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Runway: The Game

You're a bootstrapped founder: $50K in the bank, $2K MRR, 5% churn. Buy tools (real prices), claim startup credits (real programs — windows close!), hire carefully, survive the events. Reach default alive before the cash runs out.

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Month
$50,000
Cash
$2,000
MRR
$1,500
Costs/mo
$500
Profit/mo
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Runway

✓ DEFAULT ALIVE — MRR covers costs. Keep compounding your score.

+2% MRR growth each · real tools at real prices

Trekmail
$5/mo
BigSpy
$9/mo
Moosend
$9/mo
NeverBounce
$10/mo
Omnisend
$11/mo
ActiveCampaign
$15/mo

Claim startup credits (real programs)

Free money if you're inside the claim window. Windows are the programs' real age gates.

  • Google AI Startup Program+$20,000
  • Brex for Startups+$20,000
  • Google for Startups Cloud Program+$20,000
  • Google Cloud Web3 Startup Program+$20,000
  • QuickNode Startup Program+$20,000
  • AssemblyAI Startup Program+$20,000

Team

$6,000/mo each · +3% growth (first 4)

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The economy is real

  • – Every tool in the shop is a real product at its real entry-tier monthly price.
  • – Every claimable credit is a real program; the claim windows are the programs' real company-age gates.
  • – The sim itself is a simplification (growth and churn are modeled, your mileage will vary wildly) — but the lesson is real: founders leave millions in credits unclaimed.

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