Virtual Enterprise

Ever wanted to run your own business?At least once you've thought of the possibility of starting your own venture. Of not having a boss, but working only for yourself. What stopped you from putting your idea into practice? The fear of failure. Imagine, however, to gain all the (business) experience you need, without taking any risk! This is what SimVenture is all about - a game that will entertain you by giving you the pleasure of running your own business, without having to worry about failure.

Looking for a challenge that tests your skills and knowledge of market analysis, cashflow, sales and marketing, and operations control?

For the 2011 / 2012 academic year, the Enterprise Gym is launching new activity, Virtual. Based around SimVenture, a venture simulation game that gives you the chance to start and run your own business, we are challenging teams of 2 – 4 to generate the largest cumulative profit possible over a virtual 12 month period.

Beginning as a start-up, you will need to commission market research, design your product, create your marketing strategy, and sell, sell, sell! How? That’s entirely up to you! You can hire staff, move premises to increase exposure, set your own wage and working hours, borrow money to invest in the business, or even sell equity in the company!
 

Download our Virtual Fact-Sheet!

Team registration for Virtual opens in September and once registered your team will be given access to the SimVenture software until the end of February 2012. During this time you may play through the game as a team often as you want to. At the end of this period, submit your most profitable result to us by March 9th 2012. You can only participate in Virtual once a year.

As with all of our activities, participation in Virtual counts towards Enterprise Gym Awards.

At the end of the year, the team with the most successfully (by profit) virtual business will be awarded a £250 cash prize at our prestigious annual awards ceremony!

Interested? n [dot] r [dot] bowiedundee [dot] ac [dot] uk (subject: SimVenture) (Email) us. Sponsored by