Risk and Rise

(Snakes and ladders)

Roll the dice!

Risk and Rise

Instructions

Loss for investment #1

The founders of the startup couldn't raise capital from potential investors, so they filed for bankrupcy.

Investment #1

You had the chance to invest in a friend´s startup. It has been a complete success as of right now. Founders will try to get funding for mid and long term growth.

Investment #6

You place a joint venture business with a call center in India that will do customer service for mexican customers for 60% less than regular call centers in Mexico.

Loss for investment #6

Pricing out of the call center in India was low cost, but you start to have very big problems due to the language from Hindi to Spanish, so customer service fails dramatically.

Loss for any investment

A global pandemic hits, shutting down any business operations.

Investment #5

You buy a container of chicken feet and export it to China because it is a delicacy, a company in Asia believes business will increase short-term.

Loss for investment #5

After the first three months China taxes are placed to chicken feet imported from Mexico for 300%, so deal fails.

Investment #3

You and a friend buy some property in the state of Querétaro, you forsee that it'll become a geographical advantage, so you build a distribution center and duplicates it's value due to nearshoring boom.

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Loss for any investment

The stock market crashed, financial recovery will take time.

Investment #2

You had the chance to buy new machinery for your automated moving racks for productios business. It arrived in pristine condition.

SNAKES

Ladders

Ladders

SNAKES

If the player lands on a square where the tail of a snake starts, they go down to a lower square where the headis located.

If the player falls on the bottom of a ladder, they move up to the top square where the ladder ends.

INSTRUCTIONS

Players start with a token - which represents each of them - in the initial square and take turns rolling the die. The tokens move according to the numbering on the board, in ascending order. If, at the end of a move, a player lands on a square where a ladder begins, they move up it to the square where it ends. If, on the other hand, they land on a square where a snake's tail begins, they move down it to the square where its head ends. Each ladder contains a (possible) successfull investment or good desicion (each investment is different) taken by the player, while every snake will result in a failed investment/decision. If a player happens to land on ladder #X, they'll need to find the concequence for such (only if it applies). The same goes for the other way around. In the end, the player who got to the end first and/or with the fewer losses wins!

Loss for investment #3

Though machinery arrived in pristine condition, machines canot be used due to

Investment #4

You partner with a businessman from the Netherlands who invented eolic windmil towers to generate sustainable energy and quadruple your investment with distribution in México.