FoundersGauntlet

Build a real business. Learn real skills.

Founder’s Gauntlet is a business sim where you grow a scrappy one-person agency into an empire — one week at a time. Sign real clients (from a local gym to a literal ⭐ star athlete), hire a real team that can burn out or quit, build automations, and race a rival to the top.

Every decision teaches something real: closing sales objections, running ad budgets, managing cash flow, and knowing when to walk away from a bad deal. Watch your HQ evolve through 12 stages — garage to skyscraper — and survive random events like viral posts, recessions, and lawsuits along the way.

Built solo, both as a game and as a way to actually learn sales, marketing, financial IQ, and coding.