The Entrepreneurship Stack III: Finance and Growth Management

Achieve growth goals without running out of capital. These three simulations cover working capital, startup financing decisions, and value chain alignment for scaling ventures.

The Entrepreneurship StackIII
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Forio Stacks are a curated sequence of simulations that teach connected skills. 18 learning pathways span the disciplines that drive business today. Unlock the Stack from Forio's Ready-Made catalog that best aligns to your team's goals.

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Managing Growth

Working Capital

Take the CEO seat at a fast-growing supplements distributor and work to adjust credit terms, collections policy, and inventory levels to keep growth from outrunning cash. Puts scaling to the test by examining whether a business can fund its own expansion before it needs a structural fix.

Learning Objectives: Working capital tradeoffs, cash flow analysis, credit and collections policy, inventory management.


Total Time: 60–120 min

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Startups and Entrepreneurship

CleanStart

Lead a clean energy startup through growth, financing, customer adoption, and market uncertainty. Make strategic decisions across pricing, hiring, product development, and funding to improve the venture's odds of survival.

Learning Objectives: Startup financing, growth strategy, market uncertainty, resource allocation.

Total Time: 165–195 min

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Strategy

Value Champion

Define a value proposition and determine the most profitable way to produce and deliver it. Tests how operational decisions like sourcing and logistics must align with strategy to create real competitive advantage.

Learning Objectives: Value chain analysis, competitive advantage, strategy and operations alignment.

Total Time: 60 min

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