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Model/Customer Development Stack">Entrepreneurship as a Science – The Business Model/Customer Development Stack</a></h2> <div class="postinfo"> Posted on <span class="postdate">October 25, 2010</span> by steve blank </div> <div class="entry"> <p>Over the last 50 years engineers have moved from building computers out of individual transistors to building with prepackaged logic gates. Then they adopted standard microprocessors (e.g. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86" target="_blank">x86</a>, <a href="http://www.arm.com/" target="_blank">ARM</a>.) At the same time every computer company was writing its own operating system. Soon standard operating systems (e.g. Windows, <a href="http://www.linux.org/" target="_blank">Linux</a>) emerged. In the last decade open source software (e.g <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LAMP_(software_bundle)" target="_blank">LAMP</a>) emerged for building web servers.</p> <p>Each time a standard solution emerged, innovation didn’t stop. It just allowed new innovation to begin at a higher level.</p> <p>In this post I want offer a solution stack for Entrepreneurship. It’s the combination of Business Model Design and Customer Development.</p> <p><strong>Business Model Design<br /> </strong>Today every business organization from startup to large company uses the words “business model.” Some use it with certainty like they know what it means. Others use it with an implied question mark realizing they don’t have a clue to its components.</p> <p><a href="http://www.alexosterwalder.com/" target="_blank">Alexander Osterwalder</a> and <a href="http://people.hec.unil.ch/ypigneur/" target="_blank">Yves Pigneur</a> defined a business model as how an organization creates, delivers, and captures value. More importantly they showed how <em>any company’s business model could be defined in 9 boxes.</em> It’s an amazing and powerful tool. It instantly creates a shared visual language while defining a business. Their book “<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0470876417?ie=UTF8&tag=wwwsteveblank-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0470876417" target="_blank">Business Model Generation</a>,” is the definitive text on the subject. (And their forthcoming <a href="http://www.businessmodelgeneration.com/ipad/siteb.php">Business Model Toolbox</a> is a killer iPad app for business strategy.)</p> <div id="attachment_7010" style="width: 478px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://i0.wp.com/steveblank.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/business-model-canvas.jpg"><img data-recalc-dims="1" fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-7010" data-attachment-id="7010" data-permalink="https://steveblank.com/2010/10/25/entrepreneurship-as-a-science-%e2%80%93-the-business-modelcustomer-development-stack/business-model-canvas/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/steveblank.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/business-model-canvas.jpg?fit=1017%2C680&ssl=1" data-orig-size="1017,680" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="Business Model Canvas" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Business Model Canvas</p> " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/steveblank.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/business-model-canvas.jpg?fit=300%2C201&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/steveblank.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/business-model-canvas.jpg?fit=468%2C313&ssl=1" class="size-full wp-image-7010" title="Business Model Canvas" src="https://i0.wp.com/steveblank.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/business-model-canvas.jpg?resize=468%2C312" alt="" width="468" height="312" /></a><p id="caption-attachment-7010" class="wp-caption-text">Business Model Canvas</p></div> <p>Yet as powerful as the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_Model_Canvas" target="_blank">Business Model Canvas</a> (a template with the nine blocks of a business model) is, at the end of the day it was a tool for brainstorming hypotheses without a formal way of testing them.</p> <p><a href="https://i0.wp.com/steveblank.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/business-model-guesses.jpg"><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="7012" data-permalink="https://steveblank.com/2010/10/25/entrepreneurship-as-a-science-%e2%80%93-the-business-modelcustomer-development-stack/business-model-guesses/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/steveblank.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/business-model-guesses.jpg?fit=664%2C445&ssl=1" data-orig-size="664,445" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="Business Model Guesses" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/steveblank.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/business-model-guesses.jpg?fit=300%2C201&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/steveblank.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/business-model-guesses.jpg?fit=468%2C314&ssl=1" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-7012" title="Business Model Guesses" src="https://i0.wp.com/steveblank.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/business-model-guesses.jpg?resize=468%2C313" alt="" width="468" height="313" /></a></p> <p><strong>Business Model Design Gets Dynamic, Customer Development Gets Strategic<br /> </strong>One of the key tenets of <a href="http://steveblank.com/category/customer-development-manifesto/" target="_blank">Customer Development</a> is that your business model is nothing more than a set of untested hypotheses. Yet <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0976470705?ie=UTF8&tag=wwwsteveblank-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0976470705" target="_blank">Customer Development</a> has no structured and systematic way of describing a business model.</p> <p><a href="http://steveblank.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/business-model-guesses.jpg"></a></p> <p>In the last year I found that the Osterwalder Business Model canvas could be used for something much more than a static planning tool. I realized that it was the launch-pad for setting up the hypotheses to test, and a scorecard for visually tracking iterations and <a href="http://steveblank.com/2010/04/12/why-startups-are-agile-and-opportunistic-–-pivoting-the-business-model/" target="_blank">Pivots</a> during <a href="http://ecorner.stanford.edu/authorMaterialInfo.html?mid=2048" target="_blank">Customer Discovery and Validation</a>.</p> <p>Meanwhile on the other side of the world Alexander Osterwalder was coming to the same conclusion: tying the two processes together would create a “strategy stack for entrepreneurship.” We got together this weekend (along with our partners Alan Smith and Bob Dorf and my student Max Marmer) to try to integrate the two.</p> <p><strong>Business Model Design Meets Customer Development<br /> </strong>In its simplest form the way to think about the intersection of the two processes is that you start by designing your business model. Next, each one of the 9 business model canvas boxes then directly translates into a set of Customer Discovery hypotheses that are described in Customer Development and the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0976470705?ie=UTF8&tag=wwwsteveblank-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0976470705" target="_blank">Four Steps to the Epiphany</a>.</p> <div id="attachment_7014" style="width: 478px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://i0.wp.com/steveblank.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/business-model-design-meets-customer-development.jpg"><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-7014" data-attachment-id="7014" data-permalink="https://steveblank.com/2010/10/25/entrepreneurship-as-a-science-%e2%80%93-the-business-modelcustomer-development-stack/business-model-design-meets-customer-development/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/steveblank.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/business-model-design-meets-customer-development.jpg?fit=698%2C432&ssl=1" data-orig-size="698,432" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="Business Model Design meets Customer Development" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Business Model Design meets Customer Development</p> " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/steveblank.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/business-model-design-meets-customer-development.jpg?fit=300%2C186&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/steveblank.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/business-model-design-meets-customer-development.jpg?fit=468%2C290&ssl=1" class="size-full wp-image-7014" title="Business Model Design meets Customer Development" src="https://i0.wp.com/steveblank.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/business-model-design-meets-customer-development.jpg?resize=468%2C289" alt="" width="468" height="289" /></a><p id="caption-attachment-7014" class="wp-caption-text">Business Model Design meets Customer Development</p></div> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p><strong>Pivots and Iterations<br /> </strong>Many entrepreneurs assume that the assumptions in their original business model (or business plan if they wrote one) will be correct. Confronting the reality that one of these hypotheses is wrong (finding out you have the wrong sales channel, revenue model, target market or customer) <a href="http://steveblank.com/2009/09/07/the-customer-development-manifesto-the-death-spiral-part-3/" target="_blank">creates a crisis</a>.</p> <div id="attachment_7016" style="width: 478px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://i0.wp.com/steveblank.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/pivots-are-business-model-insights.jpg"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-7016" data-attachment-id="7016" data-permalink="https://steveblank.com/2010/10/25/entrepreneurship-as-a-science-%e2%80%93-the-business-modelcustomer-development-stack/pivots-are-business-model-insights/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/steveblank.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/pivots-are-business-model-insights.jpg?fit=623%2C418&ssl=1" data-orig-size="623,418" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="Pivots are Business Model Insights" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Pivots are Business Model Insights</p> " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/steveblank.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/pivots-are-business-model-insights.jpg?fit=300%2C201&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/steveblank.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/pivots-are-business-model-insights.jpg?fit=468%2C314&ssl=1" class="size-full wp-image-7016" title="Pivots are Business Model Insights" src="https://i0.wp.com/steveblank.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/pivots-are-business-model-insights.jpg?resize=468%2C314" alt="" width="468" height="314" /></a><p id="caption-attachment-7016" class="wp-caption-text">Pivots are Business Model Insights</p></div> <p>Tying Osterwalder’s Business Model Canvas with the <a href="http://steveblank.com/2009/09/17/the-path-of-warriors-and-winners/" target="_blank">Customer Development process turns these potential crises into learning opportunities</a> called <a href="http://steveblank.com/2010/04/12/why-startups-are-agile-and-opportunistic-–-pivoting-the-business-model/" target="_blank">the Pivot</a>. Customer Development forces you to get out of the building and discover and validate each one of the assumptions behind the business model. A Pivot is when reality leads you to change one or more business model hypotheses. The result is an updated business model not <a href="http://steveblank.com/2010/07/22/what-if-the-price-were-zero-failing-at-customer-validation/" target="_blank">a fired VP of Sales</a>.</p> <p>The Pivot turns a failed business model hypotheses into insight.</p> <p><strong>The Business Model/Customer Development Stack<br /> </strong>We’ll have more to say about combing these two methodologies in future posts.</p> <blockquote><p><strong>Lessons Learned</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.businessmodelgeneration.com/" target="_blank">Business Model design</a> is the standard for describing a business model</li> <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0976470705?ie=UTF8&tag=wwwsteveblank-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0976470705" target="_blank">Customer Development</a> is the standard for testing business model hypotheses</li> <li>The two are the strategy stack for entrepreneurship</li> </ul> </blockquote> <p class="getsocial" 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class="fn">marc</strong>, on <a href="#comment-6060" title="">October 25, 2010 at 6:18 am</a> said: </span> </div> <p>major problem with this Business Model framework is that it ignores competition</p> <div class='jetpack-comment-likes-widget-wrapper jetpack-likes-widget-unloaded' id='like-comment-wrapper-6599589-6060-67624db23942f' data-src='https://widgets.wp.com/likes/#blog_id=6599589&comment_id=6060&origin=steveblank.com&obj_id=6599589-6060-67624db23942f' data-name='like-comment-frame-6599589-6060-67624db23942f'> <div class='likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes'><span class='loading'>Loading...</span></div> <div class='comment-likes-widget jetpack-likes-widget comment-likes'><span class='comment-like-feedback'></span><span class='sd-text-color'></span><a class='sd-link-color'></a></div> </div> <div class="reply"> <a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-link" 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2010 at 7:14 am</a> said: </span> </div> <p>As well it should. Competition is relevant when there are known business models competing for a piece of a known market. Worrying about competition when designing a new business model is at best a waste of time and at worst a red herring that will steer you away from focusing on customer development.</p> <div class='jetpack-comment-likes-widget-wrapper jetpack-likes-widget-unloaded' id='like-comment-wrapper-6599589-6066-67624db2399c2' data-src='https://widgets.wp.com/likes/#blog_id=6599589&comment_id=6066&origin=steveblank.com&obj_id=6599589-6066-67624db2399c2' data-name='like-comment-frame-6599589-6066-67624db2399c2'> <div class='likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes'><span class='loading'>Loading...</span></div> <div class='comment-likes-widget jetpack-likes-widget comment-likes'><span class='comment-like-feedback'></span><span class='sd-text-color'></span><a class='sd-link-color'></a></div> </div> <div class="reply"> <a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-link" href="https://steveblank.com/2010/10/25/entrepreneurship-as-a-science-%e2%80%93-the-business-modelcustomer-development-stack/?replytocom=6066#respond" data-commentid="6066" data-postid="7006" data-belowelement="div-comment-6066" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to David Binetti" aria-label="Reply to David Binetti">Reply</a> </div> </div> </li> <li class="comment even depth-2" id="comment-6067"> <div id="div-comment-6067"> <div class="comment-meta commentmetadata"> <div class="avatar"><img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7e3cf5430154b1eba2d26d7a4fe4c909?