Transform your business course from good to great by adding experiential learning — GoVenture CEO business simulation
Transform your business class or event into a business laboratory where students gain hands-on business experience.
Listen as student conversations flourish into business management discussions.
Watch your students gain wisdom and confidence that can only be achieved through immersive business experience.
GoVenture CEO is the most customizable and affordable simulation in the world for business education and training in schools, universities, and businesses.
Fully accessible for people with disabilities (WCAG 2.1 AA)
Unlock your teaching superpowers by choosing a customizable business simulation that aligns with your industry experience or curriculum focus.
Our team ensures instructor success with personal training webinars, course plans, and coaching debriefs. All included free.
Demo Video | 4 min
Get started in minutes with a basic or advanced business simulator. Play on computer, tablet, or smartphone.
Limitless customization and fully automated, including meaningful coaching and assessment tools.
Any schedule and any class size from 1 to thousands. Individual or team play and head-to-head competition options.
Any industry. Any product. Any market.
Play simulations in one or more business courses —
Marketing & Advertising
Accounting & Finance
Management & Strategy
Research & Development
Human Resources & Ethics
Entrepreneurship
Google Translate provides the simulation interface in over 100 languages.
Everything you need to evaluate GoVenture CEO is available right here. Compare the versatility and value of our business simulation experience versus any other business learning activity.
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PRICES — Free for instructors.
Affordable for students.
CONTACT US — Send questions, request a free instructor account, or schedule a call or meeting.
Playing a business simulation game is one of the most memorable and meaningful experiences students will have in their education. You can make it happen with GoVenture CEO.
Transform your business course from good to great with GoVenture CEO
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GoVenture CEO is the most customizable and affordable simulation in the world for business education and training in schools, universities, and businesses.
Choose a business simulator that models any industry, any product, and any market.
Customize the depth of the experience by choosing specific business modules to include.
Access automated assessment tools to coach students and monitor their achievements.
Designed for Instructors
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Be up and running in minutes.
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Fully automated, set it and forget it — or choose to actively participate in the experience.
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We'll equip and guide you on how to facilitate a simulation that ensures your success. Personal webinars, course plans, simulation design, and coaching debriefs are all included free.
Gameplay
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Players manage companies on their own or in teams.
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Each business period, players make decisions and invest their limited budget in production (or services), research and development, marketing, advertising, distribution, human resources, ethics, pricing, and more.
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Players monitor profit, revenue, market share, brand equity, share price, and more. Market research and financial reports aid analysis and decision making.
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Players run their businesses for multiple business periods, adjusting their strategies to maximize success.
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Expertly-designed algorithms simulate realistic market forces that dynamically change based on Player decisions.
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Play on computer, tablet, or smartphone. Google Translate provides the simulation interface in over 100 languages.
Customization
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Schedule play over a few hours or over weeks or months. Works with offline and online courses, live or self directed, open entry and open exit.
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Play individually or in teams. Any number of players.
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Turn individual business modules on or off to increase or decrease complexity for players. Over 100 settings can be customized.
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Play multiple business simulators of the same or increasing complexity and in the same or different industries.
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Choose from dozens of ready-to-play industries or design a new business simulation using an easy point-and-click interface. Build business simulations that model current events, historical successes or failures, case studies, or to target specific challenges or learning outcomes. Or ask our team to do it for you — no cost.
Coaching & Assessment
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Tutorial videos, guides, textbooks, and more are available to quickly and easily onboard students and enhance their learning.
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Access assessment tools to coach students and monitor their achievements.
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Virtual management team is built into the business simulation interface to provide students with real-time business advice.
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Share access with colleagues, teaching assistants, and curriculum coordinators.
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Curriculum-matched experiential learning that covers over 100 activities, topics, and outcomes. View List
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Play business simulations in one or more business courses:
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Marketing & Advertising
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Accounting & Finance
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Management & Strategy
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Research & Development
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Human Resources & Ethics
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Entrepreneurship
Accessibility
Fully accessible for people with disabilities (WCAG 2.1 AA)
Business Superhero Ebook
Helps students learn the fundamental concepts of business and entrepreneurship. The 200-page book is easy to read with large text and lots of examples to make fundamental business concepts easy to understand. Students can use it as a reference for topics they need help with, or read it from cover to cover to gain practical business wisdom. Provided as Adobe PDF.
Choose Full Textbook
Free open-source textbooks are available online with full instructor resources.
Unlock Your Teaching Superpowers
We will model a simulation that matches your personal industry experience, curriculum focus, or case study.This perfect match allows you to share your real-world experience with students, creating much higher levels of emotional engagement and participation.
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to other business simulators
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Easy to get started for students and instructors. Choose from dozens of ready-to-play simulations or build your own.
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Engaging — visually-rich, game-based interface.
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Educational — students focus on the learning not the software.
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Accessibility — Fully accessible for people with disabilities (WCAG 2.1 AA).
