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Business Models
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“I wish I knew that sooner.”
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You’ve got a ton of options
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Early stage strategy is finding the few that matter.
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4% conversion rate = win!
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4% conversion rate = win?Wednesday, 7 August 13
We obsess over the details.
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And miss the big picture.
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Marketing Success!
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Business fail.
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We had a big picture
problem!Wednesday, 7 August 13
Alex Osterwalder’s
Business Model Canvas is the big picture.
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What happened? Let’s look at the business model...Wednesday, 7 August 13
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Your business model has holes
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We wanted more users, so we marketed...
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...which was rendered worthless by our retention.
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Stuff’s going wrong...
Let’s embrace it!
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Test the
scary bits first.(not the fun bits)
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Navigating through options, hypotheses & environmental changes.
Understanding dynamics between parts & articulating a clear story.
Parts
Whole
Progress
Checklists & dashboards1
2
3
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Changing something changes everything.
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A “simple” change.
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You can’t think about any one part without thinking about the rest.
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Faster production
Production
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Clothinglabels &
distributors
Faster production
Production
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Clothinglabels &
distributors
Faster tomarket
Faster production
Production
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Clothinglabels &
distributors
Faster tomarket
Faster production
Production
Production fees
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Faster production
Production
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Designers
Consumers
Fan BaseFaster production
Production
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Designers
Consumers
Fan Base
You design -
we do the rest.
Faster production
Production
Pool of talent
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Designers
Consumers
Fan Base
You design -
we do the rest.
Faster production
ProductionOnlinetools
Pool of talent
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Designers
Consumers
Fan Base
You design -
we do the rest.
Faster production
Production
Personalsupport
Onlinetools
Pool of talent
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Designers
Consumers
Fan BaseFacebookFacebook
You design -
we do the rest.
Faster production
Production
Personalsupport
Onlinetools
Pool of talent
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Designers
Consumers
Fan Base
Selling Clothes
FacebookFacebook
You design -
we do the rest.
Faster production
Production
Personalsupport
Onlinetools
Pool of talent
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Designers
Consumers
Fan Base
Selling Clothes
FacebookFacebook
You design -
we do the rest.
Faster production
Production
Personalsupport
Onlinetools
Pool of talent
Emerging
Designers
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Designers
Consumers
Fan Base
Selling Clothes
FacebookFacebook
You design -
we do the rest.
Faster production
Production
Personalsupport
Onlinetools
Pool of talent
Emerging
Designers
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You can’t think about any one part without thinking about the rest.
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Use the Canvas as X-Ray goggles.
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What on earth are you on about?
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Pick my brain.
PAIRS
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Present their model
ON STAGE
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How did you do?Explains the business?Focused on the main bits?Used fewest post-its?Good, engaging story?
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Good for vision, inventing and improving.
Bad for getting stuck on specifics that don’t work.
Tenacity
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Platform
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Platform
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Platform
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Platform
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Mass customisation
Value-basedpricing
App sale +in-app purchase Subscription
Transactional
Multi-sidedmarket
Licensing
CrowdsourceAd-supported
Event-supported
SaaS
Bundling
Viral
Direct-over-viral
Purchase-timing
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Know your options.
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What’s the big opportunity?
WRITE IT DOWN
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Business model prototypingNo writing on the canvas - use post-itsUse the post-its as you discuss. Move them around.3 minutes max per model - quantity over quality
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Business model prototypingNo writing on the canvas - use post-itsUse the post-its as you discuss. Move them around.3 minutes max per model - quantity over quality
Tip - aim for around 4-7 post-its per model
IN TEAMS
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Platform
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Platform
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Platform
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Platform
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Mass customisation
Value-basedpricing
App sale +in-app purchase Subscription
Transactional
Multi-sidedmarket
Licensing
CrowdsourceAd-supported
Event-supported
SaaS
Bundling
Viral
Direct-over-viral
Purchase-timing
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Navigating through options, hypotheses & environmental changes.
Understanding dynamics between parts & articulating a clear story.
Parts
Whole
Progress
Checklists & dashboards1
2
3
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Nail down your business model, one bit at a time.
Option cards
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One dynamic per card.2 -3 dots per card.
How do authors prebuild customer lists?
CLINIC
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One dynamic per card.2 -3 dots per card.
How do authors prebuild customer lists?
Will ppl buy pet food on Facebook?
CLINIC
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One dynamic per card.2 -3 dots per card.
How do authors prebuild customer lists?
Evan can intro me to Joe at Initrode.Will ppl buy pet
food on Facebook?
CLINIC
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One dynamic per card.2 -3 dots per card.
How do authors prebuild customer lists? Sell to y2k
software houses through Initrode
Evan can intro me to Joe at Initrode.Will ppl buy pet
food on Facebook?
CLINIC
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You’ve built a great app. Users use the free trial. They love it. They use it every day. When the free trial expires, they don’t buy.
Why?
DISCUSSION
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Scaffolding
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Understanding our options.
IN TEAMS
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Who will our next 10 customers be?Where are they looking? And for what?
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What needs do your customers have?How do they solve them now?
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To multiply my customer base by 10, I can attract them through _____________ .
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What are the different ways we can make money?
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How would our business change if we could only charge 5% of we’re planning to?
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How would our business change if we didn’t have a web site or app?
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When customers have this problem, or are tackling this task, where do they seek help and
advice?Wednesday, 7 August 13
Which customers have different expectations about service levels or relationship?
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What are our possible revenue streams? What customers pay for that, in that way, and why?
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Are there customers at the low-end who would pay less for lower performance? What if they
were our ONLY customer?Wednesday, 7 August 13
How could we increase switching costs?
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Who are the people in our network that can fast-track our business? How?
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Balancing focus &opportunity
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What I can do
What I’vegot
Small partnerships.
Affordable Loss.IN TEAMS
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“I wish I knew that sooner.”
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Pick a learning goalWhat big make-or-break risks or idea is the one you want to nail down this week?
(Hint: use the Canvas or metrics to make sure it’s relevant.)
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YourValidation heartbeat.
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Build
Learn
MeasureYourValidation heartbeat.
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Build
Learn
Measure
1) Start with your learning goal.
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Build
Learn
Measure
1) Start with your learning goal.
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Build
Learn
Measure
1) Start with your learning goal.
Learn Confirm
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Build
Learn
Measure
1) Start with your learning goal.
2) Then decide what you need to measure or observe.
Learn Confirm
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Build
Learn
Measure
1) Start with your learning goal.
2) Then decide what you need to measure or observe.
3) Then only build what it takes.
Learn Confirm
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Minimum ViableWhat is the minimum thing I need to build
to prove or disprove this?
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Limit your work in progress.
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Salim Virani@SaintSalsalim@saintsal.com
www.foundercentric.com
Thanks!
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Bonus!
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Meeting every week with fellow founders to share our weekly progress, and get advice to stay on track.
Braintrust
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Braintrust3 minutes each to present your learning & goals. 5 minutes each for feedback.
Feedback is focused on risks, learning methods & environment - not your ideas!
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Take 3 minutes to prepare at:
foundercentric.com/learningprogress
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What you learned.
Progress
Obstacles in reaching your learning goal.Problems
What will you learn by next week?Learning Goal
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Investor relationsTransparency & clarity on where they can help.
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Make the accelerator accelerate you!Lead time
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