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Business Model Canvas: The Customer-Driven Approach

Sunny Shahsshah1@nd.edu

September 15-16, 2016 Philadelphia, PA

United States Hispanics Chamber of Commerce

GOALS

Understand Business Model Canvas

Value of the Customer

Few Design Thinking Tools

Few Examples

Application to your Businesses/Chambers

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MY BACKGROUND11

April 2011PhD

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MY BACKGROUND

B.S and Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from UC Davis

Conducted research on liver tissue engineering and stem cells

Heparin Hydrogel

Hepatocytes

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May 2011 – CurrentND

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MY CURRENT ROLE 1 Act as a bridge

Engineering Develop microfluidic systems

for detection of nucleic acids

Biology Detection of target pathogens

in medical, food and environmental markets

Commercialization15

DIAGNOSTICS MARKETS

E.coli, listeria, salmonella, brucella

MedicalE.coli in water

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INTEGRATED DIAGNOSTIC PLATFORM

Pretreatment unit: Lyse pathogen and extract RNA

Preconcentration unit: Concentrate target RNA molecules

Sensing unit: Specifically detect nucleic acids

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RESEARCHING AND PROTOTYPING

Inlet

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Jan 2013 DC NSF I-Corps

“Prepare scientists, researchers andengineers to focus beyond thelaboratory and into the commercialworld”

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MY CURRENT ROLE 2

Assistant Director & Faculty

Thesis advisor on capstone projects

Teach design thinking, BMC and prototyping

LEARNCourses in business and technical entrepreneurship

APPLYApply knowledge to existing research or IP

COMMERCIALIZEDevelop a commercialization plan

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BUSINESS MODEL CANVAS21

WHAT DO STARTUPS NEED FOR LAUNCHOR TO SUSTAIN

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Credit: Steve Blank

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THE OLD WAY

Credit: Steve Blank

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WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT WHEN TRYING TOCOMMERCIALIZE A NEW PRODUCT/SERVICE?

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LEAN STARTUP

Business Model Canvas

Customer Development

Agile Engineering

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HOW ARE THEY DOING IT NOW !!

Credit: Steve Blank

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LETS FORM TEAMS/COMPANIES

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BUSINESS MODEL CANVAS

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“Unlike an org chart, which describes how a company executes to deliver known products to known customers, the Business Model Canvas illustrates the search for the unknowns that most new ventures face.”

Credit: Steve Blank

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BMC EXPLAINED

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WHAT IS BMC AT THE CORE

Guesses that need to be validated/invalidated

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BMC PROCESS

Write hypothesis

GET OUT OF THE BUILDING

Validate/Invalidate hypotheses By talking to customers

PIVOT if needed and do it all over again

Goal is to this way before launch33

BUSINESS MODEL CANVAS

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CUSTOMER SEGMENTATION

What is a customer segment? Defined market:

Industry Geography

Common attributes: Demographic: height, weight, gender, age, color of

hair Psychographic: perspectives, behaviors

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CUSTOMER SEGMENTATION

• Why would one want to segment a market? To provide clarity and focus

• How does one do it? Quantitative – get out of the building and talk to customers

to gain insights on what is important to them. Qualitative – conduct surveys of a larger number of

customers to validate it represents a market and not just a sample of a market.

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HOW MANY CUSTOMERS DO YOU TALK TO?

Credit: Steve Blank

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CUSTOMER SEGMENTS

Start with a GUESS about who your customers are

Go out and validate/invalidate it

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CUSTOMER SEGMENTS

Who is the buyer/user/influencer/sabetour ??

What does (s)he look like ??

Dig deeper !!

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CUSTOMER ARCHETYPE/PERSONAS

Credit: Steve Blank

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MULTIPLE CUSTOMER SEGMENTS

2-Sided Market Users (free) Payers (revenue stream) Each has its own value proposition Each has its own revenue stream One segment cannot exist without the other

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INTERVIEWING THE ECOSYSTEM

Credit: Steve Blank

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CUSTOMER TYPES

SaboteursDecision Makers

Economic Buyers

Recommenders

Influencers

End Users43

JOB - MAPPING

Identify the job steps the customer would go through to recognize that outcome. A “Day in the Life”.

