A reason to show up
A monthly game members look forward to. Not another lecture: they make decisions, compete with each other and see the results.
Market Game in Iowa
For chambers of commerce in Iowa
A hands-on business game for your members, every month, in your room. Local business owners run competing companies in one shared market and see how price, marketing, capacity and cash decide who wins. Paid by your chamber — or by a sponsor.
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- Central Time
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Chambers of commerce in Iowa
The Founding Chamber spot in Iowa is open
The first chamber in Iowa to sign up gets a pilot game for $750 instead of $1,500 and a permanent place on this page.
We're compiling the list of chambers in Iowa. You don't have to wait for it: claim the Founding Chamber spot today — we'll set up a demo game for your board first.
Is your chamber missing?
What your chamber gets
Engagement
Non-dues revenue
Sponsorship
Networking
Turnkey
Impact
A signature program that runs every month
Income, not just cost
You sell the tickets and keep every dollar. One Elite game for management teams can pay for the whole year.
Free with a sponsor
A local bank or another sponsor can pay for the program. You get a ready-made sponsor package and prospectus to send them.
Networking with substance
Two hours of competing for the same customers tells members more about each other than any mixer.
You provide the room
Our host runs the game by video on your big screen. You get invitation texts for every month; members play on their phones or laptops.
Proof for your board
A short report after every game: who played, which businesses took part and what they took away.
What members experience
Two hours in a live market
Members don't listen to a lecture — they run a company. Teams compete for the same customers, and every decision shows up in revenue, profit and cash.
A debrief at the end turns the game into lessons they take back to their own business: pricing, marketing that does or doesn't pay off, capacity, and a cash gap that arrives before the profit does.
Programs & pricing
Try it first
One game
Full package
Best value
Same price, whoever pays
Every package can be paid by your chamber or by a sponsor — a bank, a credit union or another local company. The price stays the same.
Demo game
Free
60 minutes · online
For your board, your staff or your bank team. See the game before you buy.
Pilot
$1,500
one game · up to 20 teams
- Test the format with your members
- Invitation texts and a short report
- Credited toward the Annual Program if you sign within 90 days
- Founding Chamber of your state: $750
Signature Event
$3,000
one game · up to 20 teams
- Your chamber's branding on screens and materials
- Sponsor package: "Presented by", logo, a word from the sponsor
- Certificates for participants
- Report for your board and your sponsor
Annual Program
$18,000
a year · 12 games, one a month
- $1,500 per game, billed monthly
- Rotating audiences: future founders, owners, young professionals, your leadership class, member companies' teams
- Season leaderboard and a final at your annual meeting
- Branding, sponsor package, certificates and a report after every game
Paid by a sponsor? The games are free for your chamber. You sign the same 12-game agreement: you provide the room, invite members and run registration — the sponsor pays us. How sponsorship works
Banks and sponsors covering several chambers: $15,000 per chamber a year from 5 chambers; exclusive territory from 3 chambers in a metro area or 10 in a state.
Three game formats
Each game is played in one format, like the leagues of our open games. Tickets are per team, and a team can be one person or several.
Start
People about to start a business
- Game
- 12 game months · 2 hours
- Suggested ticket
- $25 per team
Growth
Owners of a running business
- Game
- 24 game months · 2.5 hours
- Suggested ticket
- $100 per team
Elite
Executives and management teams
- Game
- 36 game months · 4 hours
- Suggested ticket
- $3,000 per team
+$1,500 per game on top of your package
Add to any package
- In-person host from our team+$1,000 per game, plus travel at cost
- Spanish-language game+$500 per game
- Elite format+$1,500 per game · 4 hours, extended debrief
- Extra game beyond your package$1,500 per game
- Your sponsor's own host$2,500 per person · certification for bank or sponsor staff
By default, participants sit in your room and our host joins by video on your big screen. An in-person host is optional — or your sponsor's certified representative can host the game.
Program brief for your board PDF Sponsor prospectus with your chamber's name PDF
Will it pay for itself?
Tickets stay with your chamber
Suggested ticket prices match our open games: $25 per team for Start, $100 for Growth and $3,000 for Elite — Elite teams are usually paid for by their employer. Apply your usual member discounts. Every ticket dollar is yours.
Examples:
Your chamber's result
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- Ticket revenue
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- Sponsor
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- Program cost
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Travel for in-person hosts is billed at cost and not included. Suggested ticket prices; your chamber sets its own.
Elite pays for Start. And when a sponsor pays for the games, every ticket dollar is your chamber's income.
Open games
Open games in Iowa
Once a month we run an open online game on Iowa time. Anyone can join — an easy way for your staff, your board or your members to try the game. Your chamber's own games follow your own schedule.
First Wednesday of every month, 7:00 PM, Central Time.
