StartUp Business: Tycoon Sim
Build Empire, Manage Workers
Free · In-App Purchases · Designed for iPad
Build factories. Rule global markets. Version 3.1 brings live geopolitics, world events, and CEO rankings to your business empire.
StartUp Business
Build your empire from zero — no waiting, no auto-play. Every decision, every trade, every hire is yours.
Step into the role of a modern CEO and create the company you've always envisioned. Hire the right people, run factories, manage logistics, and compete on global markets as your business evolves in a living economy shaped by real supply, demand, and strategy.
Build factories
Place factories anywhere on the world map and industrialize production. Choose locations strategically to cut costs and speed up delivery by staying close to resources and major markets.
Ship globally
Sign shipping contracts and move goods across continents. Connect factories, warehouses, and points of sale into a logistics network that keeps products flowing when competitors try to disrupt your supply chain.
Build your team
Hire employees with distinct skills, personalities, salaries, and moods. Assemble teams, appoint leaders, and manage productivity to unlock bonuses and support long-term growth.
Relocate your HQ
Move your headquarters to any city worldwide. Your location affects operating costs, access to opportunities, and how your brand shows up on the global stage.
Expand your empire
Upgrade your headquarters, rent warehouses, and manage space efficiently as you grow. Scale across multiple product lines and industries without losing control of performance.
Produce and sell
Turn raw materials into finished products and sell on a live global market. Prices shift in real time based on supply, demand, and player activity — every production decision can pay off or create risk.
Trade with players worldwide
Buy and sell resources directly with other players in a true multiplayer economy. Shortages, overproduction, and sudden demand can reshape markets and open new opportunities overnight.
Go public
List your company on the stock market and let others invest in your success. Manage reputation, growth expectations, and shareholder value as a public company.
Get AI-powered guidance
Unlock Board AI advisors for economy, wallet, warehouse, and supply chain decisions — built for players who want data-driven strategy, not guesswork.
Stay informed
Follow SBNews to track market changes, global trends, and emerging opportunities that can influence your next move.
Compete every week
Climb weekly leaderboards and earn exclusive rewards, including unique headquarters skins and premium boosts.
If you enjoy building, managing, trading, and watching a real economy respond to your decisions, StartUp Business is your world.
Ready to become the next global tycoon?
Download StartUp Business today and start building your empire.
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more Version 3.1.6
What's New:
- Slot machine payouts got a serious raise. Same fruit, much fatter bonus checks.
- Huge Club jackpots no longer crash your empire's calculator. Vault and Auction stay calm even when your wallet looks like a phone number.
- Employee profiles got a cleaner desk: identity, performance, and salary finally live in one place instead of three sticky notes.
- Tutorial checklist now marks finished missions, so empire-building 101 stops assigning the same homework twice.
- "Build a factory" tutorial sends you to Factories in Management instead of a scavenger hunt on the World Map.
- Set Salary on the CEO profile is harder to miss. Pay yourself like the boss you keep telling everyone you are.
3.1.6 2 days ago
Version 3.1.5
What's New:
- CEO bonus cards now spell out the deal in plain localized text: negotiation juice and productivity perks, no MBA required.
- Staffing your factories got smoother. Assign talent to the floor without the spreadsheet headache.
- World map geopolitics should stop face-planting when the map is still warming up. Empires hate surprise crashes.
3.1.5 6 days ago
Version 3.1.4
What's New:
- Your CEO profile now flashes net worth right next to the swagger. Cash is cute; empire value is the boardroom flex.
- Slots and roulette unlocked whale-tier chips: 100K, 500K, and a cool million. Because “responsible betting” was never in the business plan.
- Subscriptions got a sharper pitch deck: monthly vs yearly toggle, savings callouts, and a clearer plan comparison so you can upgrade like a grown-up capitalist.
- Selling inventory should stop freezing when duplicate stock rows pile up. The warehouse finally remembers which crates are which.