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7e3cf5430154b1eba2d26d7a4fe4c909?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/></div> <span class="comment-author vcard"><strong class="fn">marc</strong>, on <a href="#comment-6067" title="">October 25, 2010 at 7:49 am</a> said: </span> </div> <p>This is the case 100% of times. You really have to micro-segment again and again to define a market (or a sub-sub-sub-market in this case) that is both unchartered and void of competitors. Of course, its size is then ridiculous.<br /> I’ll take the absolute contrarian view of your proposal. You HAVE to factor in competition when designing a new business model. All competitors, direct ones and indirect ones. For one good reason: customers have the choice. If you don’t differentiate because you forgot to differentiate, then they’ll stick to the existing more comfortable alternatives.<br /> Let’s take another example. It is very, very hard to change a pricing policy, or a brand, or a sales strategy. All this “pivot” and “flexible business” yada yada is probably good for Internet B2C startups that can change value proposition overnight by laying out another design in expectation of more superangel money. But Internet B2C Startups most of the time have no well thought business model at least in this framework way. All the other tech businesses require at least some well thought plan before moving forward, and changing their plans if something goes wrong.<br /> Then how to articulate Customer Development, which is dynamic and iterative by nature, with the Business Model framework which is static and one-sided? Sounds hard to me. With all the respect due to Steve here, tying 2 buzz words together doesn’t make a super buzz.</p> <div class='jetpack-comment-likes-widget-wrapper jetpack-likes-widget-unloaded' id='like-comment-wrapper-6599589-6067-67624db239f10' data-src='https://widgets.wp.com/likes/#blog_id=6599589&comment_id=6067&origin=steveblank.com&obj_id=6599589-6067-67624db239f10' data-name='like-comment-frame-6599589-6067-67624db239f10'> <div class='likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes'><span class='loading'>Loading...</span></div> <div class='comment-likes-widget jetpack-likes-widget comment-likes'><span class='comment-like-feedback'></span><span class='sd-text-color'></span><a class='sd-link-color'></a></div> </div> <div class="reply"> <a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-link" href="https://steveblank.com/2010/10/25/entrepreneurship-as-a-science-%e2%80%93-the-business-modelcustomer-development-stack/?replytocom=6067#respond" data-commentid="6067" data-postid="7006" data-belowelement="div-comment-6067" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to marc" aria-label="Reply to marc">Reply</a> </div> </div> </li> <li class="comment odd alt depth-2 parent" id="comment-6069"> <div id="div-comment-6069"> <div class="comment-meta commentmetadata"> <div class="avatar"><img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/169f8dcf7b4e7dbafd6f2828fb175171?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/169f8dcf7b4e7dbafd6f2828fb175171?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/></div> <span class="comment-author vcard"><strong class="fn"><a href="http://davidbinetti.com" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">David Binetti</a></strong>, on <a href="#comment-6069" title="">October 25, 2010 at 8:46 am</a> said: </span> </div> <p>Please show me where Steve is arguing for a static business model; I think he is suggesting quite the opposite. </p> <p>My assumptions: 1) most startups fail due to lack of customers. 2) competition is defined as another company that seeks to convert the same group of (mutually exclusive) customers that you seek to convert. 3) Product substitutes are not competition, but a form of non-adoption.</p> <p>(Example of product substitute: Dropbox tries to find new customers who currently use email or USB keys for file-transfer. Example of competition: Dropbox tries to convert a customer currently using SharePoint into a Dropbox customer.)</p> <p>Given those assumptions, my argument is that business models must be designed to address non-adoption because customers must be convinced to use your product rather than a substitute before they even consider making a decision between competing products.</p> <div class='jetpack-comment-likes-widget-wrapper jetpack-likes-widget-unloaded' id='like-comment-wrapper-6599589-6069-67624db23a456' data-src='https://widgets.wp.com/likes/#blog_id=6599589&comment_id=6069&origin=steveblank.com&obj_id=6599589-6069-67624db23a456' data-name='like-comment-frame-6599589-6069-67624db23a456'> <div class='likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes'><span class='loading'>Loading...</span></div> <div class='comment-likes-widget jetpack-likes-widget comment-likes'><span class='comment-like-feedback'></span><span class='sd-text-color'></span><a class='sd-link-color'></a></div> </div> <div class="reply"> <a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-link" href="https://steveblank.com/2010/10/25/entrepreneurship-as-a-science-%e2%80%93-the-business-modelcustomer-development-stack/?replytocom=6069#respond" data-commentid="6069" data-postid="7006" data-belowelement="div-comment-6069" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to David Binetti" aria-label="Reply to David Binetti">Reply</a> </div> </div> <ul class="children"> <li class="comment even depth-3" id="comment-29847"> <div id="div-comment-29847"> <div class="comment-meta commentmetadata"> <div class="avatar"><img alt='' src='https://i0.wp.com/a0.twimg.com/profile_images/2225643481/oma_lap_normal.jpg?resize=32%2C32' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b0f59a6d53096a692e5c2872fcf3f487?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/></div> <span class="comment-author vcard"><strong class="fn"><a href="http://twitter.com/jonintweet" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Joni S. (@jonintweet)</a></strong>, on <a href="#comment-29847" title="">June 25, 2012 at 3:20 pm</a> said: </span> </div> <p>“Product substitutes are not competition, but a form of non-adoption.”</p> <p>Just a quick (and very overdue…) comment. From practical perspective, this difference is trivial. As long as customers are using a different product for the same need, the implication is the same. Hence, it does not make difference if you call it “direct competition” or “indirect competition” (i.e. substitutes). Non-adoption is when they are not using a product at all to solve the problem.</p> <div class='jetpack-comment-likes-widget-wrapper jetpack-likes-widget-unloaded' id='like-comment-wrapper-6599589-29847-67624db23a9ce' data-src='https://widgets.wp.com/likes/#blog_id=6599589&comment_id=29847&origin=steveblank.com&obj_id=6599589-29847-67624db23a9ce' data-name='like-comment-frame-6599589-29847-67624db23a9ce'> <div class='likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes'><span class='loading'>Loading...</span></div> <div class='comment-likes-widget jetpack-likes-widget comment-likes'><span class='comment-like-feedback'></span><span class='sd-text-color'></span><a class='sd-link-color'></a></div> </div> <div class="reply"> <a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-link" href="https://steveblank.com/2010/10/25/entrepreneurship-as-a-science-%e2%80%93-the-business-modelcustomer-development-stack/?replytocom=29847#respond" data-commentid="29847" data-postid="7006" data-belowelement="div-comment-29847" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Joni S. (@jonintweet)" aria-label="Reply to Joni S. (@jonintweet)">Reply</a> </div> </div> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="comment odd alt depth-2" id="comment-6075"> <div id="div-comment-6075"> <div class="comment-meta commentmetadata"> <div class="avatar"><img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/edd8367cd548b5f0bd39d91f10e04f81?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/edd8367cd548b5f0bd39d91f10e04f81?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/></div> <span class="comment-author vcard"><strong class="fn">John</strong>, on <a href="#comment-6075" title="">October 25, 2010 at 10:59 am</a> said: </span> </div> <p>Youngme Moon who teaches at Harvard Business School recently wrote a book called “Different” which talks about how companies try to differentiate themselves but then their competitors soon offer the same thing and to the customer they all appear to have very similar offerings with little differentiation.</p> <div class='jetpack-comment-likes-widget-wrapper jetpack-likes-widget-unloaded' id='like-comment-wrapper-6599589-6075-67624db23aed8' data-src='https://widgets.wp.com/likes/#blog_id=6599589&comment_id=6075&origin=steveblank.com&obj_id=6599589-6075-67624db23aed8' data-name='like-comment-frame-6599589-6075-67624db23aed8'> <div class='likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes'><span class='loading'>Loading...</span></div> <div class='comment-likes-widget jetpack-likes-widget comment-likes'><span class='comment-like-feedback'></span><span class='sd-text-color'></span><a class='sd-link-color'></a></div> </div> <div class="reply"> <a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-link" href="https://steveblank.com/2010/10/25/entrepreneurship-as-a-science-%e2%80%93-the-business-modelcustomer-development-stack/?replytocom=6075#respond" data-commentid="6075" data-postid="7006" data-belowelement="div-comment-6075" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to John" aria-label="Reply to John">Reply</a> </div> </div> </li> <li class="comment even depth-2" id="comment-6114"> <div id="div-comment-6114"> <div class="comment-meta commentmetadata"> <div class="avatar"><img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/a8c178fa70f7c7b12d6ccb576188b385?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/a8c178fa70f7c7b12d6ccb576188b385?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/></div> <span class="comment-author vcard"><strong class="fn"><a href="http://blogs.salleurl.edu/innovation-entrepreneurship/" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Ferran</a></strong>, on <a href="#comment-6114" title="">October 28, 2010 at 1:30 am</a> said: </span> </div> <p>What would be the difference between business model definition and strategy definition, if you were to include competition? </p> <p>The concepts are, and should be different as David mentions. They are different activities in diferent stages of your development. As customer development and business model are also different stages. The aim of the first is to validate your value proposition, that will give space for the first bm development.</p> <div class='jetpack-comment-likes-widget-wrapper jetpack-likes-widget-unloaded' id='like-comment-wrapper-6599589-6114-67624db23b3d9' data-src='https://widgets.wp.com/likes/#blog_id=6599589&comment_id=6114&origin=steveblank.com&obj_id=6599589-6114-67624db23b3d9' data-name='like-comment-frame-6599589-6114-67624db23b3d9'> <div class='likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes'><span class='loading'>Loading...</span></div> <div class='comment-likes-widget jetpack-likes-widget comment-likes'><span class='comment-like-feedback'></span><span class='sd-text-color'></span><a class='sd-link-color'></a></div> </div> <div class="reply"> <a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-link" href="https://steveblank.com/2010/10/25/entrepreneurship-as-a-science-%e2%80%93-the-business-modelcustomer-development-stack/?replytocom=6114#respond" data-commentid="6114" data-postid="7006" data-belowelement="div-comment-6114" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Ferran" aria-label="Reply to Ferran">Reply</a> </div> </div> </li> <li class="comment odd alt depth-2 parent" id="comment-9999"> <div id="div-comment-9999"> <div class="comment-meta commentmetadata"> <div class="avatar"><img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/2e1747b9365463c55ccd1fb21a19ad87?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/2e1747b9365463c55ccd1fb21a19ad87?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/></div> <span class="comment-author vcard"><strong class="fn">collard</strong>, on <a href="#comment-9999" title="">April 12, 2011 at 10:09 pm</a> said: </span> </div> <p>I’d agree if you’re referring to competitive saturation. However, the BM canvas is a great tool to flesh out the competitive models – using them to spot weaknesses, inefficiencies and springboard differentiation discussions.</p> <div class='jetpack-comment-likes-widget-wrapper jetpack-likes-widget-unloaded' id='like-comment-wrapper-6599589-9999-67624db23b8d3' data-src='https://widgets.wp.com/likes/#blog_id=6599589&comment_id=9999&origin=steveblank.com&obj_id=6599589-9999-67624db23b8d3' data-name='like-comment-frame-6599589-9999-67624db23b8d3'> <div class='likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes'><span class='loading'>Loading...</span></div> <div class='comment-likes-widget jetpack-likes-widget comment-likes'><span class='comment-like-feedback'></span><span class='sd-text-color'></span><a class='sd-link-color'></a></div> </div> <div class="reply"> <a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-link" href="https://steveblank.com/2010/10/25/entrepreneurship-as-a-science-%e2%80%93-the-business-modelcustomer-development-stack/?replytocom=9999#respond" data-commentid="9999" data-postid="7006" data-belowelement="div-comment-9999" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to collard" aria-label="Reply to collard">Reply</a> </div> </div> <ul class="children"> <li class="comment even depth-3" id="comment-11716"> <div id="div-comment-11716"> <div class="comment-meta commentmetadata"> <div class="avatar"><img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/3ccfd4c2e17605e88e555631653518ae?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/3ccfd4c2e17605e88e555631653518ae?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/></div> <span class="comment-author vcard"><strong class="fn"><a href="http://www.karllestonecapital.com" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Karl Burrow</a></strong>, on <a href="#comment-11716" title="">June 20, 2011 at 7:52 pm</a> said: </span> </div> <p>Yes.. this is an agreeable point. This give the stakeholders a holistic view in noticing how their existing business model or proposed new one line up with competition. You ask the question… ” are our competitors doing the same this” or What makes us different” , ” Are we providing meaningful value to our customer segments?”</p> <div class='jetpack-comment-likes-widget-wrapper jetpack-likes-widget-unloaded' id='like-comment-wrapper-6599589-11716-67624db23bdcb' data-src='https://widgets.wp.com/likes/#blog_id=6599589&comment_id=11716&origin=steveblank.com&obj_id=6599589-11716-67624db23bdcb' data-name='like-comment-frame-6599589-11716-67624db23bdcb'> <div class='likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes'><span class='loading'>Loading...