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According to the Commerce Institute approximately 4.7 million businesses start every year in the U.S. alone (Commerce Institute). With the modern age of technology that likely comes as no surprise to most of us, after all anyone and everyone can reach the masses via the internet. And there’s no end to amazing ideas on how to start up a small business.
But being a successful entrepreneur isn’t quite as easy as many of those ‘get-rich-quick’ schemes would have people believe. That’s where Startup Wars can help you. It’s all about taking those first steps to put your students on the path to greatness by using business simulation software.
- Ditch the boring, passive lectures that encourage students to check out of their lesson
- Cut the long, drawn-out process to get from the beginning of the program to the end
- Forget the confusion and feeling of being thrown to the wolves with no idea what to do next
Instead, take your place creating a program that’s going to revolutionize the lives of entrepreneurial hopefuls around the world.
What’s Wrong With Traditional Methods of Business Learning?
You want to help entrepreneurs build their businesses and create the life they’ve always dreamed of and likely you’ve done your research on just what that entails. You’ve looked into different plans and programs and courses that are already out there to find out the unique value proposition, hoping it will help you discover yours. But they’re all … the same. Oh, sure, everyone claims to have their own unique selling point, but they all want students to sit down and listen to lectures, often pre-recorded, and learn through rote memorization.
Does anyone learn that way?
Okay, I’m sure there are some people who do learn that way. But are you one of them?
Chances are you’re not. And your future students aren’t either.
And that means those traditional methods are not only going to be boring, but they’re going to be ineffective as well.
That’s because the retention rate for standard lectures is as low as 5% when that’s the sole method of learning (Ferris State University). So your students are sitting there watching lectures for hours and hours … and then forgetting 95% of it immediately.
How is that going to help them become an entrepreneur?
It won’t.
So what are you supposed to do if those traditional methods don’t actually work?
Just jump in.
Start Up a Small Business Now
Okay, we’re not actually telling you to just throw your students in and have them jump in with both feet and start their business with absolutely no background.
What we’re saying is to teach them how to run a business by actually doing it. And thanks to the magic of the 21st century and all the amazing things that we’ve learned how to do with technology … you can run a business without actually running a business.
What does that mean?
We’re talking about simulators.
Simulators that let you launch a business.
Simulators that let you manage inventory.
Simulators that let you run financial reports and marketing and create stores, and so much more.
Simulators, specifically those utilizing business simulation software, are the wave of the future. And they’re going to make a huge difference in the way your students learn how to successfully start and grow their business, in whatever field they choose.
Business Simulations Increase Learning Retention
Do you know the ways that people learn best?:
- Active learning allows you to retain up to 75% of what you learn
- Self-testing allows you to improve memory retention by as much as 80% compared to passive review
- The use of visual aids and multisensory approaches allows you to improve memory retention by up to 65% and 80% respectively
- Microlearning allows you to improve memory retention by as much as 60%
- Short, focused lessons have higher completion rates (up to 83%) than traditional methods, which increases the knowledge you glean from it
- (Circle LMS)
What does all of this tell you? It tells you that you need to provide a method of learning that is active and allows for self-testing. You need something that uses multisensory approaches and you definitely need something that’s broken down into bite-sized pieces.
You need Startup Wars.
The Business Simulation Software You Need to Advance
Startup Wars is a revolution in entrepreneurship education.
And we know, ‘everyone says that.’
But the truth is that we know what your students need on their entrepreneurship journey.
They need motivation. The motivation to get started on a new program. One that’s actually going to work. And that’s going to be fun at the same time.
They need support. The support to learn something new that’s not necessarily easy. From someone who’s going to keep pushing them and keep working with them along the way.
We’ve created a system that helps you do all of that and then some. Because we’re not going to tell you to create lectures that they have to sit down and listen to for hours on end.
We’re going to have you create business simulations so they can try it out for themselves from the start. You get to set up your business tools and situations through our business simulation software. And then, as they progress through your program they’ll be learning how to solve problems and take care of the day-to-day running of that business … long before getting started with the real thing.
Startup Wars is an entrepreneurship training system like you’ve never seen before because it uses story-driven simulations to put your students in the middle of the action that you create. And that ensures they’re not only hearing about the skills needed to start up a small business, but actually using them in ‘real’ situations.
As they make choices and keep growing their simulated business, they’re going to see the results in real-time. That way, they’re going to learn by experience, but without risking a real business in the process. What could be better than that?
How about the fact that you get to personally design every aspect of it from personalizing the market and demographics to setting up regional tax structures, and economies?
Everything that would make the business model you’re showcasing different, like the currency used or the tax laws in a specific country is right there, at your fingertips, so you can create as specific of a program as you want, and all without any coding necessary.
Dive Right In
With Startup Wars business simulation software you’re going to teach students how to:
- Launch & Pivot
- Understand Customers
- Manage Cash Flow
- Build MVPs that Matter
- Make Data Driven Decisions
- Think Like a Founder
All of these skills are going to be invaluable when it comes to creating your entrepreneurship program, and they’ll be essential for your students as well. Not only that, but they’re going to be much easier to teach than you might think.
The world of entrepreneurship is changing and growing fast. In just 4 years the number of entrepreneurs has grown by over 20 million, and that number is only going to continue to grow (UseWhale). Do you want your students to be a part of that growing number with all of the amazing opportunities that go along with it?