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Value — unlimited simulations and customization, automated assessment tools, free resources and support, affordable price.
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Guaranteed Success — videos, personal webinars, course plans, simulation design, coaching debriefs, and everything you need to unlock your teaching superpowers.
Everything you need to evaluate GoVenture CEO is available right here. Compare the versatility and value of our business simulation experience versus any other business learning activity.
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Transform your business course from good to great with GoVenture CEO
— PRICES —
GoVenture CEO offers tremendous value to instructors and students.
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With one subscription, INSTRUCTORS can CREATE an unlimited number of simulations of varying depths and industries.
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With one subscription, STUDENTS can PLAY an unlimited number of simulations in any number of courses from anywhere in the world at no extra cost.
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The same GoVenture CEO subscription can be used to create and play simulations customized for business, management, strategy, human resources, marketing, advertising, accounting, and more.
Visit our main GoVenture website for pricing and ordering details.
Transform your business course from good to great with GoVenture CEO
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GoVenture CEO is the most customizable and affordable simulation in the world for business education and training in schools, universities, and businesses.
Allow us to prove it to you!
Compare to Other Learning Methods
Lectures, videos, textbooks, and other conventional learning methods simply cannot compare to the rich experience of playing an expertly-designed business simulation like GoVenture CEO.Simulation helps students put theory into practice in a meaningful way. Students learn more, remember more, have fun, and gain the wisdom of how to apply what they have learned in the real world.
Proven Learning Methodology
experiencial + social + gamified
GoVenture CEO uses MediaSpark's proven learning methodology of experiential, social, and gamified learning. For over 25 years, MediaSpark has been a pioneer in educational games and simulations, applying the above methodology to all forms of media and learning, including software simulations and applications, mobile games, gamified ebooks, massively multiplayer online games, and paper-based board and card games.Thousands of educators and millions of people around the world in all walks of life have been positively impacted by this proven learning methodology.
Compare to Other Business Simulations
Educators and trainers around the world have chosen to adopt GoVenture CEO over other business simulations for these primary reasons:
1. Greater Versatility
Choose from dozens of ready-to-play industries or design a new simulation using an easy point-and-click interface. Build simulations that perfectly match your curriculum or personal industry experience. Customize the depth of the experience by choosing specific business modules to include.
2. More Engaging, Less Complex
A visually-rich user interface with expertly-designed flow makes GoVenture CEO more appealing and easy to use for students. Instructors and students can be up and running in minutes and the simulation can run automatically. Smart design allows students to focus on the business decisions and learning, rather than the software.
3. Deep Learning and Coaching
The simulation is supplemented with videos, learning guides, virtual advisors, and more that guide students towards making good business decisions and learning from them. Access automated assessment tools to coach students and monitor their achievements. We equip and guide instructors on how to facilitate a simulation that ensures your success. Personal webinars, course plans, simulation design, and coaching debriefs are all included free for instructors.
4. Accessibility
GoVenture CEO includes two interface options — the Default graphical interface and an Assistive interface that works with screen readers, keyboard input, and smartphones. Students can switch between the interfaces at any time using the interface selector next to the PLAY button. Fully accessible for people with disabilities (WCAG 2.1 AA).
5. Less Expensive, More Value
GoVenture CEO is affordable and less expensive than many other competing business simulations that have fewer features. With one subscription a student can play an unlimited number of simulations in any number of courses. Multiple simulations can be played in the same course or different courses at no extra cost. Each simulation can have varying levels of complexity or cover different industries or curriculum outcomes. No other business simulation in the world offers this level of flexibility and value.
6. Exceptional Support for Guaranteed Success
Our team has been designing and supporting business simulations for over 25 years with thousands of schools and organizations around the world. Student and instructor support is free and provided by the team that actually develops GoVenture CEO, so you are assured of expert answers. Students are encouraged to contact us directly without inconveniencing their instructors. We respond to all requests within minutes or a few hours, and no later than 24 hours.
We do more than provide a business simulator. We help you deliver a meaningful learning experience.
View examples of the types of simulations you can play
Designed for Instructors
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Be up and running in minutes.
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Fully automated, set it and forget it — or choose to actively participate in the experience.
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We'll equip and guide you on how to facilitate a simulation that ensures your success. Personal webinars, course plans, simulation design, and coaching debriefs are all included free.
Transform your business course from good to great with GoVenture CEO
— TYPES OF SIMULATIONS —
Choose from dozens of ready-to-play industries or design a new simulation using an easy point-and-click interface.
Play simulations in one or more business courses
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Marketing & Advertising
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Accounting & Finance
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Management & Strategy
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Research & Development
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Human Resources & Ethics
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Entrepreneurship
Basic Business Simulation
Provide an introductory business experience by turning off the advanced business modules. Modules include Production, R&D, Marketing, Territories, Advertising, HR, Ethics, Stocks, Bonds, Currencies, and more.
