How to CEO

So I tried dabbling with being a CEO, but I can't seem to breakeven since I've had it, and I've had to transfer money to it. I attributed it earlier to the rapid expansion I was doing, but yet a lot of the corps I still have haven't made a profit. I changed salary levels to 300, and I also noticed that my Asset Management simply can't get supplies so I turned it's hiring down to 10% till I can buy shuttles. Any advice?

CEO: Viking Holdings Ltd on LU

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My advice is to stop playing your ceo and get a country first. I am not trying to get you down or being rude. I am trying to warn you that this is not going to work.
CEO's require months of work (real life months) and lots of investments. Starting a CEO without a country or the right knowledge is not something you want to do.

I took a look at your ceo. Please do not feel offended but just by looking at your ceo I can tell that you do not have much experience with simcountry. A few examples:
- you are building the wrong corps
- your salaries are to low
- you are building corps either to fast or not fast enough (depending on who you ask)
- your supply settings are wrong
- your sale strategy is not optimal

All of these things can be fixed but not in time with a ceo. Ceos are really unforgiving. Each corp costs money and you have no other income source then those corps. Right now you simpley do not have enough money left over to correct these things.

Anyway, I hope you will continue to play. Simcountry is a great game it just has a steep learning curve.

I do have a steady source of income from my country which I can funnel into my corp. Honestly, just felt like experimenting around. What would you recommend, if you had any? I know about the salary issue which led to hiring issues. I've now set it to 300 to start off and bump upto either 310, or 300, just to scoop workers off.
Probably wouldn't mind much if this CEO goes bankrupt, taking it as a learning experience.

TBH, I'm not expecting it to succeed first try. I had to try to get a country set up several times before I felt comfortable sticking with one. So yeah, gonna see how long it takes to crash and burn?

Alright if that is your angle then I am in. Here comes the 1 minute crash course:

- salaries a minimum of 350 a lot of ceos run 400
- no food, mining or government corps. Just don't build them.
- try to stay away from weapon corp unless you have a plan
- Sale: 150 start drop 1 per month
- supply go for a minimum of 9 months suply (most people run more)
- profit share either 0 if you are really active, or 30 if you are not very active
- use your ceo to buy 20 corps in your main.

If you already have a country lets get this ceo thing going! Just be ready for a LOOOOOOOOOOOONG ride ;)

Don't forget to order supply quality 215.

Cheers! Thank you! Let's see how this goes!

Alright, so I altered my strategy. What's the significance of supply quality? Does it affect the final production quality?

Yes it does. Corps have a maximum quality they can produce. 215 gets you as close as possible to the max. If you order higher quality supplies than that it just gets wasted.

Thank you. Also, is there a reason why mining and food don't seem to work?

I have no issue with them. I build a little of everything with my ceo.

Interesting. I ran a 200 supply setting. Thank you for the tip John.

The reason why I do not like them is because they have even bigger ups and downs then the other corps. If you have 600 corps and 50 of them are food/mining then It will not bother you very much. If you have 80 corps and 10 of those are food or mining you can have a very hard time turning a profit if the demand for those corps is in the green.

Personally, I find mining to be ok. It's Food, Agriculture, Recreation, and Military products that are very volatile, in my experience. Government products are mostly terrible, except Road/Rail/Water Maintenance, those tend to be pretty reliable.

Signed President of DanNation on LU