A great friends and family board game to inspire the founder's of "The Next Big Thing"! You, your friend, child, or family member might be the next Larry Page and Sergey Brin (Google Founders), Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook Founder), Bill Gates (Microsoft Founder), or Jeff Bezos (Amazon Founder)! Are You “The Next Big Thing”? Play The Game To Find Out! Ages 12+, 2-6 Players, 45min-2hr Kickstarter campaign launching Nov 2015! Would appreciate your support in sharing the game with your network via e-mail, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook! Twitter & Instagram: @NextBigThingBG Facebook: @NextBigThingBoardGame

2. #1 Board Game For Entrepreneurship & Venture Capital
Take on the role of a startup founder and go
through the exciting entrepreneurial journey
from beginning to end. Compete with other
players to build the biggest company and
change the world with positive impact.
A great friends and family game to inspire the
future founder's of "The Next Big Thing"
Ages 12+
2-6 Players
45min-2hr
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Pre-Ordering Continues On Our Website:
www.NextBigThingBoardGame.com
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4. Supported By The Venture Community
• Accelerators: 500 Startups, Plug & Play, Y Combinator
• Crowdfunding: Crowdfunder, SeedInvest
• Angel Groups: ARC Angel Fund, HBS Angels, NY Angels, Sand Hill Angels
• Seed Funds: Cowboy Ventures, ff Venture Capital, Founder Collective, Rubicon
Venture Capital, Softech, SV Angel
• Early Growth Funds (Series A-B+): FirstMark, Greycroft Partners, RRE, Tomorrow
Ventures, Upfront Ventures
• Multi-Stage Funds (Seed-Series C+): Battery Ventures, KPCB, NEA, Norwest Ventures
• Corporate Venture Groups: Comcast Ventures, Intel Capital
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5. How To Play
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6. Founder + Company Cards
Players take on the role of startup founders and launch their company using their
cash savings and superpower skills to create a minimal viable product (MVP).
Savings
Superpower
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7. The Board
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Experience all the ups and downs of
being an entrepreneur:
• Start with an idea
• Develop a Minimal Viable Product (MVP)
• Build a Team & Get First Customers
• An Accelerator Program
• Pivot Paths
• Raise Capital From Investors: Seed-Series D
• Create A Social & Environmental Impact
• Experience Significant Events
• Generate Revenues & Pay Expenses
• Exit: Get Acquired or Do An IPO
• End With Piles of Cash or Go Bankrupt

8. Grow Your Company
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Add Team Members Get First CustomersMove Into An Office

9. Accelerator Program (Startup University)
See if you get into the Accelerator Program,
“Startup University”!
• If you go the Accelerator route you get $100K,
but you also give up 5% of equity.
• The Accelerator is a short cut to raising a Seed
investment round.
• At the end of the Accelerator is a Demo Day, a
graduation day, to present to potential
investors, partners, and customers.
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10. Raise Investment Capital
1. Stop on a Capital Raise space
2. Randomly select a Capital Raise Card
3. Randomly select a Investor Ownership Card
4. Collect your money
5. Roll Again
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11. Impact Points
1. Ethics & Diversity
2. Health & Wellness
3. Sustainability
4. Social
These cards are positive and negative and tell a story
about the impact the player and their company has
on their own life and the rest of the world.
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12. Pivots & Significant Events
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A Pivot is when a startup
re-evaluates its business
and decides to go in a
new direction with its
product or service.
There are two pivot paths
throughout the game.
Pivots are more time
intensive and more
expensive.
“!” spaces are Significant
Events and are a mixture
of good and bad things
that can happen to your
company.
Examples:
• Product delays
• Lawsuits
• Add key team members,
giving up additional
equity, but increasing
revenues.
• Patents granted or
acquire another
company increasing the
final exit value.

13. Generate Revenue & Pay Expenses
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Players lose by running out of money (going bankrupt).
Note: Having $0 doesn’t mean you’ve lost, it means you’re close to losing!
Expense Spaces
Revenue Spaces

14. Exit (Cash Out!): Get Acquired or IPO?
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Your Choice
Higher Risk /
Higher Return Potential
Lower Risk /
Lower Return Potential
What will you choose?

15. How To Win
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16. How To Win
1ST Place Winner (1st Degree Startup Black Belt):
The Player With The Highest Final Founder's Value
• Note: Founder’s Value = Company Value * Founder’s Equity
2nd Degree Startup Black Belt: …And Most Cash OR
Most Positive Impact
3rd Degree Startup Black Belt: …And Most Cash AND
Most Positive Impact
2nd Place Winner: The Player With The Most Cash
AND A Positive Impact
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17. Amazed By How Much Your Company Is Worth?
Take a photo “Doing The Unicorn” of the winner or group
Def: A “Unicorn” is a company worth $1B+.
Twitter: Tag @NextBigThingBG, #DoTheUnicorn
Facebook & Instagram: Tag @NextBigThingBoardGame, #DoTheUnicorn
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18. Serial Entrepreneurship
• Play again! Serial entrepreneurs have higher success rates!
• Use resources on board game’s website to start creating your startup pitch deck
and pitch investors on your real “Next Big Thing”.
• Get your Entrepreneur Swag!
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19. Custom/Personalized Versions Of The Game
• Add Name or Logo
• Great For Gifting To Yourself, Friends, Family, Clients!
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Game Box Game Board

20. To Learn More & Pre-Order Your Game:
http://www.NextBigThingBoardGame.com
Follow Us On Twitter @NextBigThingBG
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