Business Model Canvas & Patterns

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Business Model Canvas & Patterns Sean Ammirati Partner, Birchmere Ventures Adjunct Professor, Carnegie Mellon University

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The Business Model Canvas (http://www.businessmodelgeneration.com/) has become a popular paradigm for concisely representing disruptive ideas. In this lecture, I explore how the framework can be used to look at "patterns" of previously successful startups and what may / may not be relevant for your startup. Slides from my Lean Entrepreneurship course @ Carnegie Mellon University (94-840)

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Business Model Canvas & Patterns

Sean Ammirati

Partner, Birchmere VenturesAdjunct Professor, Carnegie Mellon University

Why is the Business Model Canvas popular?

2004

2006

2010450+

http://www.businessmodelgeneration.com

Sketch & Articulate Alternatives...

http://www.businessmodelgeneration.com

Validate Hypothesis ...

Key Partnerships

Niche Content

Cost Structure

RevenueStreams

Key Activities

Key Resources

ValueProposition

CustomerRelationships

CustomerSegments

Niche Customers

Channels

Key Partnerships

Cost Structure

Revenue Free

Streams Paid

Key Activities

Key Resources

ValueProposition

Basic Usage

Premium Usage

CustomerRelationships

CustomerSegments

Casual

High Volume

Channels

A More In DepthExample

Why Birchbox Worked?

Financial Model

• Key Assumptions

• IS, BS, CF

• Scenarios

• Milestones / Key Metrics

Key Assumptions (ex)

Revenue Summary (ex)

Key Metrics (ex)

Subscription Revenue Stream

• CMRR: Committed Monthly Recurring Revenue

• Cash

• Churn

• CAC: Customer Acquisition Cost

• CLTV: Customer Life Time Value

• CPipe: CMRR Sales Pipline http://www.slideshare.net/botteri/cloudonomics-101-creating-a-financial-plan-for-your-saas-or-cloud-computing-business