- Economy math no longer trips over itself mid-tick. Fewer random crashes, more uninterrupted empire building.
3.1.4 18 Jul
Version 3.1.3
What's New:
- Black Market buy and sell screens finally got a proper trading desk: pricing, quantities, and warehouse picks laid out so you close shady deals without squinting at a spreadsheet.
- Listings now line up by price with the steal-of-the-day flagged up front. Your inner bargain hunter can stop doom-scrolling like it is a garage sale.
- New privacy controls in Settings let you decide what usage data leaves the building. Your analytics, your rules, your nondisclosure energy.
- We chased gremlins out of the back office. Fewer freezes, fewer headaches, more time running your empire instead of troubleshooting it.
3.1.3 15 Jul
Version 3.1.2
What's New:
- Components in the Products list now display accurate prices, margins, and estimated revenue from your active listings.
- Fixed some bugs and UI improvements.
3.1.2 12 Jul
Version 3.1.1
What's New:
- Market Highlights for Growth subscribers: explore world sales rankings, revenue trends, market health, top CEOs, logistics hotspots, and standout opportunities.
- Refreshed Economy Dashboard with clearer Growth plan upgrade prompts and updated financial charts and summary cards.
- Weekly production quests now count finished products correctly, with updated "Create products" objectives.
- Growth subscription and store pages now list Economy Dashboard and Market Highlights as included plan benefits.
- CEO ranking leaderboard loads and scrolls more smoothly when browsing top players.
3.1.1 10 Jul
StartUp Business 3.1.0 brings a new CEO identity and a deeper World Map strategy.
CEO Profile
Create a personal CEO brand that’s separate from your company. Pick a custom name and avatar, then grow your Prestige Score. Manage a personal CEO Wallet funded by your company salary, and collect luxury assets across five categories: Cars, Jets, Yachts, Real Estate, and Luxury. Each category delivers real business advantages, including cheaper Points of Sale, lower loan interest, and happier employees.
The Club
Step into a fictional CEO-only lounge inside your profile. Spend from your personal CEO Wallet on CEO Roulette and CEO Slot Machine. There’s no real money and no real gambling, just a fun way to add flavor to your CEO role.
CEO Rankings
Climb a new global leaderboard based on Prestige Score and net worth. View public profiles for inspiration or keep your own identity private.
Geopolitics — World Map
The World Map now includes region-specific strategy. Seven world regions have their own tax rates, diplomatic ties, and market conditions. Build Your Presence by making decisions around sales, factories, and workforce. As your regional reputation grows from Unknown to Iconic, unlock real bonuses that improve pricing and demand.
Live World Events
World Events are now visible on the map and impact the economy as they happen. Trade deals, booms, crises, and more can shift prices and demand across markets. Track events on the World Map, in Markets, on product screens, and right at the point of sale.
Build your empire, play at The Club, and dominate the rankings.
3.1.0 6 Jul
Version 3.0.12
What's New:
- Updated random events.
- Improved multiple employee bonuses with quick amount presets, total cost preview, and estimated happiness impact before you confirm payment.
- Redesigned multiple employee benefits with an updated layout, cost summary, and balance check before applying changes.
- Revised bulk hiring to show percentage-above-requested or fixed-base salary options, per-candidate offer details, and total annual payroll cost.
- Enhanced bulk salary increases with a fixed monthly salary option for all selected staff and a refreshed selection and review screen.
3.0.12 29 May
Version 3.0.11
What's New:
- Material requests are grouped by material so you can see which items have open demand and open each one to manage its requests.
- Search materials on the requests list and search by company name when viewing requests for a single material.
- Bulk salary increases have a redesigned flow with quick raise presets, monthly or annual payroll preview, talent filters, and select all for the filtered employee list.
3.0.11 26 May
Version 3.0.10
What's New:
- Fulfill material requests using any materials in your inventory, not only what your factories produced.
- Completed material requests are removed once delivery finishes, so finished deals no longer clutter the list.
