Business Model Canvas:
Business model
canvas is a shared language for describing, visualizing, assessing and changing
Business models. It describes the rationale of how a business creates, delivers
and capture values. Also Business canvas model helps you in understanding easily
the Business Models mechanisms. Business model canvas has different components as
it can be seen down here;
Customers
Segments
Here a
Pareto concept should be applied which states that; 20% of customers bring 80% of
the all company or business profit. Therefore, you should segment the top three
segments which provide the most revenue in your business or company.
Value
Proposition
You are
required in this component to be able to describe your products and services in a
way that customers or clients must choose to buy on you and not your
competitors.
In this
sections; the use of USPs is highly recommended. USPs briefly refers to as a
Unique Selling Proposition to mean that, you must have your own way of selling
your products and services which will differentiating you from your
competitors. Picture this scenario: You and your competitors selling
Notebooks; but you decide to sell each Notebook with a free pen. Pen is a
example of USPs.
Revenue
streams
You have to
list the most revenue streams. If you do things for free; add them here too.
Don’t inject anything new in your business without reviewing your revenue
streams in a business model canvas
Channels
This is the
most important key or component just because it is the place where you are
going to meet your customers or clients. So how are you going to communicate
with your clients or customers ? And this play a major role for those who are
doing online business. Make sure you select appropriate channel or platform to
meet your customers or clients.
Customers
relationship
The
relationship between you and your customers determine for how long will you be
together. Don’t let the relationship between you and your customers starts threatening
your business. For example, you don’t reply the questions of your customers
in a comment section; this will make customers to leave you once they get
someone who taking a good care of them.
Key
activities
What do you
do everyday to run your business model ? Or are you just placing the products in
the market and wait customers to come and buy ? Are you looking new
customers and keeping the existing one ?
Key resources
Also here
you have to be very careful because it all about people, knowledge, means and
money you need to run a business.
Key
partners
Who are the
partners that you can’t do business without them. Example, Android phones
manufacturer can’t do their business without Google services such as emails,
play store etc.
Cost
structure.
List the
top costs depending on key activities and resources. Don’t underestimate costs
for supporting a business until it can be able to generate profits.
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