![VENTURE DESIGN STACK
Operational Stack
Who is the
buyer? User?
What problem(s)
are you solving?
Personas
Problem Scenarios
What’s the
business?
Positioning Statement,
Business Model
Canvas
What has to
happen?
Lean Startup-Style
Assumptions
What are we
building?
Why?
User Stories "
What economics
and requirement
for cash?
Lean Financial
Model
What’s the
operating
environment like?
Wireframes/
Prototypes
Five Forces Analysis
Presentation Stack
I need a compact
overview
I need to
communicate
[various items in
Ops Stack]
Pitch Deck
(coming soon)
Corp. Website
I’m going to a
bank, traditional
investor
Business Plan
I need to present
financial (tax,
financiers).
Income Statement,
Statement of Cash
Flows, Balance
Sheet
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![1. List as many personas as you can- min. 3"
2. More time? Describe as much as you can the
items below. (5 min)
MARY THE MOM
About: Mary the mom. . . [Describe like your friend or the beginning
of a short story. What kind of shoes does she wear?]. . .
Thinks: . . .
Sees: . . .
Feels: . . .
Does: . . .
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Business Model Canvas Workshop at the Startup Leadership Program
The document provides an overview of using the Business Model Canvas tool for developing a business venture. It includes templates of the Business Model Canvas with explanations of the different sections. The Canvas is presented as a tool to help structure customer development, map customer segments to value propositions, and think through key aspects of a business like partnerships, activities, resources and costs. The document emphasizes an iterative process of testing assumptions using the Canvas as the focal point. Copyright information is provided at the end of most pages.
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- 1. Venture Design Workshop:! Business Model Canvas! Copyright2013 Cowan Publishing
- 2. (Key Partners) (Key Activities) (Key Resources) (Cost Structure) (Value (Customer Propositions) Relationships) (Customer Segments) (Channels) (RevenueStreams) The templates here are made available on the same CC license terms as the original canvas. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit http:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, 171 Second Street, Suite 300, San Francisco, California, 94105, USA. Copyright 2013 Cowan Publishing
- 3. CUSTOMER DEVELOPMENT MVP Product-Market Fit(?) Scale PIVOTAL ASSUMPTIONS Nascent Test, revise, test... Validated- now tactical Validated- now tactical PRODUCT N/A MVP Focus: efficiency, extension What would a startup do?? ORG. Founders PARTNERS, CHANNELS Customer dev. team Full functional organization Scalable organization Probably too soon Probably too soon Yeah, maybe? Yeah, definitely! Copyright 2013 Cowan Publishing
- 4. CUSTOMER DEVELOPMENT &THE CANVAS MVP Product-Market Fit(?) Scale Thinking through what you want the business to be for a better idea of what you don’t know. " " Then use that to focus your discovery. Copyright 2013 Cowan Publishing
- 5. CUSTOMER DEVELOPMENT &THE CANVAS MVP Product-Market Fit(?) Scale Organizational and focal point for managing your assumptions- which are open, closed; inter-relationships. " " Copyright 2013 Cowan Publishing
- 6. CUSTOMER DEVELOPMENT &THE CANVAS MVP Product-Market Fit(?) Scale Focal point for organizing incremental ‘growth hacking’ experiments. Copyright 2013 Cowan Publishing
- 7. CUSTOMER DEVELOPMENT &THE CANVAS MVP Product-Market Fit(?) Scale Strategy management tool and jumping off point for new ‘intrapreneurial’ ventures and business model innovation. Copyright 2013 Cowan Publishing
- 8. The Canvas isa housekeeping tool. " It won’t hand you the gold but it will help you monitor how things are panning out. ALEX COWAN" AlexanderCowan.com" @cowanSF Copyright 2013 Cowan Publishing
- 9. VENTURE DESIGN Hypothesize Lean StartupStyleAssumptions User Stories Test Cases Learn Experiment Product & Promotion Business Model Canvas Foundation in Design Thinking Copyright 2013 Cowan Publishing
