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PASADENA, Calif., Feb. 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Students nationwide have reported that playing the free award-winning video game, Venture Valley by Singleton Foundation for Financial Literacy and Entrepreneurship has positively affected their desire to become an entrepreneur. Working with renowned Dubit research analysts and educators aligned with Discovery Education, the Venture Valley team conducted a survey that found the game greatly enhanced students' education about business and entrepreneurship. Nearly 70% of survey recipients reported they were more interested in starting a business after taking on challenges in this fast-paced business simulation game. Students and educators also confirmed that game-based learning, as is the case with Venture Valley, is a great way to teach critical financial and business literacy skills.

93% of college students said they learned at least one business concept or skill by playing Venture Valley, primarily business management and product pricing.

83% of Venture Valley college players said the game had made them feel confident about making financial decisions.

Launched two years ago during National Entrepreneurship Week, which this year is February 10-17, 2024, Venture Valley takes players on the highs and lows of being an entrepreneur in a risk-free environment. The game is free on PC and mobile (iOS and Android) and has won numerous awards acknowledging Venture Valley's innovative and effective approach to teaching financial literacy and entrepreneurship with a medium that the student target market understands – video games. After using the Venture Valley game in class and as homework, teachers indicated that the game helps teach financial literacy and helps students retain business-related concepts.

The college, high-school and middle school students who played the game in their classrooms or as part of the "Venture Valley Collegiate Cup," an in-person tournament at colleges, agreed with the educators' assessment. At least 4 in 5 players recognized the impact the game has had on their business skills, entrepreneurial aspirations, awareness of financial decision-making, and understanding of cause and effect in business.

Key Findings from the Survey:

Over 80% of college students think Venture Valley is an effective way of teaching business and entrepreneurship.

83% of Venture Valley college players said the game had made them feel confident about making financial decisions.

79% of college students said playing Venture Valley enhanced their understanding of finance.

93% of college students said they learned at least one business concept or skill by playing Venture Valley, primarily business management and product pricing.

81% of high school students said they better understand how financial decision-making is important to be successful in business.

72% of high schoolers said Venture Valley made them feel more confident about making financial decisions.

"These survey results continue to validate the power of gamified learning and further affirm the effectiveness of the Venture Valley game in teaching entrepreneurship and financial literacy," said the CEO of Singleton Foundation for Financial Literacy and Entrepreneurship, Shelley Miles. "The Venture Valley game will continue to empower this generation of students to navigate the complexities of the business world with confidence and strategic proficiencies."

Venture Valley empowers young adults to build financial and business basics by capturing their interest with a competitive esports-style multiplayer play. Players learn real financial and business skills as they grow their business from one small pet-walking enterprise to multiple businesses, including a drone factory, a dating app development firm, a robot manufacturer, and many more. Playing against others provides a fun outlet to compete with friends in positive ways while practicing financial skills and business concepts. Venture Valley also has a single-player campaign of 35 entertaining missions.

The Venture Valley game has received educational recognition from the Serious Play Awards winning the Serious Play 'Gold' Award for K-12 Education and being named the 'Best Back-to-School Secondary' solution in the Tech & Learning Awards. Additionally, Venture Valley was a finalist in the summer 2023 GEE! Award in the 'Informal Learning' category and came in second place in the 11th International Educational Games Competition at the 17th European Conference on Games Based Learning (ECGBL23).

Venture Valley Educator Resources

A partnership with YIPPEE, the go-to marketplace for entrepreneurship education for grades K-12, brings the Venture Valley game to even more educators through its listing in the YIPPEE Exchange. The YIPPEE Exchange is an easily accessible resource for educators looking to teach entrepreneurial skills and business acumen in an engaging way. YIPPEE is a product of the Young Entrepreneur Institute (YEI) and the Burton D. Morgan Foundation. It connects educators to a host of free entrepreneurial resources and one another – empowering them to share their experiences and offer lessons that build real-world skills.

An EdWeb webinar on 'Using Video Games to Ignite the Entrepreneur Inside Every Student' lets educators discover ways to bridge classroom learning and real-world business. Educators learn how to teach and inspire students to become their own boss. Using the free, award-winning Venture Valley game, educators can easily teach business concepts in a fun way to help students better understand all the ups and downs of entrepreneurship.
More information on the Venture Valley game can be found at www.venturevalleygame.com and through its social media channels:

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About the Singleton Foundation
The mission of the Singleton Foundation is to make financial competence fun and engaging for everyone by using the power of entertainment to capture attention, create change, promote entrepreneurship and to inspire individual achievement. The Singleton Foundation for Financial Literacy and Entrepreneurship is a 501(c)(3).

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LOS ANGELES, Jan. 18, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Venture Valley game team proudly announces a partnership with FutureLab, Poland's largest educational and technological program. This collaboration marks the introduction of the Venture Valley video game into the Polish school system, offering an innovative approach to teaching business concepts through an engaging and immersive platform.

The Venture Valley video game, a project of the Singleton Foundation for Financial Literacy and Entrepreneurship, empowers students to develop financial and business fundamentals through both competitive esports-style multiplayer play and a 35-mission single-player campaign.