Identify the desired outcome of each step

Assess each step on how the customer would like to change it by creating a job statement Minimize certain attributes (pain)

Maximize certain attributes (gain)

For each directional change consider how one might impact Time

Cost

Effective (rework or scrap)

Quality

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BUSINESS MODEL CANVAS

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VALUE PROPOSITION

Its not about the idea, it’s the pain you are trying to solve Pupil dilation

Customers don’t care about your technology, they care about solving a problem or a need

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“For most new products, the definition of value is unknown”

“Any activity that does not focus on learning to identify true value for the customer is wasteful.”

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WHAT IS A HYPOTHESIS?

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Credit: Steve Blank

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VALUE PROPOSITION

Credit: Steve Blank

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Credit: Steve Blank

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As you start to craft your customer segments and your value propositions, force yourself to put it in these terms to ensure that you understand all aspects of the hypothesis 52

ASSESSING VALUE PROPOSITION Does it hold together within the business model? Does it focus on the most important jobs, extreme pains,

essential gains? Does it focus on unsatisfied jobs, unresolved pains and

unrealized gains? Does it FOCUS on only a few pain relievers and gain creators? Does it FOCUS on functional, emotional and social jobs? Does it align with how customers define success? Does it FOCUS on jobs, pains, or gains that a large number of

customers have, or, for which a small number are willing to pay a lot of money?

Does it differentiate from competition? How sustainable is it? Does it outperform competition substantially on at least one

dimension? Is it difficult to copy?

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ONCE YOU HAVE YOUR VP HYPOTHESIS, GETOUT OF THE BUILDING AND TEST IT

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INTERVIEWS

Open-ended

Get them to talk about their pains/gains

Consider functional, social and emotional jobs

NOT questionnaire but a conversation

DO NOT talk about your product/service in the early phases

Record emotions about pains/gains

Take down their info so you can possibly test a prototype with them in the future

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INTERVIEW GUIDE

A straightforward guide to prepare for an interview Guide the interview into focusing on the assumptions that need

to be tested to better understand the value a new venture can offer

Create 5 “starter questions” for each interview: All must start with “Tell me about a time…” Use these questions as entry points into the interview Follow queues to ask follow-ups Look for things that are: Interesting, Surprising, Confusing,

Emotional

Credit: Erik Jensen

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BUSINESS MODEL CANVAS

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CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIPS

What relationships are you establishing with each segment? Personal? Automated? Acquisitive? Retentive?

Credit: Steve Blank

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CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIPS

Credit: Steve Blank

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● What type of relationship does the CS want?

● We want to know◦ What do they buy?◦ How do they buy?◦ How do they look for new products?

CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIPS

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GET: IN THE FUNNEL

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By Demand Creation

Credit: Steve Blank

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● Publications● Free Press● Social Media● Word of Mouth

● Usually FREE

EARNED DEMAND

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● Public Relations● Advertising● Trade Shows● SEO/SEM● Buy Mailing Lists

● Example: A new drug◦ Advertise in magazines, create website, email docs, SEM

in Google

● Paid Demand = $$$$

PAID DEMAND

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● Cost of Customer Acquisition Amount of $ spent to acquire 1 customer

● Lifetime Value Net $ received from that 1 customer over the lifetime

COCA AND LTV

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COCA AND LTV

Cost of Customer Acquisition Recover in less than 12 months

Lifetime Value (LTV) = (Revenue per sale) x (gross margin %) x (# of repeats)

LTV > 3*COCA

Churn Rate = 1/Avg. Customer Duration

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● Freemium - $0-10

● Self-service - $50-200

● High touch - $3K-8K

● Field Sales - $ 75-200K

GENERAL COCA

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KEEP CUSTOMERS: PHYSICAL

Earned andPaid Media

Keep Customers

Customer check-in calls

Customer satisfaction survey

product updates

Loyalty Programs

Credit: Steve Blank

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KEEP CUSTOMERS: WEB/MOBILE

Contests,eventsBlogs,

RSS, emails

Product updates Affiliate Programs

“Get Customers”

