What if you accidentally killed a unicorn?

Ines Haitzinger
The Branx
Published in
2 min readJan 15, 2020

‘The Startup Guru’ is an interactive story game and also a parody of the startup ecosystem, showcasing all the possible weird things that sometimes happen to a normal co-founder. The main characters have to overcome absurd obstacles before and during business creation. This story game is a fun approach to show current and future entrepreneurs that no matter what happens, take things calmly and make fun of them, instead of getting frustrated.

The story starts with the 4 co-founders, Jesus, Dani, Damián and Ines, having fun at their Christmas party. Instead of going home when they were already a bit tipsy, viewers voted them to get another round of shots…

This is when things escalate, they are driving drunk and hit over a unicorn on the road.

People voted Damián to check if it’s alive. While he was poking it with a stick, an envelope fell out of its belly pocket. Viewers could vote to call an ambulance but decided to pick up and open the envelope.

Surprise, surprise! There was a cheque with a huge amount of money inside.

There was only one downside: The cheque can only be redeemed if they created a company…

This is when they need the help of the audience to create a startup company from scratch and to overcome all the possible problems involved with creating the company.

Become part of the story: Dare to vote!

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The Startup Guru is inspired by Black Mirror’s Bandersnatch letting the viewers be part of the story, it is carried out on Instagram via stories and polls where viewers can change the course of action. Written & directed by The Branx

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