- Material inventory updates more reliably when fulfilling requests across multiple warehouses.
- Monthly Outcome opens faster, shows a loading state while expenses are prepared, and lists long sections in smaller batches with Show more.
- The 30-day expense chart on Monthly Outcome reflects your recent spending more accurately.
3.0.10 24 May
Version 3.0.9
What's New:
- Your inventory now stays accurate when materials are spread across multiple warehouses.
- Hire faster with one-tap shortcuts when posting new job openings.
- Fulfill material requests more easily, with clearer pricing and a better view of what you can deliver.
3.0.9 20 May
Version 3.0.8
What's New:
- On each product listing, you can open a breakdown that shows revenue, production cost, gross profit, estimated taxes, and net profit so you see exactly what that offer earns.
- Assigning employees to a factory now uses the correct count of hired workers already at that factory, so capacity limits apply the way you expect.
3.0.8 13 May
Version 3.0.7
What's New:
- Apply benefits to multiple employees at once using batch actions on the employee list.
- Company slot limits stay consistent across the store, purchases, and company creation for premium and non-premium players.
- Market listings on product screens load with improved matching to your products and materials, with clearer quantities offered for sale.
- The products list updates listing-based counts more reliably after your product catalog finishes loading.
- Factory assignment on employees clears correctly when those employees are not hired.
- Fixed various bugs!
3.0.7 12 May
Version 3.0.6
What's New:
- Improved bulk hiring with clearer requested salary ranges and better visibility when selected employees require different offers.
- Added faster multi-employee layoff tools, including easier selection of filtered employees.
- Employee-related expenses and workforce changes are now shown more clearly in the Outcome screen for better financial tracking.
- Improved factory employee assignment by better enforcing employee capacity limits.
- New companies now start with a higher opening balance of 10,000 SBC.
3.0.6 5 May
Version 3.0.5
What’s New
- Request Materials for everyone: Now you can send material requests to all players, so you can quickly get what you need.
- Improved stability: We fixed bugs to make gameplay smoother and more reliable.
3.0.5 15 Apr
What’s New
Factories
- Build and manage your own factories directly on the world map. Place factories wherever you want, organize production by category, and expand your industrial network from the ground up. Factories are now the foundation of your growth in 3.0.
Shipping Contracts
- Create shipping contracts to define delivery routes and control where your goods move. Choose destinations strategically, because every logistics decision directly affects your margins and profitability.
Energy Contracts
- Treat energy like a true operational resource. Track energy costs in detail, control usage, and make smarter business decisions. Energy is no longer free, and your planning will show it.
Headquarter Relocation
- Move your company headquarters to any city in the world. Select the location that best supports your geographic strategy and overall operations.
Service Contracts Overview
- Get a clear, at-a-glance view of all your active contracts. The new overview screen shows shipping, energy, and more in one place, so you can react faster to changing conditions.
Weather Effects
- The world now changes with dynamic weather effects. Turn weather on or off anytime from Settings to match your preferred level of realism.
Employees
- New Business Car benefit and Bonus options
- Reward employees with Bonuses when they perform well.
- Live chemistry score
- Factories now show a live chemistry score for assigned employees, based on veteran seniority bonuses and personality conflict penalties.
- Promotions! Promote employees to increase their stars and strengthen your team.
Improvements:
Warehouses
- New tools help you distribute materials across transactions. A guided tutorial walks you through the warehouse-to-point-of-sale flow so you never miss a step.
Employees
- When hiring, you can now set a contract end date for tighter, more precise workforce planning.
Stock and Trading
-Refunds are now calculated automatically when you delete a stock item. Trading wallet handling has been improved for smoother transactions.
Tutorial
- New tutorial steps cover factory placement and shipping contracts, integrated into the existing guided flow.
Performance and Stability
- General optimizations, updated vacation protection logic, operational hours support, and UI improvements for clearer account status notifications.
Bug Fixes
- Resolved various data handling and stability problems.