AcquireActivate

Viral Loop

Earned andPaid Media

Loyalty Programs

Keep Customers

Credit: Steve Blank

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● 1/Average Customer Duration

● Churn rate of 1% means customer will stay for 100 months

● SaaS acceptable Churn: 1-2.5%

CHURN RATE

Credit: Steve Blank

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● LTV = (Revenue per sale) x (gross margin %) x (# of repeats)

● LTV = ARPM x Gross Margin %Churn

◦ Average Recurring Revenue per month

LIFETIME VALUE (LTV)

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GROW CUSTOMERS

Keep Customers

Contests,events

Blogs, RSS,

emails

product updates Affiliate Programs

Grow Customers

Ref

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Cro

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ell

LoyaltyPrograms

Viral Loop

Earned andPaid Media

Credit: Steve Blank

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PIRATEMETRICS

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BUSINESS MODEL CANVAS

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CHANNELS

How do you want to sell the product

How does the customer want to buy the product

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CHANNEL OPTIONS

Owned Channels Control Potential for higher margins Can be costly to put in place and operate Direct

Sales force Web Sales

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CHANNEL OPTIONS

Partner Channels Lower margins Expanded reach Benefit from Partner’s strength Indirect

Partner Stores Wholesalers Retailers

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CHANNEL OPTIONS EVOLUTION

Channel

Bit/Virtual Physical

Prod

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StocksBondsInsuranceEnterprise SoftwareShrink-wrap Software

FoodHousehold GoodsAutos

ZapposAmazonConsumer ElectronicsNetflix

FacebookGoogleTwitter

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VIRTUAL CHANNELS

● Dedicated e-commerce, i.e., Website● App Store Platform ● Through other party that has web presence● Flash Sale, e.g., Groupon, Living Social

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PHYSICAL CHANNELS

● Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM)● System integrator● Value Added Reseller● Direct Sales Force● Web/Online● Distributors◦ Dealers◦ Retailers

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CHANNEL RESPONSIBILITY

Manufacturer

Builds Product

Wholesaler

Stocks Product

Ships Product

Distributor

Determine Allocations

Deliver Orders

Dispose of Returns

Retails

Merchandise Product

Articulate Value

Process Returns

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CHANNEL ECONOMICS- DIRECT SALES

• % of Retail• $s

Profitability

• 42%• $42

Manufacturer

• Cost of goods -$5

• R&D - $3• Marketing and

Sales - $30• G & A - $20

Consumer Pays

• 100%• $100

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BUSINESS MODEL CANVAS

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Credit: Steve Blank

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DIFFERENT REVENUE STREAMS

Asset sales Usage Fee Subscription Fee Renting Licensing Intermediation Fee Advertising Recurring Revenue

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Credit: Steve Blank

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Credit: Steve Blank

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CUSTOMER DISCOVERY WILL PROVIDEVALUABLE INFORMATION TOWARDS PRICING

Find out what the Archetype would be willing to pay for the service or product.

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Credit: Steve Blank

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MVP: MINIMUM VIABLE PRODUCT

Find Product – Market Fit and build MVP

Its MINIMUM

NOT all the features included

Test it and get feedback

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Design Thinking

WHAT IS IT?

● Silver Bullet

● Sticky Notes

● Chaos

● In conflict with good business fundamentals

WHAT IT’S NOT

HOW ARE WE GOING TO APPROACH IT?

THREE RULES

Start with Empathy

Assume, then Test

Build to Learn, not to Sell

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INNOVATING USING DESIGN THINKING

From Tom Kelly, The Art of Innovation Understand the market, the technology, current constraints

Observe real people in real life situations to find out what makes them tick

Visualize new concepts and prototypes

Evaluate and refine the concepts in a series of quick iterations

Implement the new concept for commercialization

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ANOTHER BIG WORD...ETHNOGRAPHY

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QUESTIONS TO BUILD EMPATHY

How do you…? What is the first thing you do…? Can you show me how you __________? What are the best places for __________? Would you tell me a story about ______? What was your best experience with _____?

