Innovative Dutch – serious games for serious professionals 1 Université du Luxembourg Luxembourg, September 18, 2017 Jan Spruijt, Founder
Innovative Dutch – serious games for serious professionals 1
Université du LuxembourgLuxembourg, September 18, 2017
Jan Spruijt, Founder
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Serious games for serious professionals
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Entrepreneurship Game
Experience thinking like a co-founder and face the
challenges of starting up a new venture.
Created in close collaboration with:
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4 Learning Goalsof the Entrepreneurship Game
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5 Benefits
#1
Players develop an entrepreneurial mindset
Entrepreneurial alertness
Recognizing opportunities
Creative research methods
Unique and innovative combinations
Innovation plays and gameplans
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5 Benefits
#2
Players learn to deal with paradoxes, such as:
Strategic paradox
Decision-making paradox
Risk-taking paradox
Trust paradox
Momentum paradox
Knowledge-gap paradox
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5 Benefits
#3
Players use reflection and peer-reviewing
to accelerate learning.
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5 Benefits
#4
Competition and real-life simulation leverages the intrinsic
motivation to bring knowledge, skills and teamplay into
practice.
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How does it work?
Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6
2 hours
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How does it work?
Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6
1 week
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Storyline
Round 1
❤
⚃
Round 2
⇟
Round 3☑
Round 4
⦿
Round 5
Round 6⌘
Recognizing opportunities & entrepreneurial alertness
Customer research & idea creation: product-market-fit
Validation, the startup team & support
A leap of faith: market launch, marketing and sales
Crossing the chasm: startup financing & bootstrapping
Continuation: trying to become self-sustaining
School project
Startup Bootcamp Week
Launching from your garage
Incubator
Incubator
Co-working space
Idea
Pitch
Prototype
Feasability Study
Business Model
Business Plan
Theme Setting Deliverable
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Gameplay
Strategy Decision-making Performance
Entry Quiz Assignments
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Gameplay
Research ProductPM-fit
Pivot or Persevere?
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Gameplay
Research ProductPM-fit
Pivot or Persevere?
Product Specifications Marketing
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Gameplay
Research ProductPM-fit
Pivot or Persevere?
Product Specifications Marketing
Risk TakingCredibility
Team Skills
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EntrePulse
Performance
Your EntrePulse is 162When you tell customers about your product, they are feeling excited.