- Fixed a Star Quality issue in the Components market.
Version 3.0 starts a new era for StartUp Business.
Physical infrastructure, operational costs, and logistics are now at the center of the simulation.
Welcome to the real game.
3.0.4 4 Apr
What’s New
Factories
- Build and manage your own factories directly on the world map. Place factories wherever you want, organize production by category, and expand your industrial network from the ground up. Factories are now the foundation of your growth in 3.0.
Shipping Contracts
- Create shipping contracts to define delivery routes and control where your goods move. Choose destinations strategically, because every logistics decision directly affects your margins and profitability.
Energy Contracts
- Treat energy like a true operational resource. Track energy costs in detail, control usage, and make smarter business decisions. Energy is no longer free, and your planning will show it.
Headquarter Relocation
- Move your company headquarters to any city in the world. Select the location that best supports your geographic strategy and overall operations.
Service Contracts Overview
- Get a clear, at-a-glance view of all your active contracts. The new overview screen shows shipping, energy, and more in one place, so you can react faster to changing conditions.
Weather Effects
- The world now changes with dynamic weather effects. Turn weather on or off anytime from Settings to match your preferred level of realism.
Employees
- New Business Car benefit and Bonus options
- Reward employees with Bonuses when they perform well.
- Live chemistry score
- Factories now show a live chemistry score for assigned employees, based on veteran seniority bonuses and personality conflict penalties.
- Promotions! Promote employees to increase their stars and strengthen your team.
Improvements:
Warehouses
- New tools help you distribute materials across transactions. A guided tutorial walks you through the warehouse-to-point-of-sale flow so you never miss a step.
Employees
- When hiring, you can now set a contract end date for tighter, more precise workforce planning.
Stock and Trading
-Refunds are now calculated automatically when you delete a stock item. Trading wallet handling has been improved for smoother transactions.
Tutorial
- New tutorial steps cover factory placement and shipping contracts, integrated into the existing guided flow.
Performance and Stability
- General optimizations, updated vacation protection logic, operational hours support, and UI improvements for clearer account status notifications.
Bug Fixes
- Resolved various data handling and stability problems.
- Fixed a Star Quality issue in the Components market.
Version 3.0 starts a new era for StartUp Business.
Physical infrastructure, operational costs, and logistics are now at the center of the simulation.
Welcome to the real game.
3.0.3 3 Apr
What’s New
Factories
- Build and manage your own factories directly on the world map. Place factories wherever you want, organize production by category, and expand your industrial network from the ground up. Factories are now the foundation of your growth in 3.0.
Shipping Contracts
- Create shipping contracts to define delivery routes and control where your goods move. Choose destinations strategically, because every logistics decision directly affects your margins and profitability.
Energy Contracts
- Treat energy like a true operational resource. Track energy costs in detail, control usage, and make smarter business decisions. Energy is no longer free, and your planning will show it.
Headquarter Relocation
- Move your company headquarters to any city in the world. Select the location that best supports your geographic strategy and overall operations.
Service Contracts Overview
- Get a clear, at-a-glance view of all your active contracts. The new overview screen shows shipping, energy, and more in one place, so you can react faster to changing conditions.
Weather Effects
- The world now changes with dynamic weather effects. Turn weather on or off anytime from Settings to match your preferred level of realism.
Employees
- New Business Car benefit and Bonus options
- Reward employees with Bonuses when they perform well.
- Live chemistry score
- Factories now show a live chemistry score for assigned employees, based on veteran seniority bonuses and personality conflict penalties.
- Promotions! Promote employees to increase their stars and strengthen your team.
Improvements:
Warehouses
- New tools help you distribute materials across transactions. A guided tutorial walks you through the warehouse-to-point-of-sale flow so you never miss a step.
Employees
- When hiring, you can now set a contract end date for tighter, more precise workforce planning.
Stock and Trading
-Refunds are now calculated automatically when you delete a stock item. Trading wallet handling has been improved for smoother transactions.