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BUILD EMPATHY AS YOUINTERVIEW

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DT TOOLS: EXPLORATION

Innovation Mapping Research a given industry Look for recent innovations in that

industry and categorize them into the elements on the x-axis

Decide the level of innovation activity being done in each category in the aggregate

Look for insights and opportunities based on the areas of high and low activities: What is driving the areas of

frequent activity? What is driving the areas of

minimal activity? Where could a new venture position

itself?

Credit: 101 Design Methods - Vijay Kumar

DT TOOLS: EXPLORATION

Trends Matrix Create a list of the key aspects

of a customer problem or experience.

Research: Current state of those

aspects (both interviews and secondary sources)

Trends of those aspects (both interviews and secondary sources)

Imagine where the trends could take the current state into a future state

Where could a new venture position itself?

Credit: 101 Design Methods - Vijay Kumar

DT TOOLS: EXPLORATION

2x2 Matrix Identify two key dimensions of

the industry, customer problem, or customer experience

Map out where current industry players and/or offerings lie on the matrix, paying attention to the relative positioning of them

Look for the opportunity spaces between the current actors

Where could a new venture position itself?

Credit: 101 Design Methods - Vijay Kumar

DT TOOLS: SYNTHESIS

Empathy Map Use your interviews to map

out what your interviewee: Does Says Thinks Feels

Credit: 101 Design Methods - Vijay Kumar

DT TOOLS: SYNTHESIS

Needs/Wants Matrix Map out the scale of “Needs”

to “Wants” Create a second axis that

has influence on what makes (or prevents) these possible i.e., cost, technology,

availability, user experience, etc.

DT TOOLS: SYNTHESIS

Persona Create an aggregate persona

of your ideal customer What are their:

Experiences Interests Activities Needs/Wants

Use quotes from your interviews to understand how they think and feel

Credit: 101 Design Methods - Vijay Kumar

DT TOOLS: SYNTHESIS

Value Proposition Hypothesis As you start to craft your

customer segments and your value propositions, force yourself to put it in these terms to ensure that you understand all aspects of the hypothesis

DT TOOLS: SYNTHESIS

Conjunction Bank A great way to go from

interviews to insights is to combine things that are related in some way

This may be within one interview, or across interviews

Ex.: “Jonny says X, but does Y” Parents love going to the

movies with their children because family outings are seen as adventures by children.

Credit: Dustin Mix & Maria Gibbs

DT TOOLS: SYNTHESIS

Customer Journey Using your interviews and your

observations, map out the current customer journey: How do they hear about a

product/service? How do they find it? How do they purchase it? How do they receive it? How do they interact post-

purchase? You can do this both for the current

offerings and also as a way to prototype and show how your new value proposition is different

Credit: 101 Design Methods - Vijay Kumar

THINGS TO REMEMBER

deeply understand users it’s dangerous to think you know what they will value.

collaborate, involve many people sharing and shaping ideas makes better solutions.

create (many) tangible models people respond better to something visual and tangible. revise often.

just start doing it don’t worry about what you call it

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PAPER AIRPLANE

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BUILDING A MVP

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rules prompts

methods selection

brainstorming

rulesrules

brainstorming

defer judgement

encourage wild ideas

build on ideas of others

focus on the topic

one conversation

be visual

quantity > quality

rulesprompts

brainstorming

HOW MIGHT WE…[create and deliver the value proposition to the

customer segment]?

Credit: stanford d.school

rulesprompts

brainstorming

HOW MIGHT WE…improve the airport waiting experience for mothers

traveling with young children?

amp up the good! HMW use the kid’s energy to entertain fellow passengers?

remove the bad! HMW separate kids from fellow passengers?

explore the opposite! HMW make the wait the most exciting part of a trip?

question an assumption! HMW entirely remove the wait time at an airport?

use adjectives! HMW make the rush refreshing instead of harrying?

