The Business Model Canvas and Social Impact

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From a workshop on The Business Model Canvas and Social Impact I delivered at The Hub LA.

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Paul Orlando @porlando paul@StartupsUnplugged.com

The Business Model Canvas(And Social Impact)

At The Hub LA

3-month accelerator for Mobile Startups

Lean Startup Advisory

StartupsUnplugged.com/advisory AcceleratorHK.com

Other projects: Startup Sacrilege for the Underdog Entrepreneur WeAreHKtech list MVP Cards Startup Hug Persuade the parents project

early successsuccess

so-so

fail

What causes the most difficulty for early-stage businesses?

…How can we solve this?

A way forward.The MVP. Business Model Canvas. Case Studies.

A way backward.Reading tech news.

Loving your ideas. Being a know-it-all.

Concept/Business Plan

Product Development

Alpha/Beta Test

Launch/1st Ship

Product Introduction Model

Customer Development Model

CompanyBuilding

CustomerDiscovery

CustomerValidation

Customer Creation

Pivot

Concept/Business Plan

Product Development

Alpha/Beta Test

Launch/1st Ship

Product Introduction Model

Customer Development Model

CompanyBuilding

CustomerDiscovery

CustomerValidation

Customer Creation

Pivot

Stop selling, start listeningTest your hypothesesContinuous discoveryDone by founders

Customer Development Model

CustomerDiscovery

CustomerValidation

CompanyBuilding

CustomerCreation

Pivot

Solve Problems

Satisfy Needs

Fuel Addictions

Ideal Customers

1. They have a problem

2. Are aware of having a problem

3. Have been actively searching for a solution

4. Have hacked together a solution

5. Have or can acquire a budget

...describes how an organization creates, delivers, and captures value...

...describes how your company makes money...

...describes how you have impact...

(Use the Minimum Viable Product to test your business model assumptions.)

The Business Model...

customer segments

key partners

cost structure revenue streams

channels

customer relationships

key activities

key resources

value proposition

Reintroducing The MVP

"The minimum viable product is that version of a new product which allows a team to collect the maximum amount of validated learning about customers with the least effort.“ -- Eric Ries

What They Say…

Reintroducing The MVP

“Our MVP is the crappy version of what we’re going to build later.“ -- most startups talking about MVPs

What We Hear…

Reintroducing The MVP

“blah blah blah get validated learning blah blah blah use least effort and test your hypotheses.” -- me

New Translation…

MVP technique What it is

In-person Interviews

Talk to people to learn about them and their problems

Landing Page / Adwords

Use a description to test actions from lots of people

Mockup / Wireframe

Paper or digital non-functioning iterations to test reactions

“Parasite” Ride on top of an existing network to speed up data collection

Concierge People do work of not yet built system

Video Show what it’s like to use itPrototype Actually build a basic version

customer segments

key partners

cost structure revenue streams

channels

customer relationships

key activities

key resources

value proposition

CUSTOMER SEGMENTS

For whom do we create value?

Who are our most important customers?

Which jobs do they really want to get done?

(Do we like this customer segment?)

VALUE PROPOSITIONS

What value do we deliver to the customer?

Which one of our customer’s problems do we help solve?

What bundles of products and services do we offer to each Customer Segment?

Which customer needs do we satisfy?

Do they care?

(Prepare to be surprised by what you learn.)

CHANNELS

Through which Channels do our Customer Segments want to be reached?

How are we reaching them now?

How are our Channels integrated?

Which ones work best?

Which ones are most cost-efficient?

How are we integrating them with customer routines?

(This is often a problem section.)

CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIPS

What type of relationship does each of our Customer Segments expect us to establish and maintain with them? Personal? Automated? Acquisitive? Retentive?

Which ones have we established?

How are they integrated with the rest of our business model?

How costly are they?

REVENUE STREAMS

For what value are our customers really willing to pay?

For what do they currently pay?

How are they currently paying?

How would they prefer to pay?

How much does each Revenue Stream contribute to overall revenues?

Are you generating transactional or recurring revenues?

KEY RESOURCES

What Key Resources do our Value Propositions require?

Our Distribution Channels?

Customer Relationships?

Revenue Streams?

KEY ACTIVITIES

What Key Activities do our Value Propositions require?

Our Distribution Channels?

Customer Relationships?

Revenue streams?

KEY PARTNERS

Who are our Key Partners?

Who are our Key suppliers?

Which Key Resources are we acquiring from partners?

Which Key Activities do partners perform?

Who do you need to rely on?

COST STRUCTURE

What is the resulting cost structure?

Which key elements drive your costs?

What are the most important costs inherent in our business model?

Which Key Resources are most expensive?

Which Key Activities are most expensive?

Channels

CustomerRelationships

KeyResources

KeyActivities

RevenueCosts

CustomerSegments

KeyPartners

ValueProposition

Business Model Canvas

Test:• Problem• Customer• User• Payer

Test:• Demand Creation

Test:• Channel

Test:• Product• Market Type• Competition

Test:• Pricing Model / Pricing

Business Model Canvas (BMC) section

What goes wrong

Customer Segments Sticking with the same segment, unwillingness to test with the segment, not liking the segment,

Value Proposition People don’t care about what you’re doing, not understanding what people value,

Channels Underestimate how difficult it is to reach people, or the costs,

Customer Relationships

Inability to serve these relationships,

Revenue Inability to make enough to be self-sustaining,

Overall Unwillingness to test hypotheses, not returning to the BMC at least weekly,

Describe business models for...

E-commerce service, Freemium service, Media site, User Generated Content, Two-sided market, SaaS / PaaS

Barbershop, restaurant, co-work space, art gallery, tourist service, tutoring,

[fair trade coffee, Tom’s Shoes]

A way forward.

Track assumptions, test and use the BMC regularly.

Use the BMC to help you innovate.

Learn from others (case studies).

Figure out which metrics matter for you.

Start with Customer Segment, Value Proposition sections.

The inability to reach your customer (Channels) is a hidden problem for many.

Be willing to kill your ideas.

You know nothing.

Next Steps for You

Write out your business model on the BMCForm hypotheses for each part of your business model- What is the test for whether your business is worth pursuing?- What are the tests for each of your hypotheses?- What is your pass/fail for the test?

Go out and test, change assumptions and repeat!

Paul Orlando@porlandopaul.orlando@gmail.com