</span></div> <div class='comment-likes-widget jetpack-likes-widget comment-likes'><span class='comment-like-feedback'></span><span class='sd-text-color'></span><a class='sd-link-color'></a></div> </div> <div class="reply"> <a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-link" href="https://steveblank.com/2010/10/25/entrepreneurship-as-a-science-%e2%80%93-the-business-modelcustomer-development-stack/?replytocom=11716#respond" data-commentid="11716" data-postid="7006" data-belowelement="div-comment-11716" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Karl Burrow" aria-label="Reply to Karl Burrow">Reply</a> </div> </div> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="comment odd alt depth-2" id="comment-19138"> <div id="div-comment-19138"> <div class="comment-meta commentmetadata"> <div class="avatar"><img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/e8c593618b6ea0e9f23f7cda9b05ff31?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/e8c593618b6ea0e9f23f7cda9b05ff31?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/></div> <span class="comment-author vcard"><strong class="fn">Paul Smith</strong>, on <a href="#comment-19138" title="">December 7, 2011 at 6:42 am</a> said: </span> </div> <p>Interestingly Saras Sarasvathy research on expert entrepreneurs. Those that have started multiple companies and had at one successful IPO with turnovers between $200 million to $6 billion found that none of them considered competition and believed it was irrelevant until you actually had traction on an idea.</p> <div class='jetpack-comment-likes-widget-wrapper jetpack-likes-widget-unloaded' id='like-comment-wrapper-6599589-19138-67624db23c2c1' data-src='https://widgets.wp.com/likes/#blog_id=6599589&comment_id=19138&origin=steveblank.com&obj_id=6599589-19138-67624db23c2c1' data-name='like-comment-frame-6599589-19138-67624db23c2c1'> <div class='likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes'><span class='loading'>Loading...</span></div> <div class='comment-likes-widget jetpack-likes-widget comment-likes'><span class='comment-like-feedback'></span><span class='sd-text-color'></span><a class='sd-link-color'></a></div> </div> <div class="reply"> <a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-link" href="https://steveblank.com/2010/10/25/entrepreneurship-as-a-science-%e2%80%93-the-business-modelcustomer-development-stack/?replytocom=19138#respond" data-commentid="19138" data-postid="7006" data-belowelement="div-comment-19138" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Paul Smith" aria-label="Reply to Paul Smith">Reply</a> </div> </div> </li> <li class="comment even depth-2" id="comment-500768"> <div id="div-comment-500768"> <div class="comment-meta commentmetadata"> <div class="avatar"><img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo avatar-default' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/></div> <span class="comment-author vcard"><strong class="fn">Anonymous</strong>, on <a href="#comment-500768" title="">March 16, 2019 at 1:28 pm</a> said: </span> </div> <p>I disagree, you consider competition in the first step… value proposition. Your value proposition should consider competitive sets/differentiation in order to validate how compelling your business idea is.</p> <div class='jetpack-comment-likes-widget-wrapper jetpack-likes-widget-unloaded' id='like-comment-wrapper-6599589-500768-67624db23c7a2' data-src='https://widgets.wp.com/likes/#blog_id=6599589&comment_id=500768&origin=steveblank.com&obj_id=6599589-500768-67624db23c7a2' data-name='like-comment-frame-6599589-500768-67624db23c7a2'> <div class='likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes'><span class='loading'>Loading...</span></div> <div class='comment-likes-widget jetpack-likes-widget comment-likes'><span class='comment-like-feedback'></span><span class='sd-text-color'></span><a class='sd-link-color'></a></div> </div> <div class="reply"> <a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-link" href="https://steveblank.com/2010/10/25/entrepreneurship-as-a-science-%e2%80%93-the-business-modelcustomer-development-stack/?replytocom=500768#respond" data-commentid="500768" data-postid="7006" data-belowelement="div-comment-500768" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Anonymous" aria-label="Reply to Anonymous">Reply</a> </div> </div> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1" id="comment-6061"> <div id="div-comment-6061"> <div class="comment-meta commentmetadata"> <div class="avatar"><img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/a9353c46f56d1256cf46dc913cc126a1?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/a9353c46f56d1256cf46dc913cc126a1?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/></div> <span class="comment-author vcard"><strong class="fn"><a href="http://www.bobtuse.com" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Bob MacNeal</a></strong>, on <a href="#comment-6061" title="">October 25, 2010 at 6:25 am</a> said: </span> </div> <p>This is a helpful post. </p> <p>I appreciate how you’ve rendered something conceptual & static, like a business model, into an actionable framework for a proving ground. </p> <p>The Business Model / Customer Development Stack seems akin to a pilot’s pre-flight checklist. With this framework, startups can pursue & prove viability…Or realize early in the checklist that “Uh, we have a problem, Houston”, then adjust accordingly.</p> <p>I look forward to further posts about the Business Model / Customer Development Stack. Thanks!</p> <div class='jetpack-comment-likes-widget-wrapper jetpack-likes-widget-unloaded' id='like-comment-wrapper-6599589-6061-67624db23ccce' data-src='https://widgets.wp.com/likes/#blog_id=6599589&comment_id=6061&origin=steveblank.com&obj_id=6599589-6061-67624db23ccce' data-name='like-comment-frame-6599589-6061-67624db23ccce'> <div class='likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes'><span class='loading'>Loading...</span></div> <div class='comment-likes-widget jetpack-likes-widget comment-likes'><span class='comment-like-feedback'></span><span class='sd-text-color'></span><a class='sd-link-color'></a></div> </div> <div class="reply"> <a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-link" href="https://steveblank.com/2010/10/25/entrepreneurship-as-a-science-%e2%80%93-the-business-modelcustomer-development-stack/?replytocom=6061#respond" data-commentid="6061" data-postid="7006" data-belowelement="div-comment-6061" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Bob MacNeal" aria-label="Reply to Bob MacNeal">Reply</a> </div> </div> </li> <li class="comment even thread-even depth-1" id="comment-6063"> <div id="div-comment-6063"> <div class="comment-meta commentmetadata"> <div class="avatar"><img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/169f8dcf7b4e7dbafd6f2828fb175171?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/169f8dcf7b4e7dbafd6f2828fb175171?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/></div> <span class="comment-author vcard"><strong class="fn"><a href="http://davidbinetti.com" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">David Binetti</a></strong>, on <a href="#comment-6063" title="">October 25, 2010 at 6:46 am</a> said: </span> </div> <p>This is an incredibly powerful concept, and I eagerly look forward to how you expand on it. The vernacular and framework should provide great comfort to founder-engineers and if some adopt this approach in lieu of traditional “marketing” I suspect you’ll save billions of dollars in venture capital. (Not that they’ll send you a check, but I’m just sayin’…)</p> <div class='jetpack-comment-likes-widget-wrapper jetpack-likes-widget-unloaded' id='like-comment-wrapper-6599589-6063-67624db23d1fb' data-src='https://widgets.wp.com/likes/#blog_id=6599589&comment_id=6063&origin=steveblank.com&obj_id=6599589-6063-67624db23d1fb' data-name='like-comment-frame-6599589-6063-67624db23d1fb'> <div class='likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes'><span class='loading'>Loading...</span></div> <div class='comment-likes-widget jetpack-likes-widget comment-likes'><span class='comment-like-feedback'></span><span class='sd-text-color'></span><a class='sd-link-color'></a></div> </div> <div class="reply"> <a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-link" href="https://steveblank.com/2010/10/25/entrepreneurship-as-a-science-%e2%80%93-the-business-modelcustomer-development-stack/?replytocom=6063#respond" data-commentid="6063" data-postid="7006" data-belowelement="div-comment-6063" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to David Binetti" aria-label="Reply to David Binetti">Reply</a> </div> </div> </li> <li class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 parent" id="comment-6064"> <div id="div-comment-6064"> <div class="comment-meta commentmetadata"> <div class="avatar"><img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/0484008cc04bc197626527a3167b2282?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/0484008cc04bc197626527a3167b2282?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/></div> <span class="comment-author vcard"><strong class="fn"><a href="http://fieltnotes.blogspot.com/" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Erwin Fielt</a></strong>, on <a href="#comment-6064" title="">October 25, 2010 at 6:58 am</a> said: </span> </div> <p>Looking forward to seeing more of this! Been following Alexander for some time and getting introduced to more interesting things every time!</p> <p>May I add that the most crucial hypothesis will not be about what is in the boxes, but about the relations between the boxes. How can the VP be turned into a RS? And how can the KA, KR and KP deliver a compelling and unique VP? And how can the RS be >> CS?</p> <div class='jetpack-comment-likes-widget-wrapper jetpack-likes-widget-unloaded' id='like-comment-wrapper-6599589-6064-67624db23d6fa' data-src='https://widgets.wp.com/likes/#blog_id=6599589&comment_id=6064&origin=steveblank.com&obj_id=6599589-6064-67624db23d6fa' data-name='like-comment-frame-6599589-6064-67624db23d6fa'> <div class='likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes'><span class='loading'>Loading...</span></div> <div class='comment-likes-widget jetpack-likes-widget comment-likes'><span class='comment-like-feedback'></span><span class='sd-text-color'></span><a class='sd-link-color'></a></div> </div> <div class="reply"> <a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-link" href="https://steveblank.com/2010/10/25/entrepreneurship-as-a-science-%e2%80%93-the-business-modelcustomer-development-stack/?replytocom=6064#respond" data-commentid="6064" data-postid="7006" data-belowelement="div-comment-6064" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Erwin Fielt" aria-label="Reply to Erwin Fielt">Reply</a> </div> </div> <ul class="children"> <li class="comment even depth-2" id="comment-6110"> <div id="div-comment-6110"> <div class="comment-meta commentmetadata"> <div class="avatar"><img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/0484008cc04bc197626527a3167b2282?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/0484008cc04bc197626527a3167b2282?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/></div> <span class="comment-author vcard"><strong class="fn"><a href="http://fieltnotes.blogspot.com/" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Erwin Fielt</a></strong>, on <a href="#comment-6110" title="">October 27, 2010 at 4:31 pm</a> said: </span> </div> <p>Here are some more thoughts on this: <a href="http://fieltnotes.blogspot.com/2010/10/testing-business-model-hypothesis-going.html" rel="nofollow ugc">http://fieltnotes.blogspot.com/2010/10/testing-business-model-hypothesis-going.html</a></p> <div class='jetpack-comment-likes-widget-wrapper jetpack-likes-widget-unloaded' id='like-comment-wrapper-6599589-6110-67624db23dc0d' data-src='https://widgets.wp.com/likes/#blog_id=6599589&comment_id=6110&origin=steveblank.com&obj_id=6599589-6110-67624db23dc0d' data-name='like-comment-frame-6599589-6110-67624db23dc0d'> <div class='likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes'><span class='loading'>Loading...</span></div> <div class='comment-likes-widget jetpack-likes-widget comment-likes'><span class='comment-like-feedback'></span><span class='sd-text-color'></span><a class='sd-link-color'></a></div> </div> <div class="reply"> <a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-link" href="https://steveblank.com/2010/10/25/entrepreneurship-as-a-science-%e2%80%93-the-business-modelcustomer-development-stack/?replytocom=6110#respond" data-commentid="6110" data-postid="7006" data-belowelement="div-comment-6110" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Erwin Fielt" aria-label="Reply to Erwin Fielt">Reply</a> </div> </div> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="comment odd alt thread-even depth-1" id="comment-6068"> <div id="div-comment-6068"> <div class="comment-meta commentmetadata"> <div class="avatar"><img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c8b138986504d8416988a615ba0586b3?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c8b138986504d8416988a615ba0586b3?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/></div> <span class="comment-author vcard"><strong class="fn"><a href="http://entrepreneurshipvideo.com" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Florian Komm</a></strong>, on <a href="#comment-6068" title="">October 25, 2010 at 8:39 am</a> said: </span> </div> <p>I’m looking forward to see Alexander Osterwalder at the Entrepreneurship Summit 2010 in Berlin. </p> <p><a href="http://bit.ly/alexanderosterwalder" rel="nofollow ugc">http://bit.ly/alexanderosterwalder</a></p> <div class='jetpack-comment-likes-widget-wrapper jetpack-likes-widget-unloaded' id='like-comment-wrapper-6599589-6068-67624db23e12c' data-src='https://widgets.wp.com/likes/#blog_id=6599589&comment_id=6068&origin=steveblank.com&obj_id=6599589-6068-67624db23e12c' data-name='like-comment-frame-6599589-6068-67624db23e12c'> <div class='likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes'><span class='loading'>Loading...</span></div> <div class='comment-likes-widget jetpack-likes-widget comment-likes'><span class='comment-like-feedback'></span><span class='sd-text-color'></span><a class='sd-link-color'></a></div> </div> <div class="reply"> <a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-link" href="https://steveblank.com/2010/10/25/entrepreneurship-as-a-science-%e2%80%93-the-business-modelcustomer-development-stack/?replytocom=6068#respond" data-commentid="6068" data-postid="7006" data-belowelement="div-comment-6068" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Florian Komm" aria-label="Reply to Florian Komm">Reply</a> </div> </div> </li> <li class="comment even thread-odd thread-alt depth-1" id="comment-6070"> <div id="div-comment-6070"> <div class="comment-meta commentmetadata"> <div class="avatar"><img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/cc78487775a3a1ea3acd69921d4a7511?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/cc78487775a3a1ea3acd69921d4a7511?