- 10. VENTURE DESIGN STACK OperationalStack Who is the buyer? User? What problem(s) are you solving? Personas Problem Scenarios What’s the business? Positioning Statement, Business Model Canvas What has to happen? Lean Startup-Style Assumptions What are we building? Why? User Stories " What economics and requirement for cash? Lean Financial Model What’s the operating environment like? Wireframes/ Prototypes Five Forces Analysis Presentation Stack I need a compact overview I need to communicate [various items in Ops Stack] Pitch Deck (coming soon) Corp. Website I’m going to a bank, traditional investor Business Plan I need to present financial (tax, financiers). Income Statement, Statement of Cash Flows, Balance Sheet h"p://bit.ly/venstack Copyright 2013 Cowan Publishing
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- 12. IT’S A PROCESS Sometechniques are more effective than others. But they all require substantial, consistent exertion. Copyright 2013 Cowan Publishing
- 13. THE CANVAS: 3(STANDARD) PARTS Partner_1 Partner_2 Partner_3 Activity_1 Activity_2 Activity_3 Proposition_1 Proposition_2 Proposition_3 Relationship_1 Relationship_2 Relationship_3 Resource_1 Resource_2 Resource_3 Cost_1 Cost_2 Cost_3 The templates here are made available on the same CC license terms as the original canvas. O ering Customers Infrastructure Segment_1 Segment_2 Segment_3 Channel_1 Channel_2 Channel_3 Revenue_1 Revenue_2 Revenue_3 This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit http:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, 171 Second Street, Suite 300, San Francisco, California, 94105, USA. Copyright 2013 Cowan Publishing
- 14. SEGMENT TO VALPROPMAPPING Partner_1 Partner_2 Partner_3 Activity_1 Activity_2 Activity_3 Proposition_1 Proposition_2 Proposition_3 Relationship_1 Relationship_2 Relationship_3 Resource_1 Resource_2 Resource_3 Cost_1 Cost_2 Cost_3 The templates here are made available on the same CC license terms as the original canvas. Segment_1 Segment_2 Segment_3 Channel_1 Channel_2 Channel_3 Revenue_1 Revenue_2 Revenue_3 This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit http:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, 171 Second Street, Suite 300, San Francisco, California, 94105, USA. Copyright 2013 Cowan Publishing
- 15. THE INDEPENDENT VARIABLE Customer Segments Value Propositions (Key Partners) (Key Activities) (Key Resources) (CostStructure) (Value (Customer Propositions) Relationships) (Customer Segments) (Channels) (Revenue Streams) The templates here are made available on the same CC license terms as the original canvas. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit http:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, 171 Second Street, Suite 300, San Francisco, California, 94105, USA. Copyright 2013 Cowan Publishing
- 16. CUSTOMER SEGMENTS VS.PERSONAS Customer Segments g ≈ Personas Copyright 2013 Cowan Publishing
- 17. 1. List asmany personas as you can- min. 3" 2. More time? Describe as much as you can the items below. (5 min) MARY THE MOM About: Mary the mom. . . [Describe like your friend or the beginning of a short story. What kind of shoes does she wear?]. . . Thinks: . . . Sees: . . . Feels: . . . Does: . . . Copyright 2013 Cowan Publishing
- 18. 1. Which arebuyers? Users? Both? Note with a ‘B’ and/or ‘U’ on the Post-It (2 min.) 2. Which have the most compelling need, desire? Sort top to bottom (3 min.) Copyright 2013 Cowan Publishing
- 19. CUSTOMER SEGMENTS +VALUE PROP’S X ? ! PROBLEM SCENARIO ALTERNATIVE(S) YOUR VALUE PROPOSITIONS Copyright 2013 Cowan Publishing
- 20. 1. Brainstorm ProblemScenario-AlternativeValue Proposition Trios. (10 min.) X ? ! PROBLEM SCENARIO ALTERNATIVE(S) YOUR VALUE PROPOSITIONS Copyright 2013 Cowan Publishing
- 21. 2. Rank OrderProblem Scenario-AlternativeValue Proposition Trios. (3 min.) X ? ! PROBLEM SCENARIO ALTERNATIVE(S) YOUR VALUE PROPOSITIONS Copyright 2013 Cowan Publishing
- 22. 1. Print outthe Canvas " 2. List your prioritized personas (Customer Segments) and Value Propositions" 3. Map your personas to your Value Propositions " (5 min) Partner_1 Partner_2 Partner_3 Activity_1 Activity_2 Activity_3 Proposition_1 Proposition_2 Proposition_3 Relationship_1 Relationship_2 Relationship_3 Resource_1 Resource_2 Resource_3 Cost_1 Cost_2 Cost_3 The templates here are made available on the same CC license terms as the original canvas. Segment_1 Segment_2 Segment_3 Channel_1 Channel_2 Channel_3 Revenue_1 Revenue_2 Revenue_3 Copyright 2013 Cowan Publishing This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit http:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, 171 Second Street, Suite 300, San Francisco, California, 94105, USA.
