The problem was 'you are given X amount of seed money and two hours to make as much money as possible.' The problem was not 'you are given X amount of seed mon

The problem was 'you are given X amount of seed money and two hours to make as much money as possible.' The problem was not 'you are given X amount of seed money and two hours to make as much money as possible; however, you must use, and only use, that money while buying the materials you are going to require.' The problem was not designed to make students money but to show them that there are lots of possibilities in the world for success with hard entrepreneurial thought (they were given four days to think of a plan). I can be wrong, but I am pretty sure that the rules did not even matter (in the strictest sense). They could spend six dollars on buying signs and a bike pump to make their project a success because the goal of the "problem" was to open the minds of the young entrepreneurs. If each person did not come up with a brilliant idea, then there would be no harm. However, in mind of the problem, the students were supposed to hear what the other students did to achieve success because the path to achievement is the path to success. -> And that is why people take the class. They want to discover the path to success.