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/></div> <span class="comment-author vcard"><strong class="fn"><a href="http://www.startup-marketing.de" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Roman Jakob</a></strong>, on <a href="#comment-6070" title="">October 25, 2010 at 9:10 am</a> said: </span> </div> <p>Thank you so much for this post. I am currently working on a workshop to teach students techniques how to think about developing a business model and starting a business in a structured way.</p> <p>I was already planning to use Osterwalders and Pigneurs book and model as a template. After reading through the material though, I realized that the approach was missing good instructions on how to test all the assumptions (guesses). Your customer development method is indeed a perfect fit to fill this gap.</p> <p>I am very much looking forward to read further thoughts on combining the two methodologies on your blog.</p> <div class='jetpack-comment-likes-widget-wrapper jetpack-likes-widget-unloaded' id='like-comment-wrapper-6599589-6070-67624db23e63b' data-src='https://widgets.wp.com/likes/#blog_id=6599589&comment_id=6070&origin=steveblank.com&obj_id=6599589-6070-67624db23e63b' data-name='like-comment-frame-6599589-6070-67624db23e63b'> <div class='likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes'><span class='loading'>Loading...</span></div> <div class='comment-likes-widget jetpack-likes-widget comment-likes'><span class='comment-like-feedback'></span><span class='sd-text-color'></span><a class='sd-link-color'></a></div> </div> <div class="reply"> <a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-link" href="https://steveblank.com/2010/10/25/entrepreneurship-as-a-science-%e2%80%93-the-business-modelcustomer-development-stack/?replytocom=6070#respond" data-commentid="6070" data-postid="7006" data-belowelement="div-comment-6070" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Roman Jakob" aria-label="Reply to Roman Jakob">Reply</a> </div> </div> </li> <li class="comment odd alt thread-even depth-1" id="comment-6073"> <div id="div-comment-6073"> <div class="comment-meta commentmetadata"> <div class="avatar"><img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/edd8367cd548b5f0bd39d91f10e04f81?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/edd8367cd548b5f0bd39d91f10e04f81?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/></div> <span class="comment-author vcard"><strong class="fn">John</strong>, on <a href="#comment-6073" title="">October 25, 2010 at 9:54 am</a> said: </span> </div> <p>Ash Maurya is writing a book about this. Here is his blog post about it </p> <p><a href="http://www.ashmaurya.com/2010/09/lean-startup-is-a-rigorous-process/" rel="nofollow ugc">http://www.ashmaurya.com/2010/09/lean-startup-is-a-rigorous-process/</a></p> <div class='jetpack-comment-likes-widget-wrapper jetpack-likes-widget-unloaded' id='like-comment-wrapper-6599589-6073-67624db23eb47' data-src='https://widgets.wp.com/likes/#blog_id=6599589&comment_id=6073&origin=steveblank.com&obj_id=6599589-6073-67624db23eb47' data-name='like-comment-frame-6599589-6073-67624db23eb47'> <div class='likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes'><span class='loading'>Loading...</span></div> <div class='comment-likes-widget jetpack-likes-widget comment-likes'><span class='comment-like-feedback'></span><span class='sd-text-color'></span><a class='sd-link-color'></a></div> </div> <div class="reply"> <a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-link" href="https://steveblank.com/2010/10/25/entrepreneurship-as-a-science-%e2%80%93-the-business-modelcustomer-development-stack/?replytocom=6073#respond" data-commentid="6073" data-postid="7006" data-belowelement="div-comment-6073" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to John" aria-label="Reply to John">Reply</a> </div> </div> </li> <li class="comment even thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 parent" id="comment-6077"> <div id="div-comment-6077"> <div class="comment-meta commentmetadata"> <div class="avatar"><img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/04dcbaf63550b44d392bd25d874fae56?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/04dcbaf63550b44d392bd25d874fae56?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/></div> <span class="comment-author vcard"><strong class="fn"><a href="http://storymixmedia.com" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Mike</a></strong>, on <a href="#comment-6077" title="">October 25, 2010 at 11:47 am</a> said: </span> </div> <p>I wish Steve would have taken the Dashboard strategy championed by Randy Komisar. Starting with some basic business ideas and leaps of faith that need to be tested seem a better fit with Customer Discovery. Why spend time on a detailed Business Model (not plan) if you don’t get any positive early feedback. </p> <p>Perhaps this synthesis is a good idea at some point, but I’ve struggled seeing how the Business Model helps me from the start. I’ll look forward to updates.</p> <div class='jetpack-comment-likes-widget-wrapper jetpack-likes-widget-unloaded' id='like-comment-wrapper-6599589-6077-67624db23f069' data-src='https://widgets.wp.com/likes/#blog_id=6599589&comment_id=6077&origin=steveblank.com&obj_id=6599589-6077-67624db23f069' data-name='like-comment-frame-6599589-6077-67624db23f069'> <div class='likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes'><span class='loading'>Loading...</span></div> <div class='comment-likes-widget jetpack-likes-widget comment-likes'><span class='comment-like-feedback'></span><span class='sd-text-color'></span><a class='sd-link-color'></a></div> </div> <div class="reply"> <a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-link" href="https://steveblank.com/2010/10/25/entrepreneurship-as-a-science-%e2%80%93-the-business-modelcustomer-development-stack/?replytocom=6077#respond" data-commentid="6077" data-postid="7006" data-belowelement="div-comment-6077" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Mike" aria-label="Reply to Mike">Reply</a> </div> </div> <ul class="children"> <li class="comment odd alt depth-2" id="comment-6082"> <div id="div-comment-6082"> <div class="comment-meta commentmetadata"> <div class="avatar"><img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/18fdc350ec3869162bbb3ca606fdddc0?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/18fdc350ec3869162bbb3ca606fdddc0?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/></div> <span class="comment-author vcard"><strong class="fn"><a href="http://www.rusdens.com" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Nigel</a></strong>, on <a href="#comment-6082" title="">October 25, 2010 at 5:55 pm</a> said: </span> </div> <p>Do you know where I can find out more about Randy Komisar’s dashboard approach?</p> <div class='jetpack-comment-likes-widget-wrapper jetpack-likes-widget-unloaded' id='like-comment-wrapper-6599589-6082-67624db23f563' 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<div id="div-comment-6092"> <div class="comment-meta commentmetadata"> <div class="avatar"><img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/26233f93e7cb1eb45094461e43cabffa?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/26233f93e7cb1eb45094461e43cabffa?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/></div> <span class="comment-author vcard"><strong class="fn"><a href="http://romainlacombe.com" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Romain Lacombe</a></strong>, on <a href="#comment-6092" title="">October 26, 2010 at 6:48 am</a> said: </span> </div> <p>Nigel,</p> <p>Randy writes about the Dashboard in ‘Getting to Plan B’: <a href="http://amzn.to/bsInqf" rel="nofollow ugc">http://amzn.to/bsInqf</a> </p> <p>Randy also presented at the Startup Lessons Learned conference in April, though I can’t seem to find the video along with the other ones here: <a href="http://www.justin.tv/startuplessonslearned/" rel="nofollow ugc">http://www.justin.tv/startuplessonslearned/</a></p> <p>Hope it helps.</p> <p>Romain</p> <div class='jetpack-comment-likes-widget-wrapper jetpack-likes-widget-unloaded' id='like-comment-wrapper-6599589-6092-67624db23fa94' data-src='https://widgets.wp.com/likes/#blog_id=6599589&comment_id=6092&origin=steveblank.com&obj_id=6599589-6092-67624db23fa94' data-name='like-comment-frame-6599589-6092-67624db23fa94'> <div class='likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes'><span class='loading'>Loading...</span></div> <div class='comment-likes-widget jetpack-likes-widget comment-likes'><span class='comment-like-feedback'></span><span class='sd-text-color'></span><a class='sd-link-color'></a></div> </div> <div class="reply"> <a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-link" href="https://steveblank.com/2010/10/25/entrepreneurship-as-a-science-%e2%80%93-the-business-modelcustomer-development-stack/?replytocom=6092#respond" data-commentid="6092" data-postid="7006" data-belowelement="div-comment-6092" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Romain Lacombe" aria-label="Reply to Romain Lacombe">Reply</a> </div> </div> </li> <li class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1" id="comment-6097"> <div id="div-comment-6097"> <div class="comment-meta commentmetadata"> <div class="avatar"><img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/74decb9a36783dc0b7e005991d458b84?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/74decb9a36783dc0b7e005991d458b84?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/></div> <span class="comment-author vcard"><strong class="fn"><a href="http://www.skmurphy.com/" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Sean Murphy</a></strong>, on <a href="#comment-6097" title="">October 26, 2010 at 10:42 am</a> said: </span> </div> <p>Ostterwald’s formulation reminds me of Newton’s dot notation for calculus (fluxions or derivatives). It points out the need for a formal notation but it’s too cumbersome and not usefully extensible. I don’t question the need for meaningful and portable representations of business models, and the canvas may be the best thing we have today, but I think it will represent an evolutionary dead end.</p> <div class='jetpack-comment-likes-widget-wrapper jetpack-likes-widget-unloaded' id='like-comment-wrapper-6599589-6097-67624db23ffd0' data-src='https://widgets.wp.com/likes/#blog_id=6599589&comment_id=6097&origin=steveblank.com&obj_id=6599589-6097-67624db23ffd0' data-name='like-comment-frame-6599589-6097-67624db23ffd0'> <div class='likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes'><span class='loading'>Loading...</span></div> <div class='comment-likes-widget jetpack-likes-widget comment-likes'><span class='comment-like-feedback'></span><span class='sd-text-color'></span><a class='sd-link-color'></a></div> </div> <div class="reply"> <a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-link" href="https://steveblank.com/2010/10/25/entrepreneurship-as-a-science-%e2%80%93-the-business-modelcustomer-development-stack/?replytocom=6097#respond" data-commentid="6097" data-postid="7006" data-belowelement="div-comment-6097" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Sean Murphy" aria-label="Reply to Sean Murphy">Reply</a> </div> </div> </li> <li class="comment even thread-even depth-1" id="comment-6113"> <div id="div-comment-6113"> <div class="comment-meta commentmetadata"> <div class="avatar"><img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/db545a020af9127fa4656f07e65e66eb?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/db545a020af9127fa4656f07e65e66eb?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/></div> <span class="comment-author vcard"><strong class="fn">Bryan Smith</strong>, on <a href="#comment-6113" title="">October 27, 2010 at 11:03 pm</a> said: </span> </div> <p>I think a good thing to consider is one of the ways Alex recommends his Canvas might best be used … up on the wall, in front of the team trying to define their model. It is a great visual tool to pound out the major moving parts of the business model. I think of how a scrum board with Post-Its is an abstraction/model of the process — you can look up and see where the work is. It can also serve as a decent collaboration/discussion tool as you talk out your model (or your competitors’ models).</p> <p>As for competition, I find it’s a decent tool for putting together how the competitors function, and from that getting a better understanding of exactly where differentiation is possible — think of it as a less abstract SWOT, where you can see the strengths and weaknesses as they operate. </p> <p>Alex and Steve’s books are two discoveries I made towards the end of business school that, along with some of what I guess are the “classics”, really stayed with me after graduation. Also … I’ve seen customer development slides start to show up lately in Seattle, but have been wondering whether the canvas will get more traction with the local startup crowd. </p> <p>Thanks, Steve — this post helps me put together how the two tools resonate with and complement each other.</p> <p>I am a bit of an Osterwalder fanboy these days (two copies of the book next to Blank’s) and of course YMMV — but I recommend taking it for a spin to see if it helps.</p> <div class='jetpack-comment-likes-widget-wrapper jetpack-likes-widget-unloaded' id='like-comment-wrapper-6599589-6113-67624db24051e' data-src='https://widgets.wp.com/likes/#blog_id=6599589&comment_id=6113&origin=steveblank.com&obj_id=6599589-6113-67624db24051e' data-name='like-comment-frame-6599589-6113-67624db24051e'> <div class='likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes'><span class='loading'>Loading...</span></div> <div class='comment-likes-widget jetpack-likes-widget comment-likes'><span class='comment-like-feedback'></span><span class='sd-text-color'></span><a class='sd-link-color'></a></div> </div> <div class="reply"> <a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-link" href="https://steveblank.com/2010/10/25/entrepreneurship-as-a-science-%e2%80%93-the-business-modelcustomer-development-stack/?replytocom=6113#respond" data-commentid="6113" data-postid="7006" data-belowelement="div-comment-6113" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Bryan Smith" aria-label="Reply to Bryan Smith">Reply</a> </div> </div> </li> <li class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 parent" id="comment-6115"> <div id="div-comment-6115"> <div class="comment-meta commentmetadata"> <div class="avatar"><img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7b0103c663a7c6227164f0c4235e318b?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7b0103c663a7c6227164f0c4235e318b?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/></div> <span class="comment-author vcard"><strong class="fn"><a href="http://www.genfeld-krischer.de" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Thomas</a></strong>, on <a href="#comment-6115" title="">October 28, 2010 at 4:33 am</a> said: </span> </div> <p>Hi.<br /> Quite interesting.Monday we started the same approach (on combining #BMGEN and #CustDev).<br /> Here’s our Roadmap so far:</p> <p>1) Build personal Vision (the founders personal Vision)</p> <p>2) Use the #BMGEN Canvas to bring your Ideas to paper in a structured way</p> <p>3) Aggregate all your ideas (regarding a specific topic) to one new “brainstorming-Vision-Canvas”</p> <p>4) First “Rüttel-Test” of the “brainstorming-Vision”</p> <p>5) Bring “brainstorming-Vision” to a clear product Vision (here we use the #BMGEN-Canvas as well. Try to find at least a Vision for the Value Proposition, The Customer Segments, the Channels and if possible for the Customer Relation. The rest is regarding to the next BMGEN you draw: A clear Product-Canvas.)