- 23. RELATIONSHIPS & CHANNELS Partner_1 Partner_2 Partner_3 Activity_1 Activity_2 Activity_3 Proposition_1 Proposition_2 Proposition_3 Relationship_1 Relationship_2 Relationship_3 Resource_1 Resource_2 Resource_3 Cost_1 Cost_2 Cost_3 Thetemplates here are made available on the same CC license terms as the original canvas. O ering Customers Infrastructure Segment_1 Segment_2 Segment_3 Channel_1 Channel_2 Channel_3 Revenue_1 Revenue_2 Revenue_3 This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit http:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, 171 Second Street, Suite 300, San Francisco, California, 94105, USA. Copyright 2013 Cowan Publishing
- 24. A ttention I nterest Desire A ction O nboarding R etention Copyright 2013 Cowan Publishing
- 25. AIDA(OR) ON ASTORYBOARD Copyright 2012 Cowan Publishing
- 26. 1. Using thesquares, create an AIDA(OR) storyboard (15 min)" Copyright 2013 Cowan Publishing
- 27. CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIPS Customer Relationships GETTING STARTED" 1.Bounce off your take on AIDA(OR) " 2. Decouple any concierge/hand-holding actions you use for discovery from your target steady state" 3. Variation by segment?" 4. How will you know if it’s working? Copyright 2013 Cowan Publishing
- 28. 1. Describe (generally)your target Customer Relationship(s). Do they vary by Segment? (3 min) Copyright 2013 Cowan Publishing
- 29. CHANNELS Channels GETTING STARTED" 1. Bounceoff your take on AIDA(OR) " 2. Variation by segment?" 3. How will you know if it’s working? Copyright 2013 Cowan Publishing
- 30. 1. Describe (generally)your target Channels. Do they vary by Segment? (3 min) Copyright 2013 Cowan Publishing
- 31. REVENUE STREAMS Don’t overcomplicateit." " When a plumber does something, you pay them." " If a sink garbage disposal lasts twice as long, you’d pay more, right? ALEX COWAN" AlexanderCowan.com" @cowanSF Copyright 2013 Cowan Publishing
- 32. SEGMENT TO VALPROPTO REVENUE Partner_1 Partner_2 Partner_3 Activity_1 Activity_2 Activity_3 Proposition_1 Proposition_2 Proposition_3 Relationship_1 Relationship_2 Relationship_3 Resource_1 Resource_2 Resource_3 Cost_1 Cost_2 Cost_3 The templates here are made available on the same CC license terms as the original canvas. Segment_1 Segment_2 Segment_3 Channel_1 Channel_2 Channel_3 Revenue_1 Revenue_2 Revenue_3 This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit http:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, 171 Second Street, Suite 300, San Francisco, California, 94105, USA. Copyright 2013 Cowan Publishing
- 33. 1. Map yourventure accordingly (7 min) Partner_1 Partner_2 Partner_3 Activity_1 Activity_2 Activity_3 Proposition_1 Proposition_2 Proposition_3 Relationship_1 Relationship_2 Relationship_3 Resource_1 Resource_2 Resource_3 Cost_1 Cost_2 Cost_3 The templates here are made available on the same CC license terms as the original canvas. Segment_1 Segment_2 Segment_3 Channel_1 Channel_2 Channel_3 Revenue_1 Revenue_2 Revenue_3 This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit http:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, 171 Second Street, Suite 300, San Francisco, California, 94105, USA. Copyright 2013 Cowan Publishing
- 34. THE CANVAS: INFRASTRUCTURE Partner_1 Partner_2 Partner_3 Activity_1 Activity_2 Activity_3 Proposition_1 Proposition_2 Proposition_3 Relationship_1 Relationship_2 Relationship_3 Resource_1 Resource_2 Resource_3 Cost_1 Cost_2 Cost_3 Thetemplates here are made available on the same CC license terms as the original canvas. O ering Customers Infrastructure Segment_1 Segment_2 Segment_3 Channel_1 Channel_2 Channel_3 Revenue_1 Revenue_2 Revenue_3 This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit http:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, 171 Second Street, Suite 300, San Francisco, California, 94105, USA. Copyright 2013 Cowan Publishing