ID new resources! HMW leverage free time of fellow passengers to share the load?

use an analogy! HMW make the airport more like a playground?

p.o.v. against the challenge! HMW make the airport a kids want to go to?

change status quo! HMW make playful, loud kids less annoying?

break it up! HMW entertain kids? HMW slow a mom down? Credit: stanford d.school

brainstorming

practice: hmw question

write a hmw question that prompts ideas that would provide the value proposition for your customer

segment

rulesmethods

brainstorming

only draw it!brainstorm without words

idea sprint60 ideas in 60 seconds

yes! and...start with one idea and

pass it around the group, always starting with “yes!

and…”

break it down with analogiesbreak your HMW into single

topic questions and brainstorm all the ways that thing is done

warm-up: categoriesname a category and everyone takes turns

naming something in the category until only one person remains

rulesselection

brainstormingvoting works

use voting to identify ideas that should be pursued -- multiple votes are not always a bad

thing

the rational ideawhat idea seems most rational?

the long shotmaybe it’s the craziest, but if it

worked...

the darlingwhat idea does the team

just love?

the delightwhat idea would delight your

user?

assumptions form

build

prototyping

rulesassumptions

prototypingbuild to learn, not to sell

a prototype is used as a feedback tool -- it is meant to start a conversation, not pursue

agreement

what are we testing?what’s your hypothesis and what

are you trying to learn?

rulesforms

prototyping

build the right prototype build the prototype that best allows your user to

experience the concept

mock-upproducts

storyboards role play

rulesbuild

prototyping

free fast now

IDEO

methods iterate

mvp

feedback & iteration

rulesmethods

feedback & iteration

answer a question with a question“how do i order?”

how would you like to order?

ask whyprinciple of the five whys

feedback = interview v2.0your goal is to learn, just like in your

initial interviews

let them do the talkingtry to get the customer interacting with the

prototype in a way that gets them talking as if it were real

rulesiterate

feedback & iterationback to square one

once you have feedback in hand, we are returning to the beginning of the customer

validation process

what are the needs?

brainstorm & prototype solutions

get feedback

rulesmvp

feedback & iteration

minimum viable productwhat is the simplest product or service you can

sell to provide the CS with the core VP?

once we have validated the value proposition, the customer segment, and the solution, we

are looking to build the simplest version of our product or service

to release quickly

once it has been released, we use the same BMC attitude --

assume, test, iterate to drive the build out of our solution into its

full vision

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BUSINESS MODEL CANVAS: LEFT-SIDE

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LEFT SIDE OF CANVAS

o Key Activities to support right side

o What Resources are needed

o Need for Key Partnerso How much is it going to cost

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KEY ACTIVITIES

o For fulfilling VP

o For enabling distribution channels

o For enabling customer relations

o For enabling revenue streams

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KEY ACTIVITIES

o Activities you need to do to make the right side of canvas work

o Production Activitieso Life sciences◦ Regulatory approval◦ Clinical Trials◦ Drug design and development

o SaaS◦ Software development

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KEY RESOURCES

Four of them◦ Physical

◦ Financial

◦ Human

◦ Intellectual

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PHYSICAL RESOURCES

Company Infrastructure◦ Office space◦ Location◦ Rent◦ Servers/equipment/lab supplies

Products and Services◦ Supply of materials

Keep in mind: Physical Goods = $$$$

http://www.nbc.com/the-office

FINANCIAL RESOURCES

Friends

Family

Fools

Bootstrapping

Crowdfunding◦ Indiegogo – E2E

Kickstarter

SBIR/STTR◦ NIH◦ NSF◦ DoD◦ DoE◦ DoA◦ DoC◦ DoEducation◦ DoHealth

Services◦ DoT◦ NASA◦ EPA

VCs◦ Seed funding◦ Series A

Bank Loan

Sharktank.com

Angel Investors

Corporate Partners

Bank Lease lines to buy equipment

HUMAN RESOURCES

Qualified Employees◦ With specific skills◦ Can juggle multiple hats◦ Fit into a team/culture

Mentors and AdvisorsDealersynergy.com

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RESOURCES

Trademarks

Copyright

Trade Secrets

Contract, NDA

Patents

TRADEMARKS

Protecting your marks and logos

Lasts as long as you see the trademark symbol (™)