</p> <p>6) Now, bring up your customer-hypothesis and do the “Rüttel-Test” again. So you will pivot your assumptions to the next higher level.</p> <p>7) Leave the Building and test you assumptions on the market. </p> <p>8) Now repeat steps 5) to 7) as long as it is necessary.</p> <p>Best regards</p> <p>Thomas</p> <div class='jetpack-comment-likes-widget-wrapper jetpack-likes-widget-unloaded' id='like-comment-wrapper-6599589-6115-67624db240a80' data-src='https://widgets.wp.com/likes/#blog_id=6599589&comment_id=6115&origin=steveblank.com&obj_id=6599589-6115-67624db240a80' data-name='like-comment-frame-6599589-6115-67624db240a80'> <div class='likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes'><span class='loading'>Loading...</span></div> <div class='comment-likes-widget jetpack-likes-widget comment-likes'><span class='comment-like-feedback'></span><span class='sd-text-color'></span><a class='sd-link-color'></a></div> </div> <div class="reply"> <a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-link" href="https://steveblank.com/2010/10/25/entrepreneurship-as-a-science-%e2%80%93-the-business-modelcustomer-development-stack/?replytocom=6115#respond" data-commentid="6115" data-postid="7006" data-belowelement="div-comment-6115" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Thomas" aria-label="Reply to Thomas">Reply</a> </div> </div> <ul class="children"> <li class="comment even depth-2" id="comment-20087"> <div id="div-comment-20087"> <div class="comment-meta commentmetadata"> <div class="avatar"><img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/4cbd8f60d4080820f4e8be89ef88b938?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/4cbd8f60d4080820f4e8be89ef88b938?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/></div> <span class="comment-author vcard"><strong class="fn">Daniel</strong>, on <a href="#comment-20087" title="">December 21, 2011 at 1:59 am</a> said: </span> </div> <p>Thomas, what is the Ruttel test please ?</p> <div class='jetpack-comment-likes-widget-wrapper jetpack-likes-widget-unloaded' id='like-comment-wrapper-6599589-20087-67624db240fa9' data-src='https://widgets.wp.com/likes/#blog_id=6599589&comment_id=20087&origin=steveblank.com&obj_id=6599589-20087-67624db240fa9' data-name='like-comment-frame-6599589-20087-67624db240fa9'> <div class='likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes'><span class='loading'>Loading...</span></div> <div class='comment-likes-widget jetpack-likes-widget comment-likes'><span class='comment-like-feedback'></span><span class='sd-text-color'></span><a class='sd-link-color'></a></div> </div> <div class="reply"> <a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-link" href="https://steveblank.com/2010/10/25/entrepreneurship-as-a-science-%e2%80%93-the-business-modelcustomer-development-stack/?replytocom=20087#respond" data-commentid="20087" data-postid="7006" data-belowelement="div-comment-20087" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Daniel" aria-label="Reply to Daniel">Reply</a> </div> </div> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="comment odd alt thread-even depth-1" id="comment-6127"> <div id="div-comment-6127"> <div class="comment-meta commentmetadata"> <div class="avatar"><img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d7bea449ba3a5594343bb788bedfdf50?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d7bea449ba3a5594343bb788bedfdf50?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/></div> <span class="comment-author vcard"><strong class="fn"><a href="http://www.plantescompany.com/blog/" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Kay Plantes</a></strong>, on <a href="#comment-6127" title="">October 29, 2010 at 9:52 am</a> said: </span> </div> <p>I really like the marrying of the two frameworks. But there is another test: Are all the elements in the business model in alignment? The degree or lack of alignment among the components also drives the success of the model. K</p> <div class='jetpack-comment-likes-widget-wrapper jetpack-likes-widget-unloaded' id='like-comment-wrapper-6599589-6127-67624db241489' data-src='https://widgets.wp.com/likes/#blog_id=6599589&comment_id=6127&origin=steveblank.com&obj_id=6599589-6127-67624db241489' data-name='like-comment-frame-6599589-6127-67624db241489'> <div class='likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes'><span class='loading'>Loading...</span></div> <div class='comment-likes-widget jetpack-likes-widget comment-likes'><span class='comment-like-feedback'></span><span class='sd-text-color'></span><a class='sd-link-color'></a></div> </div> <div class="reply"> <a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-link" href="https://steveblank.com/2010/10/25/entrepreneurship-as-a-science-%e2%80%93-the-business-modelcustomer-development-stack/?replytocom=6127#respond" data-commentid="6127" data-postid="7006" data-belowelement="div-comment-6127" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Kay Plantes" aria-label="Reply to Kay Plantes">Reply</a> </div> </div> </li> <li class="comment even thread-odd thread-alt depth-1" id="comment-6176"> <div id="div-comment-6176"> <div class="comment-meta commentmetadata"> <div class="avatar"><img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/18e518a87f2f35f0e5a124e081794aa3?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/18e518a87f2f35f0e5a124e081794aa3?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/></div> <span class="comment-author vcard"><strong class="fn">TJGodel</strong>, on <a href="#comment-6176" title="">November 1, 2010 at 12:26 pm</a> said: </span> </div> <p>OK!! I own both “The Four Steps to the Epiphany” and the “Business Model Generation book”, but I have to admit I have been focused on the Four Steps and haven’t crack the Model Generation book. Now I’ll combine the two along with my notes, webpage links and other media in Evernote running on my Android phone so I can document and test my business model. I think this approach will be more convenient than an iPad application, unless the information in the iPad application is stored in the cloud and accessible for anywhere and any device.</p> <div class='jetpack-comment-likes-widget-wrapper jetpack-likes-widget-unloaded' id='like-comment-wrapper-6599589-6176-67624db241989' data-src='https://widgets.wp.com/likes/#blog_id=6599589&comment_id=6176&origin=steveblank.com&obj_id=6599589-6176-67624db241989' data-name='like-comment-frame-6599589-6176-67624db241989'> <div class='likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes'><span class='loading'>Loading...</span></div> <div class='comment-likes-widget jetpack-likes-widget comment-likes'><span class='comment-like-feedback'></span><span class='sd-text-color'></span><a class='sd-link-color'></a></div> </div> <div class="reply"> <a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-link" href="https://steveblank.com/2010/10/25/entrepreneurship-as-a-science-%e2%80%93-the-business-modelcustomer-development-stack/?replytocom=6176#respond" data-commentid="6176" data-postid="7006" data-belowelement="div-comment-6176" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to TJGodel" aria-label="Reply to TJGodel">Reply</a> </div> </div> </li> <li class="comment odd alt thread-even depth-1" id="comment-6200"> <div id="div-comment-6200"> <div class="comment-meta commentmetadata"> <div class="avatar"><img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/cef6dcd855adb4b35aacbf2d6ca80050?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/cef6dcd855adb4b35aacbf2d6ca80050?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/></div> <span class="comment-author vcard"><strong class="fn"><a href="http://rielmanriquez.com" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Riel</a></strong>, on <a href="#comment-6200" title="">November 1, 2010 at 5:59 pm</a> said: </span> </div> <p>Thanks for the post!</p> <p>This seems like an important step towards the elusive living business plan.</p> <p>Future steps will hopefully help a company </p> <p>SHARE the plan internally for discussion and clarity<br /> CONNECT the plan to projects and tasks</p> <div class='jetpack-comment-likes-widget-wrapper jetpack-likes-widget-unloaded' id='like-comment-wrapper-6599589-6200-67624db241e8e' data-src='https://widgets.wp.com/likes/#blog_id=6599589&comment_id=6200&origin=steveblank.com&obj_id=6599589-6200-67624db241e8e' data-name='like-comment-frame-6599589-6200-67624db241e8e'> <div class='likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes'><span class='loading'>Loading...</span></div> <div class='comment-likes-widget jetpack-likes-widget comment-likes'><span class='comment-like-feedback'></span><span class='sd-text-color'></span><a class='sd-link-color'></a></div> </div> <div class="reply"> <a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-link" href="https://steveblank.com/2010/10/25/entrepreneurship-as-a-science-%e2%80%93-the-business-modelcustomer-development-stack/?replytocom=6200#respond" data-commentid="6200" data-postid="7006" data-belowelement="div-comment-6200" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Riel" aria-label="Reply to Riel">Reply</a> </div> </div> </li> <li class="pingback even thread-odd thread-alt depth-1" id="comment-6262"> <div id="div-comment-6262"> <div class="comment-meta commentmetadata"> <div class="avatar"></div> <span class="comment-author vcard"><strong class="fn"><a href="http://www.mobwise.com.br/wordpress/?p=636" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">[SV Sessions] Failcon | MobWise</a></strong>, on <a href="#comment-6262" title="">November 4, 2010 at 2:10 pm</a> said: </span> </div> <p>[…] o primeiro dia que assisti uma palestra de Steve Blank. Foi emocionante, a palestra é esta aí: <a href="http://steveblank.com/2010/10/25/entrepreneurship-as-a-science-%E2%80%93-the-business-modelcustomer-" rel="ugc">http://steveblank.com/2010/10/25/entrepreneurship-as-a-science-%E2%80%93-the-business-modelcustomer-</a>…. Depois desta, foram mais duas, uma em Stanford e outra na […]</p> <div class='jetpack-comment-likes-widget-wrapper jetpack-likes-widget-unloaded' id='like-comment-wrapper-6599589-6262-67624db242105' data-src='https://widgets.wp.com/likes/#blog_id=6599589&comment_id=6262&origin=steveblank.com&obj_id=6599589-6262-67624db242105' data-name='like-comment-frame-6599589-6262-67624db242105'> <div class='likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes'><span class='loading'>Loading...</span></div> <div class='comment-likes-widget jetpack-likes-widget comment-likes'><span class='comment-like-feedback'></span><span class='sd-text-color'></span><a class='sd-link-color'></a></div> </div> <div class="reply"> <a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-link" href="https://steveblank.com/2010/10/25/entrepreneurship-as-a-science-%e2%80%93-the-business-modelcustomer-development-stack/?replytocom=6262#respond" data-commentid="6262" data-postid="7006" data-belowelement="div-comment-6262" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to [SV Sessions] Failcon | MobWise" aria-label="Reply to [SV Sessions] Failcon | MobWise">Reply</a> </div> </div> </li> <li class="pingback odd alt thread-even depth-1" id="comment-6326"> <div id="div-comment-6326"> <div class="comment-meta commentmetadata"> <div class="avatar"></div> <span class="comment-author vcard"><strong class="fn"><a href="http://rielmanriquez.com/the-living-business-plan-coming-soon" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">The Living Business Plan…Coming Soon. | RIELmanriquez.com</a></strong>, on <a href="#comment-6326" title="">November 8, 2010 at 8:30 pm</a> said: </span> </div> <p>[…] This way of defining a business on one page opens up discussion and maintenance of the plan to an entire company. I see this as a Living Business Plan. (This is explained well in a post by Steve Blank.) […]</p> <div class='jetpack-comment-likes-widget-wrapper jetpack-likes-widget-unloaded' id='like-comment-wrapper-6599589-6326-67624db24235a' data-src='https://widgets.wp.com/likes/#blog_id=6599589&comment_id=6326&origin=steveblank.com&obj_id=6599589-6326-67624db24235a' data-name='like-comment-frame-6599589-6326-67624db24235a'> <div class='likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes'><span class='loading'>Loading...</span></div> <div class='comment-likes-widget jetpack-likes-widget comment-likes'><span class='comment-like-feedback'></span><span class='sd-text-color'></span><a class='sd-link-color'></a></div> </div> <div class="reply"> <a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-link" href="https://steveblank.com/2010/10/25/entrepreneurship-as-a-science-%e2%80%93-the-business-modelcustomer-development-stack/?replytocom=6326#respond" data-commentid="6326" data-postid="7006" data-belowelement="div-comment-6326" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to The Living Business Plan…Coming Soon. | RIELmanriquez.com" aria-label="Reply to The Living Business Plan…Coming Soon. | RIELmanriquez.com">Reply</a> </div> </div> </li> <li class="pingback even thread-odd thread-alt depth-1" id="comment-6367"> <div id="div-comment-6367"> <div class="comment-meta commentmetadata"> <div class="avatar"></div> <span class="comment-author vcard"><strong class="fn"><a href="http://www.businessmodelalchemist.com/2010/11/re-inventing-how-we-do-start-ups.html" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Re-Inventing How We Do Start-Ups! « Business Model Alchemist</a></strong>, on <a href="#comment-6367" title="">November 12, 2010 at 2:10 am</a> said: </span> </div> <p>[…] boost start-up success we need to look at entrepreneurship as a science or at the very least accept it as a profession with its own fundamental rules and methodologies […]</p> <div class='jetpack-comment-likes-widget-wrapper jetpack-likes-widget-unloaded' id='like-comment-wrapper-6599589-6367-67624db2425b4' data-src='https://widgets.wp.com/likes/#blog_id=6599589&comment_id=6367&origin=steveblank.com&obj_id=6599589-6367-67624db2425b4' data-name='like-comment-frame-6599589-6367-67624db2425b4'> <div class='likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes'><span class='loading'>Loading...