Management Simulation
Review budgets, set level of ethics, document decisions in the Strategy Journal, run sales forecasts. Balance investments between business functions.
Strategy Simulation
Create business scenarios that challenge players to differentiate their products in the marketplace. Analyze how well players are executing on their strategies using the Strategy Journal and Coaching Report.
Human Resources Simulation
High-level Human Resources decisions where students have to manage employee numbers (5 job families), salaries, benefits, productivity, morale, training, hiring and severance costs.Metrics include Morale, Productivity, Turnover Rate, Turnover Cost, and overall HR Score. Instructors can customize the variables, including productivity levels, average turnover rate in the industry, minimum employee numbers, starting salaries, and more.
Marketing Simulation
Evaluate consumer groups and psychographics. Align product price and features to meet the needs of target customers. Invest in advertising and sales promotion to build brand awareness, loyalty, and equity. Sell into multiple territories while considering market demand and distribution strategy. Consider product, price, place, and promotion.
Advertising Simulation
Distribute marketing investments across ten advertising options. Purchase advertising research to discover the best mix needed to reach target consumers. Monitor advertising effectiveness.
Finance & Accounting Simulation
Maximize the financial performance of your business. Manage costing, budgeting, working capital, cash flow, debt, stock, currency exchange, and more.Practice accounting principles, including accounts receivable and aging, cost of goods, inventory carrying costs, depreciation, taxes, payroll tax, and income tax.Analyze and build financial statements, including Balance Sheet, Profit & Loss, Cash Flow, General Ledger, and General Journal. Calculate financial ratios. Manage mergers, acquisitions, and conglomerates.
International Business Simulation
Evaluate consumer groups and psychographics based on region or country. Invest in localization. Choose to distribute into one or more territories. Manage multiple currencies and monitor currency exchange rates.
Entrepreneurship Simulation
Identify market need, market demand, and target consumers. Define your product value proposition, including price, features, and brand. Compete to win market share. Raise money through debt or equity financing and strive to achieve profitability.
Any industry. Any product. Any market.Model your perfect business simulation.
Transform your business course from good to great with GoVenture CEO
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— CONTACT —
CONTACT US — Send questions, request a free instructor account, or schedule a call or meeting.
GoVenture CEO is produced and published by MediaSpark Inc, founded in 1994. Visit our main GoVenture website for more contact information and contact options.
Transform your business course from good to great with GoVenture CEO
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We provide everything instructors need for student assessment — including our free advice and support.
Automated Assessment Tools
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GoVenture CEO includes sophisticated assessment tools that are integrated into the simulation.
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Performance evaluation, scoring, and journaling are updated in real time and available at the click of a button.
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All key business metrics are tracked, allowing instructors to grade on any performance indicators desired.
Rubic Report
The Rubric Report assesses student performance based on actual decisions and behaviors demonstrated in the simulation.
Coaching Report
The Coaching Report makes it easy for instructors to offer students personalized business advice, even if the instructor is not monitoring the simulation results.
Debrief Report
The Debrief Report makes it easy for instructors to host live group sessions to review business results, pose questions, spur discussion, and allow students to learn from each other and benefit from reflection.
Experience Reports
Report templates (document and slides) are available for instructors who want students to prepare reports about their experience running a simulated business.
Team Evaluation
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If students are playing a simulation in teams, instructors can have them submit peer evaluations of their teammates' performance. This helps identify strong and weak contributors for grading or other purposes.
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Instructors can issue any number of Team Evaluations, including during and after play (allowing students the opportunity to improve).
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Team Evaluations are completed online with results automatically collected and summarized for instructors.
Competency Quiz
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The Competency Quiz provides instructors with a conventional testing method for grading.
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The Competency Quiz includes multiple-choice questions on business theory, and questions that require students to find data from their actual simulation results.
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Unlike conventional multiple-choice tests, the Competency Quiz is rigorously designed to require students to identify the best answers while also identifying why other answers are incorrect or incomplete. This approach rewards students for knowledge and competency, while minimizing guessing and memorization.
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Quiz questions are personalized for each student and the quiz is completed online with results automatically collected and summarized for instructors.
We'll help you choose an assessment strategy that fits your preferences and accreditation requirements
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GoVenture CEO includes dozens of simulations in different industries with a wide range of complexity. Two simulations are available to play in this trial —
Smartphone Manufacturer
A comprehensive simulation with all modules and features turned ON.
Ice Cream Store
A simplified simulation with most modules turned OFF.
An assistive interface is available to support full accessibility for people with disabilities, and for occasional smartphone use.
Instructor Interface
Through the instructor (simulation manager) interface, you can access detailed performance reports, scoring rubrics, participation scores, and more. You can also create your own custom simulations or choose from the many QuickStarts that are available and be up and running in a few minutes. Contact us to get full access to the instructor features.