As a featured resource in the new Polish business and management curriculum required for high school students, the game will be available for free to teachers, allowing students to participate using mobile devices or computers. Students are also encouraged to participate in Venture Valley events, such as the global "NASEF x Venture Valley Entrepreneurship Beyond the Game™ Challenge Spring 2024." This competition, featuring school teams of gamers in competition, kicks off on January 23, 2024, and runs until March 29, 2024.

The Venture Valley video game, a project of the Singleton Foundation for Financial Literacy and Entrepreneurship, empowers students to develop financial and business fundamentals through both competitive esports-style multiplayer play and a 35-mission single-player campaign. The game has already achieved success in the U.S., garnering industry awards and attracting a dedicated player base. Now, through the alliance with FutureLab, this free, award-winning game will be accessible to every Polish student and teacher, providing them with a unique opportunity to learn essential business skills in a captivating format.

Supporting this initiative, the Polish government will provide free lesson plans and classroom materials through the business and management (gov.pl/BIZ) website. The site offers a range of educational materials expanding on the game's concepts, including investments and dividends, fixed and variable expenses, loans, net vs. gross income, and more.

Shelley Miles, CEO of the Singleton Foundation for Financial Literacy and Entrepreneurship, expressed enthusiasm about the global impact of the Venture Valley game. "We are deeply honored by the collaboration with the Polish government program Futurelab, as they aspire to instill entrepreneurial and financial literacy education among its 9th-grade high school students. Venture Valley is privileged to be the chosen platform for this initiative. Just as our U.S. student players have attested to the game's transformative impact on their understanding of business concepts and skill reinforcement, we eagerly anticipate similarly positive outcomes for the students of Poland. Education knows no borders, and together, we cultivate a future generation empowered with essential entrepreneurial knowledge and business skills."

"As soon as we saw the Venture Valley game we could see the potential for it in our school system as we expand deeper into the business curriculum with our students," said one of the Polish high school teachers, "The Venture Valley game puts a unique spin on how to learn about business and finance and we are confident its engaging content will be perfect for our schools."

The game takes players on a business-growing journey through 35 unique missions in either a single-player campaign or pits them against friends and foes in competitive esports-style multiplayer play. Players learn real financial and business skills as they grow their business from one small pet-walking enterprise to multiple businesses, including a drone factory, a dating app development firm, a robot manufacturer, and many more. Business owners will experience the highs and lows of being their own boss, and will need to keep in mind that along with success comes rivals. Luckily, competition can be kept in check through competitive strategic duels using advantage and adversity cards, adding fast-dealing esports-type play.

More information on the Venture Valley game can be found at www.venturevalleygame.com and through social media channels:

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About Venture Valley

Venture Valley is an award-winning fast-paced business simulation game where players take on the highs and lows of being an entrepreneur. Available for free on PC and mobile (iOS and Android) and has no in-app purchases or ads, Venture Valley has been recognized for excellence in teaching financial literacy and entrepreneurship, winning first-place recognition from the Serious Play Awards and the Tech & Learning Awards, as well as finalist positions from GEE! Award and the International Educational Games Competition at the European Conference on Games Based Learning. The game is a project of the Singleton Foundation for Financial Literacy and Entrepreneurship, a nonprofit with the mission of making financial competence fun and engaging for everyone by using the power of entertainment to capture attention, create change, promote entrepreneurship, and to inspire individual achievement. https://venturevalleygame.com

Venture Valley Game, in collaboration with the Network of Academic and Scholastic Esports Federations (NASEF), today announced the second Entrepreneurship Beyond the Game™ (BTG) Challenge, commencing in Spring of 2024 for North American high school students. This innovative challenge harnesses NASEF's proficiency in scholastic esports and student competitions and combines it with the Venture Valley game, a fast-paced strategic business simulation available on mobile (iOS and Android) and PC (via Steam). Venture Valley is a visionary project of the Singleton Foundation for Financial Literacy and Entrepreneurship, a nonprofit public benefit corporation.

The Venture Valley game is a fast-paced strategic business simulation available for FREE download on mobile (iOS and Android) and PC (via Steam).

Budding entrepreneurs start small in Venture Valley, with businesses like dog walking and, through expansion and investment, progress to own mini-golf courses, pizza parlors, hovercraft ride-sharing services, and more. Players learn practical financial and business concepts and terms, as well as the challenges of entrepreneurship. Strategy plays a vital role, as players can create a personalized deck of boost and adversity cards to enhance their enterprises or hinder competitors during gameplay.
Budding entrepreneurs start small in Venture Valley, with businesses like dog walking and, through expansion and investment, progress to own mini-golf courses, pizza parlors, hovercraft ride-sharing services, and more. Players learn practical financial and business concepts and terms, as well as the challenges of entrepreneurship. Strategy plays a vital role, as players can create a personalized deck of boost and adversity cards to enhance their enterprises or hinder competitors during gameplay.
It's free to join this Entrepreneurship challenge, where participants play the Venture Valley game and strive to create the most profitable companies and overcome business hurdles, with the aim of securing the top scores in Valuation, Revenue, and/or Sales. Upon achieving their objectives, participants will need to create a video showcasing their in-game learning experiences. Entries will be evaluated by NASEF based on a combination of players' scores and submitted videos. Winners will be eligible for valuable prizes including a grant to the submitting school/organization and an Amazon card as a scholarship to fund school supplies and school-related costs for the winning team/entrant.