</span></div> <div class='comment-likes-widget jetpack-likes-widget comment-likes'><span class='comment-like-feedback'></span><span class='sd-text-color'></span><a class='sd-link-color'></a></div> </div> <div class="reply"> <a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-link" href="https://steveblank.com/2010/10/25/entrepreneurship-as-a-science-%e2%80%93-the-business-modelcustomer-development-stack/?replytocom=6367#respond" data-commentid="6367" data-postid="7006" data-belowelement="div-comment-6367" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Re-Inventing How We Do Start-Ups! « Business Model Alchemist" aria-label="Reply to Re-Inventing How We Do Start-Ups! « Business Model Alchemist">Reply</a> </div> </div> </li> <li class="pingback odd alt thread-even depth-1" id="comment-7530"> <div id="div-comment-7530"> <div class="comment-meta commentmetadata"> <div class="avatar"></div> <span class="comment-author vcard"><strong class="fn"><a href="http://www.businessmodelalchemist.com/2011/01/methods-for-the-business-model-generation-how-bmgen-and-custdev-fit-perfectly.html" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Methods for the Business Model Generation: how #bmgen and #custdev fit perfectly « Business Model Alchemist</a></strong>, on <a href="#comment-7530" title="">January 17, 2011 at 4:58 pm</a> said: </span> </div> <p>[…] and I have both already written about how our methods fit together here (Steve) and here (me). However, this time I took some time to sketch out a more detailed start-up […]</p> <div class='jetpack-comment-likes-widget-wrapper jetpack-likes-widget-unloaded' id='like-comment-wrapper-6599589-7530-67624db24280a' data-src='https://widgets.wp.com/likes/#blog_id=6599589&comment_id=7530&origin=steveblank.com&obj_id=6599589-7530-67624db24280a' data-name='like-comment-frame-6599589-7530-67624db24280a'> <div class='likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes'><span class='loading'>Loading...</span></div> <div class='comment-likes-widget jetpack-likes-widget comment-likes'><span class='comment-like-feedback'></span><span class='sd-text-color'></span><a class='sd-link-color'></a></div> </div> <div class="reply"> <a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-link" href="https://steveblank.com/2010/10/25/entrepreneurship-as-a-science-%e2%80%93-the-business-modelcustomer-development-stack/?replytocom=7530#respond" data-commentid="7530" data-postid="7006" data-belowelement="div-comment-7530" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Methods for the Business Model Generation: how #bmgen and #custdev fit perfectly « Business Model Alchemist" aria-label="Reply to Methods for the Business Model Generation: how #bmgen and #custdev fit perfectly « Business Model Alchemist">Reply</a> </div> </div> </li> <li class="pingback even thread-odd thread-alt depth-1" id="comment-7640"> <div id="div-comment-7640"> <div class="comment-meta commentmetadata"> <div class="avatar"></div> <span class="comment-author vcard"><strong class="fn"><a href="http://www.mobwise.com.br/wordpress/?p=815" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Applying Customer Development + Business Model Generation in Brazil – Part I | MobWise</a></strong>, on <a href="#comment-7640" title="">January 22, 2011 at 5:03 pm</a> said: </span> </div> <p>[…] at MobWise, we have been applying business model / customer development / agile development solution stack [1], using the Business Model Canvas [2] to design and describe our business models as initial […]</p> <div class='jetpack-comment-likes-widget-wrapper jetpack-likes-widget-unloaded' id='like-comment-wrapper-6599589-7640-67624db242a5a' data-src='https://widgets.wp.com/likes/#blog_id=6599589&comment_id=7640&origin=steveblank.com&obj_id=6599589-7640-67624db242a5a' data-name='like-comment-frame-6599589-7640-67624db242a5a'> <div class='likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes'><span class='loading'>Loading...</span></div> <div class='comment-likes-widget jetpack-likes-widget comment-likes'><span class='comment-like-feedback'></span><span class='sd-text-color'></span><a class='sd-link-color'></a></div> </div> <div class="reply"> <a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-link" href="https://steveblank.com/2010/10/25/entrepreneurship-as-a-science-%e2%80%93-the-business-modelcustomer-development-stack/?replytocom=7640#respond" data-commentid="7640" data-postid="7006" data-belowelement="div-comment-7640" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Applying Customer Development + Business Model Generation in Brazil – Part I | MobWise" aria-label="Reply to Applying Customer Development + Business Model Generation in Brazil – Part I | MobWise">Reply</a> </div> </div> </li> <li class="pingback odd alt thread-even depth-1" id="comment-7782"> <div id="div-comment-7782"> <div class="comment-meta commentmetadata"> <div class="avatar"></div> <span class="comment-author vcard"><strong class="fn"><a href="http://nathanfurr.com/2011/01/27/the-first-international-business-model-competition/" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">The First International Business Model Competition « Rethinking Entrepreneurship</a></strong>, on <a href="#comment-7782" title="">January 26, 2011 at 4:25 pm</a> said: </span> </div> <p>[…] of what I have written at the official competition site on the blog) and a demonstration of the new management science of entrepreneurship in action. Below is the post I wrote after finishing the competition. You may also find my post […]</p> <div class='jetpack-comment-likes-widget-wrapper jetpack-likes-widget-unloaded' id='like-comment-wrapper-6599589-7782-67624db242caf' data-src='https://widgets.wp.com/likes/#blog_id=6599589&comment_id=7782&origin=steveblank.com&obj_id=6599589-7782-67624db242caf' data-name='like-comment-frame-6599589-7782-67624db242caf'> <div class='likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes'><span class='loading'>Loading...</span></div> <div class='comment-likes-widget jetpack-likes-widget comment-likes'><span class='comment-like-feedback'></span><span class='sd-text-color'></span><a class='sd-link-color'></a></div> </div> <div class="reply"> <a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-link" href="https://steveblank.com/2010/10/25/entrepreneurship-as-a-science-%e2%80%93-the-business-modelcustomer-development-stack/?replytocom=7782#respond" data-commentid="7782" data-postid="7006" data-belowelement="div-comment-7782" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to The First International Business Model Competition « Rethinking Entrepreneurship" aria-label="Reply to The First International Business Model Competition « Rethinking Entrepreneurship">Reply</a> </div> </div> </li> <li class="pingback even thread-odd thread-alt depth-1" id="comment-8962"> <div id="div-comment-8962"> <div class="comment-meta commentmetadata"> <div class="avatar"></div> <span class="comment-author vcard"><strong class="fn"><a href="http://market-by-numbers.com/2011/03/the-custdev-whiteboard/" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">The #CustDev Whiteboard | Market By Numbers</a></strong>, on <a href="#comment-8962" title="">March 15, 2011 at 1:46 pm</a> said: </span> </div> <p>[…] several good sources for how these two mesh, including this Jan post on Osterwalder’s blog, here and most recently, in Blank’s SXSW presentation: Sxsw New Rules for the New Bubble […]</p> <div class='jetpack-comment-likes-widget-wrapper jetpack-likes-widget-unloaded' 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Market By Numbers">Reply</a> </div> </div> </li> <li class="pingback odd alt thread-even depth-1" id="comment-10635"> <div id="div-comment-10635"> <div class="comment-meta commentmetadata"> <div class="avatar"></div> <span class="comment-author vcard"><strong class="fn"><a href="http://maxmarmer.com/2011/04/introducing-the-startup-genome-project/" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Max Marmer » Blog Archive » Introducing the Startup Genome Project</a></strong>, on <a href="#comment-10635" title="">April 29, 2011 at 5:53 pm</a> said: </span> </div> <p>[…] […]</p> <div class='jetpack-comment-likes-widget-wrapper jetpack-likes-widget-unloaded' id='like-comment-wrapper-6599589-10635-67624db243144' data-src='https://widgets.wp.com/likes/#blog_id=6599589&comment_id=10635&origin=steveblank.com&obj_id=6599589-10635-67624db243144' data-name='like-comment-frame-6599589-10635-67624db243144'> <div class='likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes'><span 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href="http://www.founderly.com/2011/05/a-new-way-to-teach-entrepreneurship-the-lean-launchpad-at-stanford-class-1/" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">– A New Way to Teach Entrepreneurship — The Lean LaunchPad at Stanford: Class 1 - FounderLY</a></strong>, on <a href="#comment-10971" title="">May 11, 2011 at 8:34 am</a> said: </span> </div> <p>[…] began, the million dollar question was still on the table – is teaching entrepreneurship with business model design and customer development better than having the students write business plans? Would we have to wait 8 more weeks until […]</p> <div class='jetpack-comment-likes-widget-wrapper jetpack-likes-widget-unloaded' id='like-comment-wrapper-6599589-10971-67624db24339a' data-src='https://widgets.wp.com/likes/#blog_id=6599589&comment_id=10971&origin=steveblank.com&obj_id=6599589-10971-67624db24339a' data-name='like-comment-frame-6599589-10971-67624db24339a'> <div class='likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes'><span class='loading'>Loading...</span></div> <div class='comment-likes-widget jetpack-likes-widget comment-likes'><span class='comment-like-feedback'></span><span class='sd-text-color'></span><a class='sd-link-color'></a></div> </div> <div class="reply"> <a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-link" href="https://steveblank.com/2010/10/25/entrepreneurship-as-a-science-%e2%80%93-the-business-modelcustomer-development-stack/?replytocom=10971#respond" data-commentid="10971" data-postid="7006" data-belowelement="div-comment-10971" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to – A New Way to Teach Entrepreneurship — The Lean LaunchPad at Stanford: Class 1 - FounderLY" aria-label="Reply to – A New Way to Teach Entrepreneurship — The Lean LaunchPad at Stanford: Class 1 - FounderLY">Reply</a> </div> </div> </li> <li class="pingback odd alt thread-even depth-1" id="comment-11443"> <div id="div-comment-11443"> <div class="comment-meta commentmetadata"> <div class="avatar"></div> <span class="comment-author vcard"><strong class="fn"><a href="http://cgleaders.wordpress.com/2011/06/06/boardmeeting/" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Reinventing the Board Meeting – Part 2 of 2 « Corporate Governance Leaders</a></strong>, on <a href="#comment-11443" title="">June 6, 2011 at 1:26 pm</a> said: </span> </div> <p>[…] A Hypothesis – The Boardroom As Bits Startups now understand what they should be doing in their early formative days is search for a business model. The process they use to guide their search is customer development. And to track their progress startups now have a scorecard to document their week-by-week changes – the business model canvas. 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The process they use to guide their search is customer development. And to track their progress startups now have a scorecard to document their week-by-week changes – the business model canvas. 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The basis of this, which is worth reviewing from Steve’s blog, can be boiled down to the strategy stack for […]</p> <div class='jetpack-comment-likes-widget-wrapper jetpack-likes-widget-unloaded' id='like-comment-wrapper-6599589-11468-67624db243aa5' data-src='https://widgets.wp.com/likes/#blog_id=6599589&comment_id=11468&origin=steveblank.com&obj_id=6599589-11468-67624db243aa5' data-name='like-comment-frame-6599589-11468-67624db243aa5'> <div class='likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes'><span class='loading'>Loading...</span></div> <div class='comment-likes-widget jetpack-likes-widget comment-likes'><span class='comment-like-feedback'></span><span class='sd-text-color'></span><a class='sd-link-color'></a></div> </div> <div class="reply"> <a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-link" href="https://steveblank.com/2010/10/25/entrepreneurship-as-a-science-%e2%80%93-the-business-modelcustomer-development-stack/?replytocom=11468#respond" data-commentid="11468" data-postid="7006" data-belowelement="div-comment-11468" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Entrepreneurship as a Science – The Business Model/Customer Development Stack : Citrix Startup Accelerator" aria-label="Reply to Entrepreneurship as a Science – The Business Model/Customer Development Stack : Citrix Startup Accelerator">Reply</a> </div> </div> </li> <li class="pingback even thread-odd thread-alt depth-1" id="comment-11585"> <div id="div-comment-11585"> <div class="comment-meta commentmetadata"> <div class="avatar"></div> <span class="comment-author vcard"><strong class="fn"><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/readwriteweb/~3/qIuOD7jfBmI/reinventing-the-startup-board.php" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Reinventing the Startup Board Meeting: Part 2</a></strong>, on <a href="#comment-11585" title="">June 15, 2011 at 2:04 am</a> said: </span> </div> <p>[…] for a business model. The "boardroom as bits" uses The “boardroom as bits” uses Customer Development as the process for the search and the business model canvas as the scorecard to keep track of the […]</p> <div class='jetpack-comment-likes-widget-wrapper jetpack-likes-widget-unloaded' id='like-comment-wrapper-6599589-11585-67624db243cdd' data-src='https://widgets.wp.com/likes/#blog_id=6599589&comment_id=11585&origin=steveblank.com&obj_id=6599589-11585-67624db243cdd' data-name='like-comment-frame-6599589-11585-67624db243cdd'> <div class='likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes'><span class='loading'>Loading...</span></div> <div class='comment-likes-widget jetpack-likes-widget comment-likes'><span class='comment-like-feedback'></span><span class='sd-text-color'></span><a class='sd-link-color'></a></div> </div> <div class="reply"> <a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-link" href="https://steveblank.com/2010/10/25/entrepreneurship-as-a-science-%e2%80%93-the-business-modelcustomer-development-stack/?replytocom=11585#respond" data-commentid="11585" data-postid="7006" data-belowelement="div-comment-11585" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Reinventing the Startup Board Meeting: Part 2" aria-label="Reply to Reinventing the Startup Board Meeting: Part 2">Reply</a> </div> </div> </li> <li class="pingback odd alt thread-even depth-1" id="comment-12282"> <div id="div-comment-12282"> <div class="comment-meta commentmetadata"> <div class="avatar"></div> <span class="comment-author vcard"><strong class="fn"><a href="http://venturebeat.com/2011/07/27/entrepreneurship-is-an-art-not-a-job/" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Entrepreneurship is an art, not a job | VentureBeat</a></strong>, on <a href="#comment-12282" title="">July 27, 2011 at 6:01 am</a> said: </span> </div> <p>[…] not that the tools are wrong, I think the entrepreneurship management stack is correct and has made a major contribution to reducing startup failures. Where I think we have […]</p> <div class='jetpack-comment-likes-widget-wrapper jetpack-likes-widget-unloaded' id='like-comment-wrapper-6599589-12282-67624db243f27' data-src='https://widgets.wp.com/likes/#blog_id=6599589&comment_id=12282&origin=steveblank.com&obj_id=6599589-12282-67624db243f27' data-name='like-comment-frame-6599589-12282-67624db243f27'> <div class='likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes'><span class='loading'>Loading...