More you use, stronger it protects

Registration is optional, advantages include:◦ Public notice of your claim of ownership of the mark◦ Bring legal action to court◦ The right to use the federal registration symbol ®

TRADEMARK FAILS

Examples from Business Insider

COPYRIGHT

Protect authorship

Expression of ideas but not the underlying ideas

Songs, books, photos etc…

Protection lasts forever

Registration is optional, BUT◦ Need it to sue for infringement◦ http://www.copyright.gov/

TRADE SECRETS

It’s a secret

TRADE SECRETS

Pros◦ No-term limit◦ Never disclosed to competitors◦ No patent/lawyer fees

Cons◦ Reverse engineering◦ Takes effort to keep a secret◦ If shared by any means, status lost

CONTRACT / NDAS

Protection agreed by a contract

No registration

Terms/Conditions/Expiration defined by contract

Signed between parties

PATENTSGovernment is giving you monopoly

New, Novel & Non-obvious

Register with USPTO◦ Within one year of public disclosure (provisional patent)◦ Protection for 20 years from date of filing

Expensive: $20K to 60K◦ Initial money raised by startups◦ Future maintenance fees by USPTO

(http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/ac/qs/ope/fee010114.htm)◦ Processing time: 1-4 years

RESOURCES FOR YOUR PROJECTS

© 2012 Steve Blank

KEY PARTNERS

REASONS FOR PARTNERING

Shared economicsMutual success / failure – Two-way streetCo-development/inventionCommon customerMoney/ResourceAccess to Marketing

Remember – you are a small startupYou are sometimes not a peer to a partner (Asymmetrical)

RESOURCES PARTNERS BRING

● Faster time to market

● Broader product offering

● More efficient use of capital

● Unique customer knowledge or expertise

● Access to new markets (channel partners)

PARTNERS – STRATEGIC ALLIANCES

• Reduce the list of things your startup needs

• Complement your core product with other products or services.

• Use partners to build the “whole product” • using 3rd parties to provide a customer with a complete solution

• complement your core product with other products or services

• Training, installation, service, etc

Example: In 1996, Starbucks partnered with Pepsico to bottle, distribute and sell the popular coffee-based drink, Frappacino

PARTNERS – JOINT BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

• Joint promotion of complementary products• Share advertising, marketing, and sales programs

• One may be the dominant player

Example: Intel offered advertising fees to PC Vendors

PARTNERS – COOPETITION

• Joint promotion of competitive products

• Competitors might join together in programs to grow awareness of their industry• Trade shows

• Industry Associations

Example: Automotive Suppliers form the Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG) - 900 members

PARTNERS – KEY SUPPLIERS

• Outsource suppliers• Backoffice, supply chain,

manufacturing• Direct suppliers

• Components, raw materials, etc.

• More than a financial transaction• Building a relationshipExample: Apple builds the iPhone from multiple suppliers including Foxconn

TRAFFIC PARTNERS – VIRTUAL CHANNELS

• Agreements with other companies • deliver long-term, predictable levels of customers • “Cross referral” or swapping basis• Paid on a per-referral basis• Partners drive traffic using text-links, with onsite

promotions, and with ads on the referring site• Partners sometimes exchange email lists

RISKS

Cultural differencesScheduling differences – Priorities for the larger companyNo clear ownership of customerDifferent underlying objectives in relationshipChurn in partners strategy or personnelIP issues Difficult to unwind or end

PARTNERSHIP DISASTER: BOEING

Collaboration looked great on paper.

Worst business decision of the 21st

centuryhttp://www.newairplane.com/787/

For more info:Reuters Special ReportPaper published by Boeing

COST STRUCTURE

o Related to your Activities and Resources

o Fixed Costs◦ Salaries, Rent, other bills, tooling

o Variable Costs◦ Dependent on sales

o Cost Metrics to consider◦ Patent expenses (Example of recent startup)◦ Supplies◦ Get, Keep, Grow metrics◦ Channel costs◦ Operating costs

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BUSINESS MODEL CANVAS

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Aware Evaluate Purchase Deliver Support

What is your BMC storyboard?

