Idea Factory

Description

What it is
Idea Factory is the startup ideas game. Draw a customer, a problem and a twist, then race to connect them into a startup nobody’s built yet. There are 40,000+ combinations in the box, so it’s never the same game twice — and you get sharper every round.

How it plays
Lay out three WHO cards, three WHAT cards and three HOW cards face up. On your turn you’re the Founder: draw a secret Decoder card pointing to one WHO, one WHAT and one HOW. Pitch a startup for that combo in two sentences — “It’s for ___, to fix ___, and it’s one that ___!” — without giving it away. Everyone else guesses which three you meant. Every player who gets all three scores, and so do you. First to 10 wins.

You’ll get better at
Connecting the dots — seeing an idea where others see three random things. The founder’s instinct, and the exact skill a Youth Ideathon entry needs.

What’s in the box
132 cards across three decks — WHO, WHAT and HOW — plus Decoder and special cards.

Why it exists
Every student walks into an ideathon staring at a blank page. Idea Factory means they walk in with ideas. Built with Youth Ideathon.

Specs: 3–8 players · age 10+ · 10–20 min · 132 cards · card game