</span></div> <div class='comment-likes-widget jetpack-likes-widget comment-likes'><span class='comment-like-feedback'></span><span class='sd-text-color'></span><a class='sd-link-color'></a></div> </div> <div class="reply"> <a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-link" href="https://steveblank.com/2010/10/25/entrepreneurship-as-a-science-%e2%80%93-the-business-modelcustomer-development-stack/?replytocom=12282#respond" data-commentid="12282" data-postid="7006" data-belowelement="div-comment-12282" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Entrepreneurship is an art, not a job | VentureBeat" aria-label="Reply to Entrepreneurship is an art, not a job | VentureBeat">Reply</a> </div> </div> </li> <li class="pingback even thread-odd thread-alt depth-1" id="comment-12461"> <div id="div-comment-12461"> <div class="comment-meta commentmetadata"> <div class="avatar"></div> <span class="comment-author vcard"><strong class="fn"><a href="http://sidekickstudios.net/blog/2011/08/startup-as-a-process-for-solving-hard-business-problems/" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Startup as a process for solving hard business problems « Sidekick Studios: A social innovation company</a></strong>, on <a href="#comment-12461" title="">August 2, 2011 at 2:25 pm</a> said: </span> </div> <p>[…] for how to make it more likely that your bet will pay off – Lean startup, the pivot, customer discovery, sales learning curve to name a few – that taken together have the smell of a new type of […]</p> <div class='jetpack-comment-likes-widget-wrapper jetpack-likes-widget-unloaded' id='like-comment-wrapper-6599589-12461-67624db244160' data-src='https://widgets.wp.com/likes/#blog_id=6599589&comment_id=12461&origin=steveblank.com&obj_id=6599589-12461-67624db244160' data-name='like-comment-frame-6599589-12461-67624db244160'> <div class='likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes'><span class='loading'>Loading...</span></div> <div class='comment-likes-widget jetpack-likes-widget comment-likes'><span class='comment-like-feedback'></span><span class='sd-text-color'></span><a class='sd-link-color'></a></div> </div> <div class="reply"> <a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-link" href="https://steveblank.com/2010/10/25/entrepreneurship-as-a-science-%e2%80%93-the-business-modelcustomer-development-stack/?replytocom=12461#respond" data-commentid="12461" data-postid="7006" data-belowelement="div-comment-12461" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Startup as a process for solving hard business problems « Sidekick Studios: A social innovation company" aria-label="Reply to Startup as a process for solving hard business problems « Sidekick Studios: A social innovation company">Reply</a> </div> </div> </li> <li class="pingback odd alt thread-even depth-1" id="comment-12464"> <div id="div-comment-12464"> <div class="comment-meta commentmetadata"> <div class="avatar"></div> <span class="comment-author vcard"><strong class="fn"><a href="http://blogs.berkeley.edu/2011/08/02/eureka-a-new-era-for-scientists-and-engineers/" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Eureka – A new era for scientists and engineers « The Berkeley Blog</a></strong>, on <a href="#comment-12464" title="">August 2, 2011 at 5:56 pm</a> said: </span> </div> <p>[…] Over a period of six months, each I-Corps team, guided by experienced mentors (entrepreneurs and VC’s) will build their product and get out of their labs (and comfort zone) to discover who are their potential customers, and how those customers might best use the new technology/invention. They’ll explore the best way to deliver the product to customers, the resources required, as well as competing technologies. They will answer the question, “What value will this innovation add to the marketplace? And they’ll do this using the business model / customer development / agile development solution stack. […]</p> <div class='jetpack-comment-likes-widget-wrapper jetpack-likes-widget-unloaded' id='like-comment-wrapper-6599589-12464-67624db2443c6' data-src='https://widgets.wp.com/likes/#blog_id=6599589&comment_id=12464&origin=steveblank.com&obj_id=6599589-12464-67624db2443c6' data-name='like-comment-frame-6599589-12464-67624db2443c6'> <div class='likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes'><span class='loading'>Loading...</span></div> <div class='comment-likes-widget jetpack-likes-widget comment-likes'><span class='comment-like-feedback'></span><span class='sd-text-color'></span><a class='sd-link-color'></a></div> </div> <div class="reply"> <a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-link" href="https://steveblank.com/2010/10/25/entrepreneurship-as-a-science-%e2%80%93-the-business-modelcustomer-development-stack/?replytocom=12464#respond" data-commentid="12464" data-postid="7006" data-belowelement="div-comment-12464" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Eureka – A new era for scientists and engineers « The Berkeley Blog" aria-label="Reply to Eureka – A new era for scientists and engineers « The Berkeley Blog">Reply</a> </div> </div> </li> <li class="pingback even thread-odd thread-alt depth-1" id="comment-13048"> <div id="div-comment-13048"> <div class="comment-meta commentmetadata"> <div class="avatar"></div> <span class="comment-author vcard"><strong class="fn"><a href="http://blogs.berkeley.edu/2011/08/30/its-not-how-big-it-is-its-how-well-it-performs-the-startup-genome-compass/" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">It’s Not How Big It Is — It’s How Well it Performs: The Startup Genome Compass « The Berkeley Blog</a></strong>, on <a href="#comment-13048" title="">August 30, 2011 at 12:23 pm</a> said: </span> </div> <p>[…] startups that do succeed, most encounter several near death experiences along the way. Simply put,while we now have some good theory, we just are not very good at creating startups yet. After 50 years of technology entrepreneurship […]</p> <div class='jetpack-comment-likes-widget-wrapper jetpack-likes-widget-unloaded' id='like-comment-wrapper-6599589-13048-67624db244626' data-src='https://widgets.wp.com/likes/#blog_id=6599589&comment_id=13048&origin=steveblank.com&obj_id=6599589-13048-67624db244626' data-name='like-comment-frame-6599589-13048-67624db244626'> <div class='likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes'><span class='loading'>Loading...</span></div> <div class='comment-likes-widget jetpack-likes-widget comment-likes'><span class='comment-like-feedback'></span><span class='sd-text-color'></span><a class='sd-link-color'></a></div> </div> <div class="reply"> <a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-link" href="https://steveblank.com/2010/10/25/entrepreneurship-as-a-science-%e2%80%93-the-business-modelcustomer-development-stack/?replytocom=13048#respond" data-commentid="13048" data-postid="7006" data-belowelement="div-comment-13048" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to It’s Not How Big It Is — It’s How Well it Performs: The Startup Genome Compass « The Berkeley Blog" aria-label="Reply to It’s Not How Big It Is — It’s How Well it Performs: The Startup Genome Compass « The Berkeley Blog">Reply</a> </div> </div> </li> <li class="pingback odd alt thread-even depth-1" id="comment-13220"> <div id="div-comment-13220"> <div class="comment-meta commentmetadata"> <div class="avatar"></div> <span class="comment-author vcard"><strong class="fn"><a href="http://clearshore.net/2011/08/29/it%e2%80%99s-not-how-big-it-is-%e2%80%93-it%e2%80%99s-how-well-it-performs-the-startup-genome-compass/" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">It’s Not How Big It Is – It’s How Well It Performs: The Startup Genome Compass | Customer Development | Startups | Steve Blank Podcast – Clearshore</a></strong>, on <a href="#comment-13220" title="">September 4, 2011 at 4:38 pm</a> said: </span> </div> <p>[…] startups that do succeed, most encounter several near death experiences along the way. Simply put,while we now have some good theory, we just are not very good at creating startups yet. After 50 years of technology entrepreneurship […]</p> <div class='jetpack-comment-likes-widget-wrapper jetpack-likes-widget-unloaded' id='like-comment-wrapper-6599589-13220-67624db244884' data-src='https://widgets.wp.com/likes/#blog_id=6599589&comment_id=13220&origin=steveblank.com&obj_id=6599589-13220-67624db244884' data-name='like-comment-frame-6599589-13220-67624db244884'> <div class='likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes'><span class='loading'>Loading...</span></div> <div class='comment-likes-widget jetpack-likes-widget comment-likes'><span class='comment-like-feedback'></span><span class='sd-text-color'></span><a class='sd-link-color'></a></div> </div> <div class="reply"> <a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-link" href="https://steveblank.com/2010/10/25/entrepreneurship-as-a-science-%e2%80%93-the-business-modelcustomer-development-stack/?replytocom=13220#respond" data-commentid="13220" data-postid="7006" data-belowelement="div-comment-13220" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to It’s Not How Big It Is – It’s How Well It Performs: The Startup Genome Compass | Customer Development | Startups | Steve Blank Podcast – Clearshore" aria-label="Reply to It’s Not How Big It Is – It’s How Well It Performs: The Startup Genome Compass | Customer Development | Startups | Steve Blank Podcast – Clearshore">Reply</a> </div> </div> </li> <li class="pingback even thread-odd thread-alt depth-1" id="comment-13333"> <div id="div-comment-13333"> <div class="comment-meta commentmetadata"> <div class="avatar"></div> <span class="comment-author vcard"><strong class="fn"><a href="http://blog.launched.be/2011/09/startup-guessing-game/" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">The Startup Guessing Game « Be Launched</a></strong>, on <a href="#comment-13333" title="">September 8, 2011 at 2:43 am</a> said: </span> </div> <p>[…] from Steve Blank, the father of of Customer Development. He proposes a different approach, treating entrepreneurship as a science. The founder start by documenting his vision, identifying the riskiest guesses (hypotheses) and in […]</p> <div class='jetpack-comment-likes-widget-wrapper jetpack-likes-widget-unloaded' id='like-comment-wrapper-6599589-13333-67624db244ad5' data-src='https://widgets.wp.com/likes/#blog_id=6599589&comment_id=13333&origin=steveblank.com&obj_id=6599589-13333-67624db244ad5' data-name='like-comment-frame-6599589-13333-67624db244ad5'> <div class='likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes'><span class='loading'>Loading...</span></div> <div class='comment-likes-widget jetpack-likes-widget comment-likes'><span class='comment-like-feedback'></span><span class='sd-text-color'></span><a class='sd-link-color'></a></div> </div> <div class="reply"> <a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-link" href="https://steveblank.com/2010/10/25/entrepreneurship-as-a-science-%e2%80%93-the-business-modelcustomer-development-stack/?replytocom=13333#respond" data-commentid="13333" data-postid="7006" data-belowelement="div-comment-13333" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to The Startup Guessing Game « Be Launched" aria-label="Reply to The Startup Guessing Game « Be Launched">Reply</a> </div> </div> </li> <li class="pingback odd alt thread-even depth-1" id="comment-13603"> <div id="div-comment-13603"> <div class="comment-meta commentmetadata"> <div class="avatar"></div> <span class="comment-author vcard"><strong class="fn"><a href="http://blogs.berkeley.edu/2011/09/22/how-to-build-a-web-startup-lean-launchpad-edition/" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">How to Build a Web Startup — Lean Launchpad Edition « The Berkeley Blog</a></strong>, on <a href="#comment-13603" title="">September 22, 2011 at 8:47 am</a> said: </span> </div> <p>[…] down your 9-business model canvas […]</p> <div class='jetpack-comment-likes-widget-wrapper jetpack-likes-widget-unloaded' id='like-comment-wrapper-6599589-13603-67624db244d2d' data-src='https://widgets.wp.com/likes/#blog_id=6599589&comment_id=13603&origin=steveblank.com&obj_id=6599589-13603-67624db244d2d' data-name='like-comment-frame-6599589-13603-67624db244d2d'> <div class='likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes'><span class='loading'>Loading...</span></div> <div class='comment-likes-widget jetpack-likes-widget comment-likes'><span class='comment-like-feedback'></span><span class='sd-text-color'></span><a class='sd-link-color'></a></div> </div> <div class="reply"> <a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-link" href="https://steveblank.com/2010/10/25/entrepreneurship-as-a-science-%e2%80%93-the-business-modelcustomer-development-stack/?replytocom=13603#respond" data-commentid="13603" data-postid="7006" data-belowelement="div-comment-13603" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to How to Build a Web Startup — Lean Launchpad Edition « The Berkeley Blog" aria-label="Reply to How to Build a Web Startup — Lean Launchpad Edition « The Berkeley Blog">Reply</a> </div> </div> </li> <li class="pingback even thread-odd thread-alt depth-1" id="comment-13801"> <div id="div-comment-13801"> <div class="comment-meta commentmetadata"> <div class="avatar"></div> <span class="comment-author vcard"><strong class="fn"><a href="http://abiekatz.com/2011/09/a-great-idea-worthless-yet-the-second-most-important-thing/" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Abie Katz's Blog » Blog Archive » A Great Idea: Worthless yet The Second Most Important Thing</a></strong>, on <a href="#comment-13801" title="">September 29, 2011 at 3:48 pm</a> said: </span> </div> <p>[…] to find the right idea after getting started on a startup. Creating a startup can be like testing a scientific hypothesis. Just because you don’t have the perfect hypothesis to test it is still worth starting to […]</p> <div class='jetpack-comment-likes-widget-wrapper jetpack-likes-widget-unloaded' id='like-comment-wrapper-6599589-13801-67624db244f80' data-src='https://widgets.wp.com/likes/#blog_id=6599589&comment_id=13801&origin=steveblank.com&obj_id=6599589-13801-67624db244f80' data-name='like-comment-frame-6599589-13801-67624db244f80'> <div class='likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes'><span class='loading'>Loading...</span></div> <div class='comment-likes-widget jetpack-likes-widget comment-likes'><span class='comment-like-feedback'></span><span class='sd-text-color'></span><a class='sd-link-color'></a></div> </div> <div class="reply"> <a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-link" href="https://steveblank.com/2010/10/25/entrepreneurship-as-a-science-%e2%80%93-the-business-modelcustomer-development-stack/?replytocom=13801#respond" data-commentid="13801" data-postid="7006" data-belowelement="div-comment-13801" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Abie Katz's Blog » Blog Archive » A Great Idea: Worthless yet The Second Most Important Thing" aria-label="Reply to Abie Katz's Blog » Blog Archive » A Great Idea: Worthless yet The Second Most Important Thing">Reply</a> </div> </div> </li> <li class="pingback odd alt thread-even depth-1" id="comment-14502"> <div id="div-comment-14502"> <div class="comment-meta commentmetadata"> <div class="avatar"></div> <span class="comment-author vcard"><strong class="fn"><a href="http://www.skmurphy.com/blog/2011/10/22/business-model-representations/" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">SKMurphy » Business Model Representations</a></strong>, on <a href="#comment-14502" title="">October 23, 2011 at 11:01 pm</a> said: </span> </div> <p>[…] a blog post last October entitled “Entrepreneurship as a Science – The Business Model/Customer Development Stack” Steve Blank suggested Alexander Osterwalder and Yves Pigneur defined a business model as how […]</p> <div class='jetpack-comment-likes-widget-wrapper jetpack-likes-widget-unloaded' id='like-comment-wrapper-6599589-14502-67624db2451d5' data-src='https://widgets.wp.com/likes/#blog_id=6599589&comment_id=14502&origin=steveblank.com&obj_id=6599589-14502-67624db2451d5' data-name='like-comment-frame-6599589-14502-67624db2451d5'> <div class='likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes'><span class='loading'>Loading...