Small Business simulation
Run a sandwich shop, café, music store, or ice-cream store in the most realistic small business and entrepreneur simulation!
Format
Online
CD
Network
Learner
College
& Adult
G 10–12
G 7–9
G K–6
Pre K
Depth
Duration
Language
Detailed
MAX
hundreds
of hours
English
Moderate
MIN
5–10
hours
Intro
Latest version 2.0
PRICES & BUY
Big upgrade coming soon!
SCREENSHOTS
VIDEO
TRIAL
About
- GoVenture SMALL BUSINESS is a realistic business and entrepreneur simulation that recreates the day-to-day experiences involved in starting and running a small business.
- Start and run a sandwich shop (like Subway), café (like Starbucks), music store (like HMV), or ice-cream store (like Baskin Robbins) in a minute-by-minute, hour-by-hour experience.
- Manage all aspects of a business — price products, order inventory, conduct sales and marketing initiatives, hire and manage employees, assign work schedules, review cash flow and financial statements, and more.
- Monitor success by evaluating profitability, market share, customer satisfaction, employee morale, personal goals, and more.
- Host student competitions by comparing performance results.
- Provides dozens of hours of individual and repeat play over days and weeks.
- Ideal for youth and adults in self-directed or facilitated learning.
- An advanced business simulator enhanced with a complete curriculum that provides dozens of hours of learning — see below for everything included.
PRICES & BUY
Activities, topics,
and outcomes
With over 160 activities, topics, and outcomes covered, GoVenture Small Business makes it quick and easy to deliver curriculum-matched outcomes in a way that is problem-based, cross-curriculum, thematic, and holistic.
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Technical Support
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Case Studies
Education Bundle Resources
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Over 50 lesson plans and activities designed to bring business education alive in the classroom. Every key decision a business owner needs to make in starting and running a business is addressed.
Learning & Activity Book
Learning Guides & Activities
Hundreds of multiple-choice questions that you can copy and paste to build your own printable tests. Coming soon!
Test Bank
A helpful feature included in the software simulation that displays detailed simulation results, assigns a score to performance based upon a number of factors, and can be printed out as a report for evaluation.
Performance Report
Helps students learn the fundamental concepts of business and entrepreneurship. The 240-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.
More Than a Simulation — A Complete Curriculum!
FREE Resources
Product Videos
Watch demonstration and training videos - the best way to get started quickly.
Award Certificates
Printable certificates for rewarding learner achievement.
Case Studies
Examples of how GoVenture is being used by others.
Standardize On GoVenture
Why states and districts are adopting GoVenture as a curriculum standard.
Software User Guide
Directions on how to use the software. A good reference after you watch the Tutorial Video.
Adobe PDF (1MB)
Education Standards Maps
See how GoVenture maps to specific education standards.
GoTeacher
Start your week with 1 item that informs, inspires, or entertains.
GoVenture Sponsorship Program
A special resource for schools and nonprofits to help find the funds needed to purchase GoVenture.
Instructor Guide
A guide to using GoVenture in the classroom or in a business training environment.
Cheat Sheet
Summarizes helpful business and money information into a single sheet of paper.
GoVentureOasis.com
A free website containing a wealth of business tools, activities, and games.
Success Guide
A brief list of common challenges and possible solutions for improving GoVenture business success.
Adobe PDF (341kB)
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