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GENERATION STARTUP captures the struggles and triumphs of six recent college graduates who put everything on the line to build startups in Detroit. Shot over 17 months, it's an honest, in-the-trenches look at what it takes to launch a startup. Directed by Academy Award winner Cynthia Wade and award-winning filmmaker Cheryl Miller Houser, the film celebrates risk-taking, urban revitalization, and diversity while delivering a vital call-to-action - with entrepreneurship at a record low, the country's economic future is at stake.
SPECIAL GUEST: Avery Hairston '14, Director of Marketing-Banza, will also be present for Q&A immediately following the film. Banza is one of the startups featured in the film.
A board game for people who are interested in being startup superheroes & changing the world. Players take on the role of startup founders to create "the next big thing", bootstrapping using their initial cash savings and superpower skills to create a MVP, gain initial traction, and then go on to raise multiple rounds of capital from investors, increasing the value of their company, but while also diluting their founder's ownership.
During the game players will experience many of the ups and downs of the entrepreneurial journey including: increasing revenues while balancing against expenses to grow the company, various significant events (good and bad), and creating an impact that changes the world. There are also multiple paths such as an accelerator path, pivot paths, and in the end (if you haven't gone bankrupt) players decide to either take the acquisition path or IPO path. Along the way players also collect impact points, as it's not just about the money, from sustainability, ethics & diversity, social impact, and health & wellness. The winner is the player who exits ("cashes out") with the most money by creating the company with the largest valuation while still maintaining the most founder's ownership and generating the most positive impact on the world.
For the second year in a row Entrepreneurship at Cornell is hosting a documentay film screening on Wednesday evening before the oncampus Entrepreneurship Celebration. This kick-off event features not just Celebration attendees, but also students, staff, and faculty from across campus. Special guest Avery Hairston '14, Director of Marketing-Banza, will also be present for Q&A immediately following the film. Banza is one of the startups featured in the film.