Smart Structuring Methode | Business Canvas |
Category | Growth |
Short overview | The business canvas of Alexander Osterwalder and Yves Pigneur offers an excellent opportunity to structure business models. In addition to the external view, which includes customer segments, channels and customer relations, it also includes the outline of the sources of income for the company under consideration. The internal view includes the key partners, activities and resources as well as the expected costs. The central aspect is the value proposition to the potential customer segments. |
Online Reference | alexosterwalder.com |
Book | Business Model Generation: Ein Handbuch für Visionäre, Spielveränderer und Herausforderer |
Community | www.businessmodelcommunity.com |
Video | “Osterwalder explaining the Business Model” [42:28] Canvas |
Developed by | Alexander Osterwalder, Yves Pigneur |
Key words | Growth, business modelling |
Insights |
The methodology is a simple table with the 9 fields described above, divided into an external and internal view for the respective project. Anyone is free to fill the canvas from any point. Starting from the value proposition or customer segment is useful.
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Best usage for… |
Joint development of a rough business model for a company, event, project or product. The special advantage lies in its easy participation by the group. |
Weak result when… | Lack of openness/willingness for BigPicture discussion |
Template | There are a lot of templates for example for Microsoft Excel, I found this template very helpful: https://neoschronos.com/assets/lean-canvas.xls |
Needed time span | 2 hours plus; within team set-up 4-6 hours will be reasonable. |
Type of presentation |
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Size of group |
1-10 person |
Business Canvas – Growth
