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The Business Model. Dr. Jeff Cornwall Jack C. Massey Chair in Entrepreneurship Professor of Entrepreneurship CEO of Entrepreneurial Mind, LLC. So What ’ s All this Talk about the Business Model?. Building a Business Model. The Business Model Canvas. Business Model Canvas.
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The Business Model Dr. Jeff Cornwall Jack C. Massey Chair in Entrepreneurship Professor of Entrepreneurship CEO of Entrepreneurial Mind, LLC
Business Model Canvas Source: Osterwalder, A, and Y. Pigneur. 2010. Business Model Generation. Hoboken, New Jersey: Wiley.
Business Model Canvas Most common mistake? Starting here!!! Source: Osterwalder, A, and Y. Pigneur. 2010. Business Model Generation. Hoboken, New Jersey: Wiley.
Business Model Canvas How? What? Why? Who? How much? Source: Osterwalder, A, and Y. Pigneur. 2010. Business Model Generation. Hoboken, New Jersey: Wiley.
Business modeling should always be driven by a Null Hypothesis
Max Levchin • Immigrated with his family from Ukraine (then part of USSR) • Degree in computer science from University of Illinois • Co-founded Fieldlink
Cool Technology Lots of Opportunity
Plan A Plan B Plan C Plan D Plan E Security & Encryption
Lesson of Max Levchin? Plan A Plan B Pivot Points Getting to Plan B, by John Mullins and Randy Komisar
Customer Development:Testing the Business Model Search Customer discovery Customer validation Customer creation Company building Execution
Customer Development:Testing the Business Model Verify every hypothesis in your business model – Get out and get real live data!!! Customer discovery Customer validation Customer creation Company building Pivot
Customer Development:Testing the Business Model Adapt your business model until you can prove it works Customer discovery Customer validation Customer creation Company building Pivot
Customer Development:Testing the Business Model Start with small steps into the market – test with real live customers offering them a simple version. Customer discovery Customer validation Customer creation Company building Pivot (repeat until proven)
Execution Scale your marketing to fuel growth Customer discovery Customer validation Customer creation Company building Pivot
Execution Build structure, systems, processes, and team Customer discovery Customer validation Customer creation Company building Pivot
Even existing businesses can have business models get off track with the market
Anything that won't sell, I don't want to invent. Its sale is proof of utility, and utility is success. Thomas A. Edison