The Entrepreneur's Game
The Entrepreneur's Game: Logan's Story and The Entrepreneur's Game: Adrienne's Story are fiction books that are designed to teach high school students about entrepreneurship, technology, and innovation via storytelling. Instead of presenting concepts through the dry, boring medium of a textbook, "edutainment" books like The Entrepreneur's Game seek to educate by engaging students' natural curiosity and love of a good story. "It is much easier to teach students when they are genuinely interested in and excited about a subject, as opposed to being force-fed," explains the books' co-author, Amber Clark. "Introducing the subject of entrepreneurship and innovation through the context of a fictional, dynamic story is an ideal way to engage teens' interest, particularly in our entertainment-oriented culture." The same story told from two different points of view, Logan's Story and Adrienne's Story were written to appeal to boys and girls respectively, with each presenting a unique twist on the events of the Entrepreneur's Game.
The Entrepreneur's Game: Logan's Story
High school senior Logan Manning has always wanted to become an entrepreneur, just like his father, the CEO and founder of Quark Technologies. So when Quark decides to sponsor an entrepreneurship competition for high school students, Logan is the first to sign up, determined to win the chance to invent a product and start his own business. Soon, Logan and his closest friends are building prototypes, writing business plans, and playing the Entrepreneur’s Game—a virtual reality computer program designed to test their entrepreneurial skills. But to win, Logan will have to develop a workable product, negotiate mergers, and keep the peace between his teammates, all while staying one step ahead of his biggest rival, Adrienne Jones. Decidedly liberal and suspicious of big business, Adrienne seems like the last person who would want to become an entrepreneur, and losing to her would be humiliating. Yet she proves surprisingly resourceful, and it will take all of Logan’s guts and determination to outwit her in the competition and win the Entrepreneur’s Game.
The Entrepreneur's Game: Adrienne's Story
For high school senior Adrienne Jones, becoming an entrepreneur has never been her life’s ambition. She wants to be a journalist, not the CEO of some profit-hungry multinational corporation. But when she impulsively signs up for an entrepreneurship competition sponsored by Quark Technologies, she finds herself intrigued by the chance to design and launch a product based on the mysterious chameleon potion. Soon, Adrienne and her closest friends are building prototypes, writing business plans, and playing the Entrepreneur’s Game—a virtual reality computer program designed to test their entrepreneurial skills. But to win, Adrienne will have to develop a workable product, negotiate mergers, and keep the peace between her teammates, all while staying one step ahead of her biggest rival, Logan Manning. Son of the founder of Quark Technologies, Logan seems born to be an entrepreneur, and it will take every ounce of Adrienne’s resourcefulness and determination to outwit him in the competition and win the Entrepreneur’s Game.
The Entrepreneur's Game: Adrienne's Story Written by Amber Clark and Bob Skandalaris Price: $14.95 + Free Shipping within the U.S.