- 35. 3 BUSINESS MODELTYPES (Key Partners) (Key Activities) (Value (Customer Propositions) Relationships) 1. INFRASTRUCTURE-DRIVEN (Customer Segments) 2. CUSTOMER SCOPE-DRIVEN (Channels) (Key Resources) 3. PRODUCT-DRIVEN (Cost Structure) (Revenue Streams) The templates here are made available on the same CC license terms as the original canvas. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit http:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, 171 Second Street, Suite 300, San Francisco, California, 94105, USA. Copyright 2013 Cowan Publishing
- 36. KEY RESOURCES Key Resources GETTING STARTED" 1.Bounce off your business type" 2. What is particular to your business model?" 3. How will you get it? List Key Resources" (5 min) Copyright 2013 Cowan Publishing
- 37. KEY RESOURCES Key Activities GETTING STARTED" 1.Bounce off your business type" 2. What is particular to your business model?" 3. How will you do these things? Will partners be involved? Should they be? List Key Activities" (5 min) Copyright 2013 Cowan Publishing
- 38. KEY RESOURCES Key Partnerships GETTING STARTED" 1.Bounce off your business type" 2. What is core to your business model?" 3. Are you comparatively good it at?" 4. Where will partners make the business bigger and more effective? List Key Partnerships" (5 min) Copyright 2013 Cowan Publishing
- 39. COST STRUCTURE Minimize: Obviously." " Defer:MVP’s; don’t over invest for the sake of creating ‘output’" " Link: To revenue as much as possible (variable vs. fixed)." " ALEX COWAN" AlexanderCowan.com" @cowanSF Copyright 2013 Cowan Publishing
- 40. PROFIT DRIVERS (EXAMPLE) TighterProposition (website, pres., etc.) Ease of Entry Revenue Drivers Finite Deliverables Increased Use of Channels Upsell Profit Drivers Finite Cost Cost of Sales Easy to See What's on Menu Less Consultative Selling Simplified Contracting Intellectual Property Multipliers Cost Drivers Cost of Delivery Tighter Talent Definition Simpler Training, Eval., Promotion Engagement Management Standard Project Management Comparable Post Mortems Copyright 2012 Cowan Publishing
- 41. KEY RESOURCES Cost Structure GETTING STARTED" 1.How do you minimize? Use of partners? Off the shelf tech/components?" 2. How do you defer against customer development milestones?" 3. How do you link to revenues?" " Which are fixed vs. variable? How do they related to revenues? List Cost Drivers" (5 min) Copyright 2013 Cowan Publishing
- 42. COST STRUCTURE Partner_1 Partner_2 Partner_3 Activity_1 Activity_2 Activity_3 Proposition_1 Proposition_2 Proposition_3 Relationship_1 Relationship_2 Relationship_3 Resource_1 Resource_2 Resource_3 Cost_1 Cost_2 Cost_3 The templateshere are made available on the same CC license terms as the original canvas. Segment_1 Segment_2 Segment_3 Channel_1 Channel_2 Channel_3 Revenue_1 Revenue_2 Revenue_3 This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit http:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, 171 Second Street, Suite 300, San Francisco, California, 94105, USA. Copyright 2013 Cowan Publishing
- 43. 1. Map yourventure accordingly (7 min) Partner_1 Partner_2 Partner_3 Activity_1 Activity_2 Activity_3 Proposition_1 Proposition_2 Proposition_3 Relationship_1 Relationship_2 Relationship_3 Resource_1 Resource_2 Resource_3 Cost_1 Cost_2 Cost_3 The templates here are made available on the same CC license terms as the original canvas. Segment_1 Segment_2 Segment_3 Channel_1 Channel_2 Channel_3 Revenue_1 Revenue_2 Revenue_3 This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit http:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, 171 Second Street, Suite 300, San Francisco, California, 94105, USA. Copyright 2013 Cowan Publishing
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