This document outlines the key components of a business model template: 1) It describes a business model as how an organization creates and delivers value to customers and earns profitable revenue through various important components like value propositions, customer relationships, and revenue streams. 2) The business model template is broken down into sections that portray the core aspects of a business like its products/services, customers, infrastructure, partnerships, and costs. 3) The template provides a framework to describe all relevant aspects of how a company operates its business.

1. Business Model Template Brief Outline of Business Models / Nov 06 Alex Osterwalder / alex@arvetica.com

2. Template VALUE PROPOSITION COST STRUCTURE CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP TARGET CUSTOMER DISTRIBUTION CHANNEL VALUE CONFIGURATION CORE CAPABILITIES PARTNER NETWORK REVENUE STREAMS INFRASTRUCTURE CUSTOMER OFFER FINANCE a business model describes the value an organization offers to various customers and portrays the capabilities and partners required for creating, marketing, and delivering this value and relationship capital with the goal of generating profitable and sustainable revenue streams

3. VALUE PROPOSITION COST STRUCTURE CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP TARGET CUSTOMER DISTRIBUTION CHANNEL VALUE CONFIGURATION CORE CAPABILITIES PARTNER NETWORK REVENUE STREAMS gives an overall view of a company's bundle of products and services portrays the network of cooperative agreements with other companies describes the channels to communicate and get in touch with customers describes the arrangement of activities and resources explains the relationships a company establishes with its customers sums up the monetary consequences to run a business model describes the revenue streams through which money is earned describes the customers a company wants to offer value to outlines the capabilities required to run a company's business model INFRASTRUCTURE CUSTOMER OFFER FINANCE describing a company’s business model

4. VALUE PROPOSITION value proposition 1 value proposition 2 … OFFER describing a company’s offer

5. VALUE PROPOSITION TARGET CUSTOMER value proposition 1 value proposition 2 … target customer 1 target customer 2 … CUSTOMER OFFER describing who a company offers value to

6. VALUE PROPOSITION TARGET CUSTOMER DISTRIBUTION CHANNEL value proposition 1 value proposition 2 … distribution channel 1 distribution channel 2 … target customer 1 target customer 2 … CUSTOMER OFFER describing how a company reaches its customers

7. VALUE PROPOSITION TARGET CUSTOMER CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP value proposition 1 value proposition 2 … relationship type 1 relationship type 2 … target customer 1 target customer 2 … CUSTOMER OFFER describing the relationships a company builds

8. TARGET CUSTOMER REVENUE STREAM revenue stream 1 revenue stream 2 … target customer 1 target customer 2 … FINANCE VALUE PROPOSITION value proposition 1 value proposition 2 … OFFER CUSTOMER describing how a company makes money

9. CORE CAPABILITIES VALUE PROPOSITION core capability 1 core capability 2 … value proposition 1 value proposition 2 … OFFER INFRASTRUCTURE describing what capabilities are required

10. describing what activities are required VALUE PROPOSITION VALUE CONFIGURATION CORE CAPABILITIES value proposition 1 value proposition 2 … core capability 1 core capability 2 … activity 1 activity 2 … INFRASTRUCTURE OFFER

11. describing the partners that leverage the business model VALUE PROPOSITION PARTNER NETWORK CORE CAPABILITIES value proposition 1 value proposition 2 … core capability 1 core capability 2 … partner 1 partner 2 … INFRASTRUCTURE OFFER

12. VALUE PROPOSITION COST STRUCTURE cost account 1 cost account 2 … value proposition 1 value proposition 2 … FINANCE INFRASTRUCTURE OFFER describing the costs of a business model CORE CAPABILITIES core capability 1 core capability 2 …

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