Business Models Overview

A business model where users don't pay directly for services, but revenue comes from other sources, like advertising.

A business model where expert services are offered and payment depends on project duration and client requirements.

Hiring an outside firm for specific tasks or projects.

Focuses on securing large deals with substantial budgets, often with Fortune 500 companies.

A business model incorporating social and environmental impact in its operations.

A social enterprise providing shoes to underprivileged children, one pair for every pair sold.

McKinsey, BCG, Deloitte, and others.

Google, generating revenue from advertisements.

The core idea and workings of a business, describing how it creates, delivers, and captures value. It outlines how a company makes money.

To show how a company creates, delivers, and captures value, focusing on making money. It identifies customer needs and the mechanisms for profit.

Understanding what customers want and how a product addresses their needs. It is vital to success.

The process of achieving income through business activities.

The process of creating a product or service that satisfies or addresses a customer's need or want.

The process of securing revenue for the product or service.

A detailed description of a business's idea, showing how it will work in practice.

Understanding what services or products address or satisfy customer needs and wants.

A business model that markets multiple, similar products under different brand names.

A business model enabling buyers and sellers to connect and trade through an online platform.

A business model focused on a few key distribution channels to reach customers.

A business model where a company doesn't keep products in stock, instead shipping them directly from the supplier to the customer.

A company controls all aspects of its product's supply chain (manufacturing, distribution, and retail).

A decentralized, secure way to record transactions across a network, used with cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin.

Network systems that operate without a central server or authority.

Cost advantages companies experience by producing large amounts of goods resulting in lower per-unit production costs.

A business model that focuses on large clients and caters to their specific needs.

A business model that focuses on selling data to other companies, often in tech.

A business model where companies focus on grabbing a target audience's attention for advertising purposes.

A business model with a combination of company-owned stores and licensed stores (franchises).

Business models that solicit ideas and contributions from many people, often using the internet.

A business model emphasizing personalized customer interactions.

A type of online store that focuses on a specific area or product category.

The Business Model Canvas makes it easy to visually understand a business plan and its key elements, making it helpful for decision-making.

Using the Business Model Canvas, teams can easily test changes and adapt by using sticky notes and seeing the impact on the overall model.

The Business Model Canvas highlights interconnectedness - how each part of a business influences others and how changes in one can affect the whole.

By analyzing the different parts of a business model, using the canvas, new ideas can be discovered and opportunities can be identified.

The Canvas encourages concise ideas, encouraging teams to use short descriptions or phrases, fitting on sticky notes.

The bundle of products/services creating value for a specific customer group.

Focuses on the price or efficiency of the product/service.

Highlights the product/service's experience and results.

A close customer/company interaction with a dedicated representative.

Customer-centric approach using tools for self-help.

Customized self-service based on customer history

Creating online groups for customer interaction and support.

Identifying the problem solved, improving the product, and defining core value.