A game-based business simulation for mastering financial and managerial literacy. Participants run a company and see the direct link between their decisions and the financial result.
Over two days and four game quarters, participants build a business together with their team, see each person's role in the financial result, and gain knowledge they can apply immediately.
The Big Picture
A holistic understanding of the business and how all decisions interconnect
Strategy
The skill of building and holding a strategy across 4 quarters
Finance
Confident reading of the P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow
Decisions
Making management decisions under constraints
Problems We Solve
Recognize your company?
1
Low financial competency among middle management
2
A communication gap between Finance, Sales, and Production
3
Managers aren't involved in managing corporate budgets
4
No onboarding process for managers at different levels
5
Problems with commercial and production planning
Who It's For
ProfitMania works for everyone
The game format adapts to company size and participant level
Small Business
The whole company can train together. Pairs well with team building. Owners and managers learn to see the business as a single financial system.
The whole team at one table
Team building + training
Start with no preparation
Mid-sized Business
Suited to top management and department heads. Helps everyone get on the same wavelength and agree on basic principles of working together.
Strategic alignment
Financial coherence
Unified management principles
Large Business
A tool for developing the management talent pool. It helps promising specialists see the big picture and gain momentum for growth.
Talent pool
Competency development
A systemic view of the business
Game Flow
How ProfitMania unfolds
01
Start
Teams receive a virtual company with assets, debts, and starting capital.
02
Strategy
Participants define the business model, pricing, and growth plan.
03
4 Quarters
Purchasing, production, sales, and financial decisions under market conditions.
04
Wrap-up
Financial results, company comparisons, and a decision debrief with the facilitator.
Results
What the game teaches
Skills participants can apply immediately after the game
1
Read financial statements
Balance sheet, P&L, and cash flow — by hand.
2
See the link between decisions and profit
Every action → a financial result.
3
Manage cash flow
Profit ≠ money in the account.
4
Calculate costs and margin
Prices and costs — deliberately.
5
Evaluate investments
Where to invest resources for a return.
6
Work as a team under pressure
Joint decisions in a competitive environment.
Run ProfitMania with your team
We'll organize the business game for your participant mix and preparation level.