Why a Role-Playing Event?
Because we see the Personal difference in education.
Background
Students have different majors, but entrepreneurs come from all backgrounds.
We are including all majors in entrepreneurship education, not just business students, and not just business skills.
Involvement
Not all students participate during lectures, discussions, and case reviews.
By running a startup, students are personally motivated to perform. They will get involved, sometimes even emotionally.
Outside-the-Box
Some students are not by the book, and it is not too fun when their ideas are not the “perfect answer.”
Thinking Outside-the-Box is a great quality for entrepreneurship. Let’s see those ideas in the field, maybe we will see some great talents.
Because we believe in learning from Mistakes.
The Risk
Because students will be startup owners, they will realize their mistakes come with costs.
Having such risks will give the students pressure, so that they will look into the situation with more depth.
The Regrets
There’s no undo a mistake in business operations, so students will deal with the mistakes in regret.
We want to consider this as a growing pain. Students can gain resilience and understanding with real feelings, with fake money.
The Reflection
Reflecting from your own mistakes is always more effective than from others.
We want students reflect with “what should I do different” rather than “what was wrong.” So that they can avoid similar mistakes in the future.
Because we see Moral dilemmas in real businesses.
Team Conflicts
To do the right thing or to be the good person?
This becomes a really interesting topic in startups. We expect students to experience the dilemma here so they can realize their “bottom-line.” To some students, this will be a discovery journey on themselves and their teammates.
Trust
Not all people do businesses ethically, and should they question or trust another company?
Student companies will directly interact with each other. Some may be “cheated” on during the event. We expect this to be a realistic challenge in entrepreneurship, and we want students to think through.
Consequences
Sometimes companies get advantages by no-so-ethical practices.
Student companies do that too. Maybe they will be punished, maybe they won’t. We let the student teams make this decision. They take the risks, they live with the consequences.