Entrepreneurship & Innovation · New Venture Creation

CompanyWindDown — The Honest Goodbye

Founders facing a wind-down practice the reality test, structure choice, announcement sequencing, severance design, and the off-the-bench period — turning a company close into the foundation of the next decade.

4 rounds Executive English, Español
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Who it is for

An advanced simulation for participants used to working with the main frameworks and trade-offs of the subject, designed for executive education and experienced professionals.

How a session runs

  1. The instructor creates a session from the Eureka dashboard and invites the participants.
  2. Participants play 4 rounds. In each one they submit their decisions and the simulation calculates the results.
  3. The simulation can be run in English, Español.
  4. The instructor follows each participant's progress and results from the dashboard, and uses the class results for the debrief.

Decisions participants make

The decisions participants make during the simulation:

  • Cash in Bank ($)
  • Monthly Net Burn ($)
  • Term Sheets Received
  • Investor Meetings (Last 60 Days)
  • Honest Probability of Closing the Round (%)
  • The Naming — say it out loud
  • Wind-Down Structure
  • Specialist Calls Within 48 Hours
  • Announcement Sequence
  • All-Hands Timing

What participants track

What participants follow on screen as the rounds go by:

  • The Reality Test
  • Fill out the runway-fundraise reality table
  • Choose the wind-down structure
  • Sequence the announcements
  • Severance, references, and your soft landing
  • Trajectory: Reputation, Future Funding, Wellbeing

Subjects covered

Designed for courses in New Venture Creation.

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