Business Leaders · 195 people
Draft the people who built business
Founders, executives and investors from the Industrial Age to the Digital Age. Spin an era, an industry or a role, get dealt six cards, and decide who plays where.
Play freeNo account. Plays on your phone.
How it works
- Spin. The slot machine lands on two of three filters: era, industry and role. One spin might be the founders of the Digital Age, another every investor in finance. You are dealt six cards from that pool and pick one.
- Pick a card. Each card shows only height, weight and speed. Every other rating is a secret until the end.
- Choose the spot. Decide where your pick plays on the board: basketball (five starters and three on the bench), football (offense, defense or the full team) or soccer. Nobody tells you the best position while you draft.
- Get your season. Fill the lineup to see its overall, a tier and a projected 82-game record (or the football and soccer equivalents).
What is in the Business Leaders pool
195 people across six regions of the world. Photographs are free-licensed images from Wikimedia Commons, and each credit is on the credits page.
Eras
- Industrial Age
- Early 20th Century
- Postwar Boom
- Corporate Age
- Digital Age
Industries
- Technology
- Finance & Investing
- Retail & Commerce
- Media & Entertainment
- Industry & Manufacturing
- Energy & Mining
- Food, Fashion & Consumer
- Health & Pharma
Roles
- Founder
- Executive
- Investor
What decides your record
Each card has nine ratings: Speed, Capital, Craft, Vision, Risk, Grind, Nerve, Command, Charisma. Speed shows on the card; the rest stay secret until the results screen. People who share an industry or an era play better together. Every position cares about different ratings, so the same card can be a star in one spot and a passenger in another. That is the whole game: where you put them.
A real run
54-28 → 74-8
Ren Zhengfei, Warren Buffett, Charles Koch, Mark Zuckerberg, Carlos Slim, Sundar Pichai, Mark Cuban and Larry Ellison went 54-28 in a basketball run. The game's Better spots note said the same players could have finished 74-8 in different positions.
Questions
- Do I need an account?
- No. Open the game, pick the pool and play. Your settings stay on your device.
- How is my season record decided?
- Every pick has hidden ratings, and each position cares about different ones. The game scores how well each player fits the spot you chose (body and ratings), adds team chemistry for what your players have in common, and turns the total into a projected 82-game record, mostly from the team rating with a little luck. Nobody tells you the best spot while you draft; the results screen shows a "Better spots" note afterwards.
- Are the ratings real?
- No. They are fan-made opinions for fun and say nothing about anyone’s real performance or character.
- What is hard mode?
- Cards are dealt face down and you have to type a name to reveal one, so you have to know your pool.
- Can I share my team?
- Yes. When you finish you can save or share a picture of your lineup with its overall and projected record, or post the team to the shared teams page.
Six cards. One open spot. Who starts?
Start drafting