Tell the story of how you deliver the VP to the CS.

FEW EXAMPLES163

ESTEEM CAPSTONE THESIS AND BMCSUMMER COURSE

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OWN RESEARCH EXAMPLES

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CHANNELS

CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIPS

CUSTOMER SEGMENTS

REVENUE STREAMSCOST STRUCTURES

KEYPARTNERS

KEYRESOURCES

KEYACTIVITIES

RAPISENSE: CLUELESS BUSINESS MODEL CANVASVALUE PROPOSITIONS

Molecular diagnostic with a low cost disposable test

Compact design that could be used on site

Low capital cost for field use

Quick turnaround test time

Meat-processing industry

Small poultry plants

Direct sales

Global sales

Government agencies

Trade shows

Instrument sales

Consumables sales

Strong technical customer support

Academic support from inventor

Corporate friendly licensing

High Specificity

High Sensitivity

Maintaining low cost

Device manufacturing

R&D personnel

Univ. Tech Transfer office

Regulatory agencies

World health organizations

Large diagnostic companies

Must be cost-driven and value driven Licensing

RoyaltiesScaling manufacturing: Capital equipment

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OUR FIRST INTERVIEWSIN DC

Nathan

George167

ADDING MORE CS AND VPS

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Nathan

George

Thanks for getting our hopes up guys! 169

QUANTIFIED VALUE PROPOSITIONS

Slower test results leads to more storage time and revenue loss for food processing companies. Current test time: 2-5 days

Annual savings of $600,000 by cutting test time by one day Freezer costs $35 per

1000 lbs per day + transportation. Daily production: 100K lbs

7 /lb spent on testing and storage

Client of a food testing lab spends $0.75 million a year for every day of product holding

100,000 lbs of food tied up everyday waiting for results Have to pay fixed costs

but no payment from consumers – negative cash flow

STARTING TO HEAR ABOUT THE INDUSTRY NORM

“ Frankly Sunny, I am happy sending my samples out to DonLevy Labs”

“ I have done business with Bill for years at RF Labs and like them a lot”

- Mike Jedlicka

- Kim Brown

“ Have you talked to Peter in Alliance Analytical Lab, he is the best you’ll find in the state of Michigan”

- Dave Pease

Yeah, we did

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RAPISENSE: INVALIDATION OF CS AND VP

Onsite Testing facilities are cumbersome to build and maintain

Cannot have “Certificate of Analysis” from the same company selling product: conflict of interest172

PRICE EXPERIMENTS

10-15% savings in cost

Cost reduction from $25-$20

90% of clients would gladly take $1 reduction in test cost

To switch to a comparable new technology: cost cut in half

Cost of disposables has to be less than $5

Reduction of cost per test for disposables down to $6-8. Current test price is $9-11

Minimum decrease cost of $2-5

A cost cut from $15 to $10 would be huge for their business

“A 10% reduction in cost would be fantastic and we will share with cleints”

Our cost per test Guess

$5

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CUSTOMER PAIN WAS VERY CLEAR

Need a cheaper test to attract the market

FASTER

CHEAPER

BETTER

Need to improve sample enrichment

Our technology can certainly match and try to improve on PCR (Key Activities)

What would it take for you to adopt a new technology?

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• Next steps– New canvas, new VP, new CS Validate– Currently being pursued in medical diagnostics

STOPNO-GO

After 2 years of research6 weeks of validation87 interviews without talking about our tech

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ADDITIONAL RESOURCES177

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https://steveblank.com/2012/11/27/open-source-entrepreneurship/

Check out ideo.com & ideo.org Co-founder Dennis Boyle is ND alum

http://dschool.stanford.edu/dgift/ Design Thinking

https://www.udacity.com/course/ep245 Steve Blank videos for BMC

https://www.launchpadcentral.com/ Populate BMC and customer interviews

TOOLS TO LEARN MORE

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DISCIPLINEDENTREPRENEURSHIP

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