MIT CleanStart: Simulating a Clean Energy Startup

CleanStart is a simulation game where players role-play as the founder of a new startup company in clean tech sector. While pursuing a successful business, players manage prices, hiring, employees including salary, stock, options and profit sharing.

Each quarter you must set prices, decide how many engineers and salespeople to hire, and set compensation, including salary, stock, options and profit sharing. The learning objective is to allow players to experience the challenges of building a startup company in a demanding competitive environment, including financial, human resource, strategic and other decisions.