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What is central to defining a customer in this context?
What is central to defining a customer in this context?
What is meant by Gain Creators in the Value Propositions box?
What is meant by Gain Creators in the Value Propositions box?
Why should we focus on the customers' needs beyond the products we sell?
Why should we focus on the customers' needs beyond the products we sell?
Which of the following best describes Pain Relievers in the context of Value Proposition?
Which of the following best describes Pain Relievers in the context of Value Proposition?
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What should businesses aim to achieve with their Value Proposition?
What should businesses aim to achieve with their Value Proposition?
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What is the primary purpose of the Business Model Canvas?
What is the primary purpose of the Business Model Canvas?
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Which box of the Business Model Canvas addresses the question of who will assist in the business?
Which box of the Business Model Canvas addresses the question of who will assist in the business?
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Which aspect of the Business Model Canvas is focused on the financial implications of the business?
Which aspect of the Business Model Canvas is focused on the financial implications of the business?
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What should businesses identify first according to the Business Model Canvas?
What should businesses identify first according to the Business Model Canvas?
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Who are the most important customers in the Business Model Canvas?
Who are the most important customers in the Business Model Canvas?
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Which component of the Business Model Canvas focuses on how a business delivers its value to customers?
Which component of the Business Model Canvas focuses on how a business delivers its value to customers?
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What type of information is essential to understand about the customers according to the Business Model Canvas?
What type of information is essential to understand about the customers according to the Business Model Canvas?
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In the Business Model Canvas, what is crucial for defining the revenues generated by the business?
In the Business Model Canvas, what is crucial for defining the revenues generated by the business?
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Study Notes
Business Model Canvas
- The Business Model Canvas is a tool used to map out a business idea
- It allows for better understanding, testing, and improvement of a business idea
- The canvas is a single page with nine connected boxes
- This illustrates how all parts of a business work together for success
Components of the Business Model Canvas
- Key Partners: Who will assist in the business?
- Key Activities: How the business operates
- Value Proposition: What value does the business offer?
- Customer Relationships: How the business interacts with customers
- Customer Segments: Who are the target customers?
- Channels: How the business reaches its customers
- Revenue Streams: How the business generates income
- Key Resources: Essential resources needed for operation
- Cost Structure: Expenses and costs associated with the business
Business Idea Example
- Creating a bamboo toothbrush that is stylish and environmentally beneficial
Step 1: Purpose
- Identifying the purpose of the business
- Example: "To reduce the amount of plastic that goes to landfill."
Step 2: Customer and Value Proposition
- Understanding the customers and their needs
- Businesses are focused on the customers who are motivated to try new products or services
- Customers seeks solutions to current problems and want their lives to be easier
- Identifying customers, target customers, their jobs, aspirations, and core beliefs
- Understanding each customer and which value propositions best suits them
- Examples of gain creators: increased social status, wellness, professional credibility, or indulging in guilty pleasures.
- Examples of pain relievers: fear of exclusion, social shame, regaining wasted time, or reduced anxiety
Step 3: Channels and Customer Relationships
- Identifying the channels and mechanisms for reaching customers and communicating with them
- Defining how to engage and communicate with the target market to deliver the value proposition
- Possible ways to reach customers: offline and online transactions, and how they want to be engaged and reached
- Describing various phases in the customer journey, from initial awareness to after-sales support
- Awareness, Evaluation, Purchase, and Delivery, and After-Sales support
Step 4: Key Resources, Key Activities, and Key Partners
- Determining the crucial operational components required to make the value propositions a reality
- Identifying vital ingredients, processes and alliances that keep the business running
- The key resources are the people, places, machines, patents, and other assets used in the business every week
- Identify the activities critical to servicing customers, such as sales calls, workshop delivery, meal preparation, and report writing
- Key partners: groups important for the success of the business, such as manufacturers of bamboo brushes
Step 5: Cost Structure and Revenue Streams
- Understanding the financial aspects of the business
- Analyzing incoming and outgoing money
- Determining the expenses
- Cost structures are the biggest expenses in the business: rent, wages, raw materials, advertising, or commissions to other parties
- Revenue streams are the prices each customer type pays and how often they return
- These differentiate the business's top customers and one-time shoppers, noting upfront verses months-long purchasing habits. Distinguishing revenue stream based on different customer types.
Step 6: Linking the Boxes and Tidying Up
- This step helps connect the different elements of the business model
- Simplifying and clarifying the model for both internal and external use
- Highlighting potentially overlooked activities and resources for success
Step 7: Telling the Story
- Presenting the business model using simple descriptions in each box
- This makes the model easier to understand and appreciate
- Short descriptions and limited words in the boxes, taking 6-8 minutes to explain
- Simplifying the understanding of the full concept and reducing misconceptions
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Explore the essential components of the Business Model Canvas, a valuable tool for mapping out and improving business ideas. Understand how elements like Key Partners, Value Proposition, and Customer Segments interact to create a successful business model. Learn through a practical example of an eco-friendly bamboo toothbrush.
