Learned About Business Success By Selling Drugs?
Before you start giving me crap, let me explain.
I learned about business sucess through a game called Dope Wars and Mafia Wars.
Dope Wars has been around since 1984, as an old computer game. It has had many other renditions and versions since then, but the simple premise is this:
You take on the role of a drug dealer. You go to different parts of the city and buy and sell drugs. You have a loan shark who is charging massive interest and only a short amount of time before the game is over (30 virtual days in the game).
Your goal is to pay off the loan shark and accumulate the most money possible in the alotted amount of time.
How does this translate? Let me explain:
You get an initial investment to start your venture from a loan shark, (investors, charging interest and putting LOTS of pressure on you and your business).
You put money into drugs given advice from someone at the time, (investing borrowed money hoping for a higher payoff)
Sometimes it works out, sometimes it doesn't (risk assessment, profit and loss)
Sometimes you have to sell for less, sometimes you hit it big! (profits, losses)
You have to invest in more than just drugs, you have to buy guns for defense, buy larger jackets to hold more drugs at a time, (diversity, insurance, expansion investments).
You have to start small with Weed and Ludes, and use that money to buy more expensive drugs like Cocain and Heroine for bigger money (reinvesting your profits).
You can put your money into a bank to gain interest, less but more secure (diversifying your portfolio)
Cashing out at the end of the game and seeing how well you did, or dying from the law, or not having enough to pay your loan shark and you, well, "sleep with the fishes, see?" (retiring, selling or splitting your business)
All this was learned through a very unethical game. Now why couldn't business economics teach us this stuff in such a fun way?
Any thoughts as to how to translate this into a Internet Marketing Perspective?
Why? B/C I thought it would be a great risk assesment tool for Newbie Internet Marketers to see just how to succeed in Internet Marketing as well as a fun game for everyone!!
Imagine playing the Internet Marketing game for fun as well as for real!!! And you can put a fun spin on it, just like Dope Wars did.
That game taught me a lot. Maybe this one will too.
Any thoughts, I don't care what, is appreciated!! Thanks a lot!!
I learned about business sucess through a game called Dope Wars and Mafia Wars.
Dope Wars has been around since 1984, as an old computer game. It has had many other renditions and versions since then, but the simple premise is this:
You take on the role of a drug dealer. You go to different parts of the city and buy and sell drugs. You have a loan shark who is charging massive interest and only a short amount of time before the game is over (30 virtual days in the game).
Your goal is to pay off the loan shark and accumulate the most money possible in the alotted amount of time.
How does this translate? Let me explain:
You get an initial investment to start your venture from a loan shark, (investors, charging interest and putting LOTS of pressure on you and your business).
You put money into drugs given advice from someone at the time, (investing borrowed money hoping for a higher payoff)
Sometimes it works out, sometimes it doesn't (risk assessment, profit and loss)
Sometimes you have to sell for less, sometimes you hit it big! (profits, losses)
You have to invest in more than just drugs, you have to buy guns for defense, buy larger jackets to hold more drugs at a time, (diversity, insurance, expansion investments).
You have to start small with Weed and Ludes, and use that money to buy more expensive drugs like Cocain and Heroine for bigger money (reinvesting your profits).
You can put your money into a bank to gain interest, less but more secure (diversifying your portfolio)
Cashing out at the end of the game and seeing how well you did, or dying from the law, or not having enough to pay your loan shark and you, well, "sleep with the fishes, see?" (retiring, selling or splitting your business)
All this was learned through a very unethical game. Now why couldn't business economics teach us this stuff in such a fun way?
Any thoughts as to how to translate this into a Internet Marketing Perspective?
Why? B/C I thought it would be a great risk assesment tool for Newbie Internet Marketers to see just how to succeed in Internet Marketing as well as a fun game for everyone!!
Imagine playing the Internet Marketing game for fun as well as for real!!! And you can put a fun spin on it, just like Dope Wars did.
That game taught me a lot. Maybe this one will too.
Any thoughts, I don't care what, is appreciated!! Thanks a lot!!
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