Tutorial
- New tutorial steps cover factory placement and shipping contracts, integrated into the existing guided flow.
Performance and Stability
- General optimizations, updated vacation protection logic, operational hours support, and UI improvements for clearer account status notifications.
Bug Fixes
- Resolved various data handling and stability problems.
- Fixed a Star Quality issue in the Components market.
Version 3.0 starts a new era for StartUp Business.
Physical infrastructure, operational costs, and logistics are now at the center of the simulation.
Welcome to the real game.
3.0.2 2 Apr
What’s New
Factories
- Build and manage your own factories directly on the world map. Place factories wherever you want, organize production by category, and expand your industrial network from the ground up. Factories are now the foundation of your growth in 3.0.
Shipping Contracts
- Create shipping contracts to define delivery routes and control where your goods move. Choose destinations strategically, because every logistics decision directly affects your margins and profitability.
Energy Contracts
- Treat energy like a true operational resource. Track energy costs in detail, control usage, and make smarter business decisions. Energy is no longer free, and your planning will show it.
Headquarter Relocation
- Move your company headquarters to any city in the world. Select the location that best supports your geographic strategy and overall operations.
Service Contracts Overview
- Get a clear, at-a-glance view of all your active contracts. The new overview screen shows shipping, energy, and more in one place, so you can react faster to changing conditions.
Weather Effects
- The world now changes with dynamic weather effects. Turn weather on or off anytime from Settings to match your preferred level of realism.
Employees
- New Business Car benefit and Bonus options
- Reward employees with Bonuses when they perform well.
- Live chemistry score
- Factories now show a live chemistry score for assigned employees, based on veteran seniority bonuses and personality conflict penalties.
- Promotions! Promote employees to increase their stars and strengthen your team.
Improvements:
Warehouses
- New tools help you distribute materials across transactions. A guided tutorial walks you through the warehouse-to-point-of-sale flow so you never miss a step.
Employees
- When hiring, you can now set a contract end date for tighter, more precise workforce planning.
Stock and Trading
-Refunds are now calculated automatically when you delete a stock item. Trading wallet handling has been improved for smoother transactions.
Tutorial
- New tutorial steps cover factory placement and shipping contracts, integrated into the existing guided flow.
Performance and Stability
- General optimizations, updated vacation protection logic, operational hours support, and UI improvements for clearer account status notifications.
Bug Fixes
- Resolved various data handling and stability problems.
- Fixed a Star Quality issue in the Components market.
Version 3.0 starts a new era for StartUp Business.
Physical infrastructure, operational costs, and logistics are now at the center of the simulation.
Welcome to the real game.
3.0.1 1 Apr
What’s New
Factories
- Build and manage your own factories directly on the world map. Place factories wherever you want, organize production by category, and expand your industrial network from the ground up. Factories are now the foundation of your growth in 3.0.
Shipping Contracts
- Create shipping contracts to define delivery routes and control where your goods move. Choose destinations strategically, because every logistics decision directly affects your margins and profitability.
Energy Contracts
- Treat energy like a true operational resource. Track energy costs in detail, control usage, and make smarter business decisions. Energy is no longer free, and your planning will show it.
Headquarter Relocation
- Move your company headquarters to any city in the world. Select the location that best supports your geographic strategy and overall operations.
Service Contracts Overview
- Get a clear, at-a-glance view of all your active contracts. The new overview screen shows shipping, energy, and more in one place, so you can react faster to changing conditions.
Weather Effects
- The world now changes with dynamic weather effects. Turn weather on or off anytime from Settings to match your preferred level of realism.
Employees
- New Business Car benefit and Bonus options
- Reward employees with Bonuses when they perform well.
- Live chemistry score
- Factories now show a live chemistry score for assigned employees, based on veteran seniority bonuses and personality conflict penalties.
- Promotions! Promote employees to increase their stars and strengthen your team.
