of luck.

Renee Rottner
Assistant Professor of Management and Organizations
Stern School of Business, New York University
http://people.stern.nyu.edu/rrottner


On 10/3/2013 11:43 AM, Henrietta Onwuegbuzie wrote:
> Hi,
> I think simulations will be a great value add. However, I use real life
> projects. An example is shown in the following link on 10-minute video of
> my last class project with full-time MBAs in my school:
> http://tinyurl.com/qc43md8 . It may spark off some ideas for you.
>
> Regards,
> Henrietta
> __________________________________________________________________________
> _______________________
> Henrietta Onwuegbuzie| Academic Director, Owner-Manager Programme|Lagos
> Business School, Pan-Atlantic University (formerly Pan-African University)
> Km 22 Lekki-Epe Expressway, Ajah - Lagos | Tel: +234-802 327 2773;+234 1
> 7740280|
> http://www.lbs.edu.ng/faculty/entrepreneurship
> http://tinyurl.com/qc43md8
> http://bit.ly/J6zwTN
> http://bit.ly/zL9ToZ
> http://bit.ly/zkOw5C
>
> Developing Responsible Leaders for Africa and the World
>
> Lagos Business School is ranked with the world's top business schools in
> the area of open enrolment executive education.
> Financial Times, London, 2007 - 2013.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Entrepreneurship Division Listserv [mailto:ENTREP@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU]
> On Behalf Of Todd Finkle
> Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2013 10:06 PM
> To: ENTREP@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
> Subject: [ENTREP] Entrepreneurship Simulations
>
> Dear Colleagues,
>
> I am looking into the possibility of integrating a simulation game into
> teaching entrepreneurship. Can anyone please tell me about their
> experiences in using simulations in the entrepreneurship classroom? Were
> they a positive experience? If so, what simulation game(s) would you
> recommend? I know there is a free one out of MIT, but have not used it
> yet. I asked my students if they would be interested in doing a simulation
> and nearly everyone raised their hands.
>
> Thank you for your time and feedback.
>
> Todd Finkle, Ph.D.
> Pigott Professor of Entrepreneurship
> Gonzaga University
> finkle@jepson.gonzaga.edu
>
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