Elementeo - The Chemical Battlefield!

So far, I have been thinking that Suhaas Gopinath is the youngest Entrepreneur. But he has been pushed down by this middle school lad Anshul Samar who is only 13 years old. Do you know what he has done to be the youngest entrepreneur? Well, part of the title says that.

He's the CEO of a start up gaming company called Elementeo. His company is aiming to inject fun into Education - A way of learning chemistry in a fantasy board game. So, how does Elemento work? Let's see.

Elementeo is a game of chemistry based on Periodic Table of Chemical Elements. Two strong wills fighting against each other in a midst of an epic chemical battle, constantly trying to reduce their opponent's IQ to zero, is the strategy of the game. You do that by harnessing the strength and moving properties of the elements and compounds, and by using their reactionary powers. For example, Oxygen can rust any neighboring metal, or Copper Conductor can shock any metals and send them back to the lab. Each player starts off with 180 IQ points. IQ is about how much "brain power" you have. Einstein's IQ was supposed to be just over 160. The games starts by taking turns to place your army of elements on the battleground (ok, a 5 x 5 grid game mat), and then moving them based upon their properties. When your cards are face-to-face with your opponent's cards, you can attack them, and move to its place if your attack wins. When you reach the last row of the battleground (mat), you can directly attack the opponent's IQ. After attacking, that card disintegrates and goes to the toxic waste pile. The game is over when one side brings down the IQ of the other side to ZERO, or manages to push all the cards to the toxic waste pile.

Anshul's goal is to reach a revenue of $1 million by the end of summer 2008. Sources say that he has been attending Entrepreneurship conferences to gain some visibility. He has put together a team of 11 with his sister being the VP of Sales. Even young people like him inspires the aspiring Entrepreneurs nowadays. Hats off to this young digital geek and the Entrepreneur!

Want to get back to Chemistry and recollect what you know? Then you can get this board game after it is launched.