Improvements:
Warehouses
- New tools help you distribute materials across transactions. A guided tutorial walks you through the warehouse-to-point-of-sale flow so you never miss a step.
Employees
- When hiring, you can now set a contract end date for tighter, more precise workforce planning.
Stock and Trading
-Refunds are now calculated automatically when you delete a stock item. Trading wallet handling has been improved for smoother transactions.
Tutorial
- New tutorial steps cover factory placement and shipping contracts, integrated into the existing guided flow.
Performance and Stability
- General optimizations, updated vacation protection logic, operational hours support, and UI improvements for clearer account status notifications.
Bug Fixes
- Resolved various data handling and stability problems.
- Fixed a Star Quality issue in the Components market.
Version 3.0 starts a new era for StartUp Business.
Physical infrastructure, operational costs, and logistics are now at the center of the simulation.
Welcome to the real game.
3.0.0 31 Mar
What's New
Bug fixes!
2.14.4 25 Mar
Version 2.14.3
What's New
Bug fixes!
2.14.3 23 Mar
Version 2.14.0
What's New
Board AI (Enterprise)
AI-powered advisors now available across the app: Economy Advisor, Wallet Advisor for trading insights, Warehouse Advisor for inventory decisions, and Supply Chain Advisor in product creation.
Enterprise Plan
New subscription tier with full Board AI access and UI improvements.
Map & Warehouses
Warehouse locations now appear on the map with size indicators.
Product Creation
New materials tree to visualize components and requirements for any product.
Change layout
You can now change the game layout as you like. You can share it too! Find the best layout for your needs.
New Warehouses images
Now warehouses have images! Take a look at your warehouses on the World Map too!
Bug Fixes
Fixed an issue where the first point of sale incorrectly required materials.
2.14.2 12 Mar
Version 2.14.0
What's New
Board AI (Enterprise)
AI-powered advisors now available across the app: Economy Advisor, Wallet Advisor for trading insights, Warehouse Advisor for inventory decisions, and Supply Chain Advisor in product creation.
Enterprise Plan
New subscription tier with full Board AI access and UI improvements.
Map & Warehouses
Warehouse locations now appear on the map with size indicators.
Product Creation
New materials tree to visualize components and requirements for any product.
Change layout
You can now change the game layout as you like. You can share it too! Find the best layout for your needs.
New Warehouses images
Now warehouses have images! Take a look at your warehouses on the World Map too!
Bug Fixes
Fixed an issue where the first point of sale incorrectly required materials.
2.14.1 11 Mar
Version 2.14.0
What's New
Board AI (Enterprise)
AI-powered advisors now available across the app: Economy Advisor, Wallet Advisor for trading insights, Warehouse Advisor for inventory decisions, and Supply Chain Advisor in product creation.
Enterprise Plan
New subscription tier with full Board AI access and UI improvements.
Map & Warehouses
Warehouse locations now appear on the map with size indicators.
Product Creation
New materials tree to visualize components and requirements for any product.
Change layout
You can now change the game layout as you like. You can share it too! Find the best layout for your needs.
New Warehouses images
Now warehouses have images! Take a look at your warehouses on the World Map too!
Bug Fixes
Fixed an issue where the first point of sale incorrectly required materials.
2.14.0 10 Mar
Version 3.1.6
What's New:
- Slot machine payouts got a serious raise. Same fruit, much fatter bonus checks.
- Huge Club jackpots no longer crash your empire's calculator. Vault and Auction stay calm even when your wallet looks like a phone number.
- Employee profiles got a cleaner desk: identity, performance, and salary finally live in one place instead of three sticky notes.
- Tutorial checklist now marks finished missions, so empire-building 101 stops assigning the same homework twice.
- "Build a factory" tutorial sends you to Factories in Management instead of a scavenger hunt on the World Map.
- Set Salary on the CEO profile is harder to miss. Pay yourself like the boss you keep telling everyone you are.
more Version 3.1.6 2 days ago
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