Monopoly & Skill-Life
I had a great phone call yesterday with a gentleman from MIT. He had taken some time to look over our previous CentsCity.com site (now Skill-Life.com) and, of course, had just finished reading some of the latest news about the economic crisis this country (and the world at large) is facing. It led him to an interesting place…
As it turns out, he’s a fan of the board game Monopoly. I wasn’t surprised to learn that Monopoly is the most-played commercial boad game of all time and is in the Guinness Book of World Records. That wasn’t so much a surprise. Here’s the interesting part — Monopoly can be traced back to 1904 or so, but it really took off during the 1930′s — during the Great Depression.
I’ve always thought that Skill-Life was “right on time” so to speak. That’s seemed more and more the case over the last month. Ten years ago, the need and want for financial education might not have been as significant as it seems to be now. And the technology certainly wasn’t yet at the ready. Now more than ever, we need to get this product made and out into the world.
Perhaps there’s something to be learned from Monopoly’s journey up. I certainly hope to achieve that kind of reach and impact.
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