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grow your inner Entrepreneur
Not sure if entrepreneurship is for you? Give our startup game a try and find out – it's the perfect way to explore without risking a thing. Give it a shot and see if entrepreneurship is your jam!
The only women-first startup game
The goal of the game is to survive and thrive in the startup village. This means that you have to earn more than you spend. Can you do it?
Learn more about the game by watching the demo
Learn more about the game by watching the demo
Why should you join?
Are you scared of taking the first step towards building your dream business and becoming a successful and happy entrepreneur? Or maybe you are stuck and need a push? F/MS is here to guide you on the journey towards success, with a focus on helping you overcome any fears and boost your confidence while finding co-founders and getting expert advice from other entrepreneurs.
How the game works
- Learn at Skill Lab
Benefit from our unique approach to entrepreneurial education that combines the knowledge and expertise of startup founders, cutting-edge technology, and engaging educational content with the added benefit of preventive medicine for both physical and mental health.
- Build in the GameApply the skills that you learned & build a virtual startup together with other players. Navigate legal hurdles, figure out business models & taxes. Your team gets an office, together you go through quests, win tokens, pay rent and salaries and try to level up before money runs out.
- Chill in Lounge
With a European flair of joie de vivre (French for "joy of living") and dolce far niente (Italian for "the sweetness of doing nothing") we make the journey towards success enjoyable. Attend wine sessions to decompress, exercise to stay healthy and get rewarded for it with extra tokens.
- Buy & sell in MarketCome here to buy and sell expert sessions & tutorials. Pay with the in-game tokens which you can earn in Skill Lab or the game. Go on a shopping spree and dress up your avatar to look glamorous but do check your wallet to make sure you have enough cash left.
- Get a LiveCertificate
Your certificate grows together with you. It's a portfolio of micro-credentials that demonstrates how much you have upskilled yourself and if your rate of learnability increases. Share the certificate with anyone so they can see what an awesome entrepreneur you are.
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€2,5*
Learn in Skill Lab and get feedback from Elona Musk
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€10*
Learn in Skill Lab and get feedback from Game Masters and Elona Musk
Become an intern and join the startup game
Play any role in the game
Win prizes and swag
Play as an intern in the game
* Early Bird Launch price. Offer expires in 6 months. VAT included. Tier "Play" has a 14 day trial period.
Start
Communicate with gamepreneurs in the Forum
FREE
/monthly
Learn in Skill Lab and get feedback from Elona Musk
Get support in Forum
Intern
Get started
€27*
Learn in Skill Lab and get feedback from Elona Musk
Play
best value
€108*
Learn in Skill Lab and get feedback from Game Masters and Elona Musk
Become an intern and join the startup game
Play any role in the game
Win prizes and swag
Play as an intern in the game
Check out some of the benefits that you can get by playing the startup game
Benefits for you
- Master the process of business buildingIf you think that having a great business idea is the most important thing, think again. Ideas are worth nothing, but the correct business process is what distinguishes success from failure. Add a startup mindset to the mix and you are on the right track.
- Learn to sell before building: step by step guidesForget about spending months on figuring out how to build something only to discover that nobody is willing to pay you any money. If you learn how to sell something before building it, you are golden! It's the skill that never gets old.
- 24/7/365 access and individual supportStudy and play any time of day from anywhere in the world. Have Elona or one of our Game Masters help you out. Attend workshops and webinars. Schedule meetings directly with Mean CEO or other in-house experts (available in Play and Build Tiers).
- Prizes and micro-funding: upto 3,000 EURWhether you just want to test startup life, meet like-minded people or compete with others, prizes are always fun. If you are building a startup, then you can get micro-funded in order to move further quicker (available in Play and Built Tiers).
- Software discounts and perks worth 1,500 EURGet access to software from our partners for free and learn building a real product. We have several different no-code tools for you to test (Make, Bubble, Tilda, Adalo, Miro, etc.). Moreover, we will teach you how to get more stuff for free.
- Legal support, blueprints and templatesAn hour of lawyer's time goes for 100-300 eur. In the game, you can have consultations with our in-house Legal Coach for free. You don't want to miss out on this opportunity to figure out IP, contracts and agreements (available in Play and Built Tiers).
Our gamepreneurs
love the Startup game
love the Startup game
- Alexandra SciberrasI loved the Fe/Male Switch experience!
The platform provided a super effective way of learning new skills, while having the chance to meet like-minded entrepreneurial women. All in the form of a game which made it so much more interesting and effective! Even as an entrepreneur who already founded a start-up, it provided a wonderful opportunity to improve upon my skills and gain more confidence in them, along with learning new skills that are proving to be very useful for my start-up!
Thank you to the F/MS Team for this opportunity, really looking forward to the official launch! - MariekeLoved the challenge that FMS gave me and kept the pressure on. Within 4 weeks the FMS pilot made me (want to) deliver a complete project including presentations a landingpage, social media, a mentor and investor and so much more from which upon I can build a real life startup! Without FMS I would have been stuck on perfecting and changing and in the end would take me forever and I would have probably gave up. FMS is a great platform that offers not only a lot of possibilities to learn new skills in a fun way but also guides you in what steps to take and so much more. I have met a lot of amazing woman (and a few men;) for which I am extremely thankful. Highly recommend!
- Shekoufeh IzadkhastiThe idea of Gamepreneurship was unique. Participant has the opportunity to know other participants with different experiences and supporters as big sisters. the atmosphere of game push you to bring your idea to reality, step by step without any cost.
It really worth trying if you had dream about starting your own business but didn't know how to start.
Haven't found the answer here?
Check out our FAQ section or text us.
Check out our FAQ section or text us.
Frequently Asked Questions
The last pilot was held in August 2022 and took 4 weeks. Hundreds of female founders skilled up and learned how to build their own startups. At the moment we are preparing the game for the official launch in Q2 of 2023. Stay tuned for the dates and don't forget to get onto the waiting list.
No, you don't need to have a startup. The game is designed to help aspiring entrepreneurs like yourself come up with ideas, validate them, build an engaged audience, a scalable product and assemble a team. You can use the AI tools and educational resources provided in the game to experiment and explore different startup ideas without actually starting a business. However, if you do decide to turn your startup idea into a real business, the game can provide valuable support and guidance along the way.
No, you don't need to have a startup idea to play the game. Our tool Little Sister can help generate ideas for you, and you can choose the one that resonates with you the most. Simply click on "use this idea" to add it to your startup card. You can always edit the idea or come up with a new one later on in the game. The most important thing is to have fun and get inspired!
Ideas are not the most important part of building a startup. We urge you to use any idea that looks fun to you and just play around with it. We want you to learn the algorithm of idea validation by going through multiple ideas. It's a game, so play a little. And once that "one and only" idea comes to you while
Ideas are not the most important part of building a startup. We urge you to use any idea that looks fun to you and just play around with it. We want you to learn the algorithm of idea validation by going through multiple ideas. It's a game, so play a little. And once that "one and only" idea comes to you while
The workload is 5+ hours per week. You can do as little or as much as you want on top of that. We have some scheduled activities that are useful to attend (but can be viewed as a recording in case you cannot be there), but most of the things in Skill Lab and the Game can be done any time. It's a nice training for a remote work experience. And at times it will be asynchronous, because of different time zones of all the participants.
Of course! You are more than welcome to encourage your female friends to participate in the project and grow together! You can form a team and invite your friend or join one together.