Hands-on experiences for real-world skills
Startup Wars gives future leaders a safe, immersive way to build practical business skills before they step into the spotlight.
Our mission
We believe successful leaders need practical experiences, not just theoretical knowledge. By combining storytelling with hands-on business simulations, Startup Wars helps learners develop the mindset needed for real-world success.
Our values
The platform is guided by innovation, leadership, integrity, empowerment, growth, and community—values that keep our learning experiences practical, responsive, and focused on learners.
Our journey
From an early founder community to an internationally recognized learning platform, every stage has been shaped by real classrooms and real learner feedback.
2026
Startup Wars V2 marked a major evolution of the platform, bringing a faster, more polished learning experience to educators and students.
The new generation builds on years of classroom feedback with refreshed simulations, clearer instructor workflows, and a modern foundation for the next chapter of experiential entrepreneurship education.
2024
INTA recognized Startup Wars as a top industry innovator, awarding the team first place in the Scale-Up Winner category at its Open Innovation Challenge in Atlanta.
The recognition strengthened our commitment to setting a higher standard for entrepreneurship education technology.
2023
Success does not happen overnight. Startup Wars grew through continuous effort, improvement, experimentation, and a constant push for excellence.
That work earned international recognition at the 2023 QS Reimagine Education Awards Conference in Abu Dhabi.
2022
By Students
From 2020 to 2022, we worked with thousands of instructors and students across 31 colleges and high schools to release simulations, enhancements, and updates shaped by student feedback and instructor participation.
Those two years of customer-led research and development helped us pair our expertise in gamification and product design with the skills of educators and the needs of students.
By letting students test market scenarios, predict outcomes, and learn with a community of peers, Startup Wars became a platform built for students, by students.
2020
In 2020, we began the full research and development lifecycle for the first Startup Wars platform.
When schools rapidly adopted digital learning during the pandemic, we shifted from a consumer product toward technology that instructors and institutions could deploy to engage students online.
2018
The idea began after years of running the Philadelphia Junto and Startup Junto, where we saw entrepreneurs struggle to apply good advice safely inside their businesses.
Existing simulations felt like web-based spreadsheets and rarely captured the experience of entrepreneurship. We believed learners deserved something more immersive—and Startup Wars was born.
Bring it to life