Hosted online in English. Format: Growth — owners of a running business, $100 per team, 2.5 hours. You register on marketgame.club.
Beyond Iowa
Members who do business beyond the state
Across the U.S.companies working in several statesSelected
Online games where teams from different states compete in one market. Topics shift toward growth beyond the home market: capacity, financing an expansion, national competitors.
- Members play against owners from other states — nobody plays on home turf
- Fits national associations, franchise networks and multi-location companies
- Sponsors: national banks and SBA lenders
Internationallyimporters, exporters, foreign marketsSelected
Online games with teams from different countries. Topics: entering a market where locals already compete, pricing against incumbents, the cash gap of long payment terms.
- For members who import, export or sell abroad
- Fits AmChams, bi-national chambers and World Trade Centers
- Sponsors: banks with trade finance
For banks & sponsors
Put your bank in the game
Sooner or later, every team in the game needs a loan. With Market Game, the loan they take carries your name — and your representative can host the game in the room.
Banking partner in Iowa: open
- Your brand on the loan inside the game and your name on the screens
- Your certified representative hosts games in person — personal contact with local business owners
- "Presented by" in the chamber's invitations and on participant certificates
- Contacts of participants who opt in
- A report after every game
- May qualify for CRA community development credit — your CRA officer decides
| Demo game for your team | Free |
|---|---|
| One sponsored game | $3,000 |
| 12 games in one chamber | $18,000 a year |
| From 5 chambers | $15,000 per chamber a year |
| Exclusive: metro area | from 3 chambers |
| Exclusive: state | from 10 chambers |
| Host certification | $2,500 per person |
At 15–20 participants per game, $18,000 reaches 180–240 business owners a year — about $75–$100 per personal contact.
Chamber looking for a sponsor? Send your bank a ready-made sponsor prospectus with your chamber's name. Create the prospectus (PDF)
How it works
See it before you buy it
Request a demo game
Tell us who you are and where your members do business. It takes two minutes.
We agree on a time
A manager contacts you within one business day and sets up the demo at a time that suits you.
Play the demo
60 minutes online for your board, your staff or your bank team. Free.
Choose a package
Pilot, Signature Event or Annual Program — paid by your chamber or by a sponsor.
Games at your chamber
Members play in your room. Our host joins on the big screen, or your sponsor's certified host runs the game in person.
Report and next game
After every game you get a short report for your board and sponsor, and the next month's invitation texts.
Frequently asked
The short answers
For chambers
What happens at a game?
Teams of your members run competing companies in one shared market for about two hours, then go through a debrief. You don't need to learn the rules in advance — nobody does. How the game works
What do we need to host it?
A room, a big screen or projector and Wi-Fi. Participants play on their phones or laptops. Our host joins by video; an in-person host is optional ($1,000 per game plus travel).
How many people can play?
Four to twenty teams per game. A team can be one person or several, and the ticket is per team. The fuller the room, the tighter the market.
Who pays — the chamber or a sponsor?
Either. The price is the same. If a bank or another sponsor pays, the games are free for your chamber, and you still sign a 12-game agreement: you provide the room, invite members and run registration.
Can we charge members for tickets?
Yes, and the money stays with your chamber. Suggested prices per team: $25 for Start, $100 for Growth, $3,000 for Elite. Apply your usual member discounts. A paid ticket also cuts no-shows, which matters for a game: empty seats make the market thinner.
What if too few people register?
A game needs at least four teams. If registrations run low, we agree on a new date together.
Is it available in Spanish?
Yes, as an option: $500 per game.
Why not just send our members to your open games?
You can — open games are public and priced the same per team. A chamber program is different: it runs in your room, under your brand, for your members, and the ticket and sponsorship revenue is yours.
How do we pay?
We invoice in U.S. dollars. The Annual Program is billed monthly under a 12-month agreement.
For banks & sponsors
Is the loan in the game a real offer?
No. The game uses its own loan terms; your bank gives the loan its name. Nothing on screen is a credit offer, which keeps the review with your compliance team simple.
Can our own staff host the games?
Yes. Certification costs $2,500 per person: training plus two games next to our host. After that your representative hosts in person, and our team runs the game in the background by video.
Do we get the participants' contacts?
Only of those who opt in when they register. Everyone else's details stay with the chamber.
Does it count toward CRA?
It may. When your staff provide financial education to small businesses, the activity may qualify as a community development service. The decision is your CRA officer's; we provide attendance and participant reports for your file.
What does exclusivity mean?
Your bank becomes the only lender in our games in a territory — a metro area from 3 chambers or a whole state from 10. You get the first right to sponsor every new chamber there, a dedicated manager, quarterly reviews and host certification included.
Your next move
See the game before you pay for it
Book a free 60-minute demo game for your board or your team. A manager will agree on a time that suits you.