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Comprehensive field manuals, corporate strategy guides, industry production specifications, and economic lore for executive leadership.

Getting Started & Strategy

CEO Field Manual

Welcome to executive leadership! As a newly appointed CEO in Businessgame, your objective is to build an industrial empire from a Tier 0 Startup into a multi-billion euro Tier 5 Empire. Follow this step-by-step playbook to master your first turns.

1. Your First Steps: Starter Missions

Upon registering your corporation, navigate immediately to your Starter Missions portal:

  • Guided Milestones: Starter missions walk you through constructing your first raw extractors, managing warehouse stock, and listing goods on the global market.
  • Instant Capital Rewards: Completing starter missions awards bonus cash and starter resources to kickstart your growth trajectory.

2. Step-by-Step Industrial Growth Playbook

Every successful conglomerate expands through a disciplined four-stage pipeline:

Stage A: Raw Resource Extraction

Start by building basic raw extraction units on your Production Page (e.g. Iron Ore Mines, Crude Oil Wells, Timber Mills, Water Pumping Stations). Raw extractors produce basic inputs directly into your warehouse CBM storage every turn cycle.

Stage B: Value-Added Component Processing

Raw materials yield modest profits on their own. To increase your profit margins, build intermediate processing units (e.g. converting Iron Ore + Coal into Steel, or Crude Oil into Plastics). Higher-tier components command vastly higher market prices.

Stage C: Open Market Trading

Navigate to the Global Market to sell excess inventory to other players:

  • Check active sell listings to determine the current market equilibrium price.
  • Set competitive unit prices to ensure high inventory turnover and continuous cash flow.

Stage D: Warehouse Capacity & Upkeep Management

Monitor your warehouse CBM capacity on the Storage & Logistics page. If your warehouse reaches 100% capacity, all manufacturing facilities will freeze production until storage volume is freed.

3. Reaching Tier 1 Enterprise (€1,000,000 Net Worth)

When your combined cash, inventory, and facility assets hit €1,000,000, your company automatically upgrades to Scale Tier 1 Enterprise:

  • Corporate Office HQ Unlocked: Unlocks your Corporate HQ Office to hire executive department staff (Accounting, HR, Logistics Director, Waste Management).
  • Department Bonuses: Staff members grant powerful passive bonuses across your entire corporate network.

4. Essential Executive Survival Rules

Rule 1: Always Retain Liquid Cash Reserves

Never spend 100% of your cash on building new facilities. Every turn cycle incurs operational upkeep, labor wages, and energy expenses. Running out of cash can trigger bank overdraft fees or insolvency.

Rule 2: Keep Waste Under Storage Caps

Heavy manufacturing produces byproduct waste (Trash, Wastewater). Ensure you maintain sufficient Waste Certificates so byproduct caps never halt your primary assembly lines.