</span></div> <div class='comment-likes-widget jetpack-likes-widget comment-likes'><span class='comment-like-feedback'></span><span class='sd-text-color'></span><a class='sd-link-color'></a></div> </div> <div class="reply"> <a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-link" href="https://steveblank.com/2010/10/25/entrepreneurship-as-a-science-%e2%80%93-the-business-modelcustomer-development-stack/?replytocom=14502#respond" data-commentid="14502" data-postid="7006" data-belowelement="div-comment-14502" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to SKMurphy » Business Model Representations" aria-label="Reply to SKMurphy » Business Model Representations">Reply</a> </div> </div> </li> <li class="pingback even thread-odd thread-alt depth-1" id="comment-17205"> <div id="div-comment-17205"> <div class="comment-meta commentmetadata"> <div class="avatar"></div> <span class="comment-author vcard"><strong class="fn"><a href="http://blogs.berkeley.edu/2011/11/15/scientists-unleashed/" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Scientists unleashed « The Berkeley Blog</a></strong>, on <a href="#comment-17205" title="">November 15, 2011 at 9:50 am</a> said: </span> </div> <p>[…] can be solved by an iterative process of hypotheses testing and experimentation built around thebusiness model / customer development / agile development solution stack. It’s “the scientific method” applied to […]</p> <div class='jetpack-comment-likes-widget-wrapper jetpack-likes-widget-unloaded' id='like-comment-wrapper-6599589-17205-67624db24541f' data-src='https://widgets.wp.com/likes/#blog_id=6599589&comment_id=17205&origin=steveblank.com&obj_id=6599589-17205-67624db24541f' data-name='like-comment-frame-6599589-17205-67624db24541f'> <div class='likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes'><span class='loading'>Loading...</span></div> <div class='comment-likes-widget jetpack-likes-widget comment-likes'><span class='comment-like-feedback'></span><span class='sd-text-color'></span><a class='sd-link-color'></a></div> </div> <div class="reply"> <a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-link" href="https://steveblank.com/2010/10/25/entrepreneurship-as-a-science-%e2%80%93-the-business-modelcustomer-development-stack/?replytocom=17205#respond" data-commentid="17205" data-postid="7006" data-belowelement="div-comment-17205" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Scientists unleashed « The Berkeley Blog" aria-label="Reply to Scientists unleashed « The Berkeley Blog">Reply</a> </div> </div> </li> <li class="pingback odd alt thread-even depth-1" id="comment-20216"> <div id="div-comment-20216"> <div class="comment-meta commentmetadata"> <div class="avatar"></div> <span class="comment-author vcard"><strong class="fn"><a href="http://blogs.berkeley.edu/2011/12/21/the-government-starts-an-incubator-the-national-science-foundation-innovation-corps/" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">The government starts an incubator: The NSF Innovation Corps « The Berkeley Blog</a></strong>, on <a href="#comment-20216" title="">December 22, 2011 at 10:53 am</a> said: </span> </div> <p>[…] Unlike other incubators, our Lean LaunchPad Class had a specific curriculum. We taught them the business model / customer development / agile development solution stack. This methodology forces rapid hypothesis testing and Customer Development by getting out of the […]</p> <div class='jetpack-comment-likes-widget-wrapper jetpack-likes-widget-unloaded' id='like-comment-wrapper-6599589-20216-67624db24566d' data-src='https://widgets.wp.com/likes/#blog_id=6599589&comment_id=20216&origin=steveblank.com&obj_id=6599589-20216-67624db24566d' data-name='like-comment-frame-6599589-20216-67624db24566d'> <div class='likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes'><span class='loading'>Loading...</span></div> <div class='comment-likes-widget jetpack-likes-widget comment-likes'><span class='comment-like-feedback'></span><span class='sd-text-color'></span><a class='sd-link-color'></a></div> </div> <div class="reply"> <a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-link" href="https://steveblank.com/2010/10/25/entrepreneurship-as-a-science-%e2%80%93-the-business-modelcustomer-development-stack/?replytocom=20216#respond" data-commentid="20216" data-postid="7006" data-belowelement="div-comment-20216" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to The government starts an incubator: The NSF Innovation Corps « The Berkeley Blog" aria-label="Reply to The government starts an incubator: The NSF Innovation Corps « The Berkeley Blog">Reply</a> </div> </div> </li> <li class="pingback even thread-odd thread-alt depth-1" id="comment-21003"> <div id="div-comment-21003"> <div class="comment-meta commentmetadata"> <div class="avatar"></div> <span class="comment-author vcard"><strong class="fn"><a href="http://www.larklandmorley.com/2012/01/05/business-is-about-adding-value-to-customers/" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Business is about adding value to customers | Larkland Morley's Professional Blog</a></strong>, on <a href="#comment-21003" title="">January 4, 2012 at 9:17 pm</a> said: </span> </div> <p>[…] term use mainly at the Stanford University business school is Customer Development. This involves customer discovery, validation and so on. The philosophy is that you discover an […]</p> <div class='jetpack-comment-likes-widget-wrapper jetpack-likes-widget-unloaded' id='like-comment-wrapper-6599589-21003-67624db2458b9' data-src='https://widgets.wp.com/likes/#blog_id=6599589&comment_id=21003&origin=steveblank.com&obj_id=6599589-21003-67624db2458b9' data-name='like-comment-frame-6599589-21003-67624db2458b9'> <div class='likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes'><span class='loading'>Loading...</span></div> <div class='comment-likes-widget jetpack-likes-widget comment-likes'><span class='comment-like-feedback'></span><span class='sd-text-color'></span><a class='sd-link-color'></a></div> </div> <div class="reply"> <a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-link" href="https://steveblank.com/2010/10/25/entrepreneurship-as-a-science-%e2%80%93-the-business-modelcustomer-development-stack/?replytocom=21003#respond" data-commentid="21003" data-postid="7006" data-belowelement="div-comment-21003" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Business is about adding value to customers | Larkland Morley's Professional Blog" aria-label="Reply to Business is about adding value to customers | Larkland Morley's Professional Blog">Reply</a> </div> </div> </li> <li class="pingback odd alt thread-even depth-1" id="comment-23240"> <div id="div-comment-23240"> <div class="comment-meta commentmetadata"> <div class="avatar"></div> <span class="comment-author vcard"><strong class="fn"><a href="http://www.webout.eu/index.php/entrepreneurship/product-development-and-tech-entrepreneurship-thought-leaders-to-increase-your-odds-of-success" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Product Development and Tech Entrepreneurship Thought Leaders to Increase Your Odds of Success. | Webout.eu</a></strong>, on <a href="#comment-23240" title="">February 16, 2012 at 2:35 am</a> said: </span> </div> <p>[…] Customer Development and Agile Development practices. Browse through the presentation or visit Blank’s blog for more details on the combined tool stack. This is by no means the only possible hybrid. If you […]</p> <div class='jetpack-comment-likes-widget-wrapper jetpack-likes-widget-unloaded' id='like-comment-wrapper-6599589-23240-67624db245afc' data-src='https://widgets.wp.com/likes/#blog_id=6599589&comment_id=23240&origin=steveblank.com&obj_id=6599589-23240-67624db245afc' data-name='like-comment-frame-6599589-23240-67624db245afc'> <div class='likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes'><span class='loading'>Loading...</span></div> <div class='comment-likes-widget jetpack-likes-widget comment-likes'><span class='comment-like-feedback'></span><span class='sd-text-color'></span><a class='sd-link-color'></a></div> </div> <div class="reply"> <a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-link" href="https://steveblank.com/2010/10/25/entrepreneurship-as-a-science-%e2%80%93-the-business-modelcustomer-development-stack/?replytocom=23240#respond" data-commentid="23240" data-postid="7006" data-belowelement="div-comment-23240" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Product Development and Tech Entrepreneurship Thought Leaders to Increase Your Odds of Success. | Webout.eu" aria-label="Reply to Product Development and Tech Entrepreneurship Thought Leaders to Increase Your Odds of Success. | Webout.eu">Reply</a> </div> </div> </li> <li class="pingback even thread-odd thread-alt depth-1" id="comment-23294"> <div id="div-comment-23294"> <div class="comment-meta commentmetadata"> <div class="avatar"></div> <span class="comment-author vcard"><strong class="fn"><a href="http://blogs.berkeley.edu/2012/02/17/who-dares-wins-2nd-annual-intl-business-model-competition/" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Who Dares Wins — 2nd Annual Int’l Business Model Competition « The Berkeley Blog</a></strong>, on <a href="#comment-23294" title="">February 17, 2012 at 4:38 pm</a> said: </span> </div> <p>[…] blogged about the combined methodologies here and here. Our LeanLaunchPad class at Stanford, Berkeley, Columbia and the National Science […]</p> <div class='jetpack-comment-likes-widget-wrapper jetpack-likes-widget-unloaded' id='like-comment-wrapper-6599589-23294-67624db245d32' data-src='https://widgets.wp.com/likes/#blog_id=6599589&comment_id=23294&origin=steveblank.com&obj_id=6599589-23294-67624db245d32' data-name='like-comment-frame-6599589-23294-67624db245d32'> <div class='likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes'><span class='loading'>Loading...</span></div> <div class='comment-likes-widget jetpack-likes-widget comment-likes'><span class='comment-like-feedback'></span><span class='sd-text-color'></span><a class='sd-link-color'></a></div> </div> <div class="reply"> <a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-link" href="https://steveblank.com/2010/10/25/entrepreneurship-as-a-science-%e2%80%93-the-business-modelcustomer-development-stack/?replytocom=23294#respond" data-commentid="23294" data-postid="7006" data-belowelement="div-comment-23294" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Who Dares Wins — 2nd Annual Int’l Business Model Competition « The Berkeley Blog" aria-label="Reply to Who Dares Wins — 2nd Annual Int’l Business Model Competition « The Berkeley Blog">Reply</a> </div> </div> </li> <li class="pingback odd alt thread-even depth-1" id="comment-24000"> <div id="div-comment-24000"> <div class="comment-meta commentmetadata"> <div class="avatar"></div> <span class="comment-author vcard"><strong class="fn"><a href="http://jebagu.com/2012/03/05/a-list-of-books-to-review/" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">A list of books to review « An Intentionally Unreasonable Statement</a></strong>, on <a href="#comment-24000" title="">March 5, 2012 at 10:14 am</a> said: </span> </div> <p>[…] Entrepreneurship as a Science – The Business Model/Customer Development Stack by Steve Blank. This is a blog post that Blank wrote in the Fall of 2010. For me, it shook the earth. All of a sudden there was a unified framework for everything that I’d learned about entrepreneurship over the past five years. […]</p> <div class='jetpack-comment-likes-widget-wrapper jetpack-likes-widget-unloaded' id='like-comment-wrapper-6599589-24000-67624db245f80' data-src='https://widgets.wp.com/likes/#blog_id=6599589&comment_id=24000&origin=steveblank.com&obj_id=6599589-24000-67624db245f80' data-name='like-comment-frame-6599589-24000-67624db245f80'> <div class='likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes'><span class='loading'>Loading...</span></div> <div class='comment-likes-widget jetpack-likes-widget comment-likes'><span class='comment-like-feedback'></span><span class='sd-text-color'></span><a class='sd-link-color'></a></div> </div> <div class="reply"> <a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-link" href="https://steveblank.com/2010/10/25/entrepreneurship-as-a-science-%e2%80%93-the-business-modelcustomer-development-stack/?replytocom=24000#respond" data-commentid="24000" data-postid="7006" data-belowelement="div-comment-24000" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to A list of books to review « An Intentionally Unreasonable Statement" aria-label="Reply to A list of books to review « An Intentionally Unreasonable Statement">Reply</a> </div> </div> </li> <li class="pingback even thread-odd thread-alt depth-1" id="comment-24036"> <div id="div-comment-24036"> <div class="comment-meta commentmetadata"> <div class="avatar"></div> <span class="comment-author vcard"><strong class="fn"><a href="http://blogs.berkeley.edu/2012/03/06/search-versus-execute/" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Search versus Execute « The Berkeley Blog</a></strong>, on <a href="#comment-24036" title="">March 6, 2012 at 8:29 am</a> said: </span> </div> <p>[…] does a new venture focus on customer development and business models? And when do business planning and execution come into […]</p> <div class='jetpack-comment-likes-widget-wrapper jetpack-likes-widget-unloaded' id='like-comment-wrapper-6599589-24036-67624db2461c4' data-src='https://widgets.wp.com/likes/#blog_id=6599589&comment_id=24036&origin=steveblank.com&obj_id=6599589-24036-67624db2461c4' data-name='like-comment-frame-6599589-24036-67624db2461c4'> <div class='likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes'><span class='loading'>Loading...</span></div> <div class='comment-likes-widget jetpack-likes-widget comment-likes'><span class='comment-like-feedback'></span><span class='sd-text-color'></span><a class='sd-link-color'></a></div> </div> <div class="reply"> <a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-link" href="https://steveblank.com/2010/10/25/entrepreneurship-as-a-science-%e2%80%93-the-business-modelcustomer-development-stack/?replytocom=24036#respond" data-commentid="24036" data-postid="7006" data-belowelement="div-comment-24036" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Search versus Execute « The Berkeley Blog" aria-label="Reply to Search versus Execute « The Berkeley Blog">Reply</a> </div> </div> </li> <li class="pingback odd alt thread-even depth-1" id="comment-25968"> <div id="div-comment-25968"> <div class="comment-meta commentmetadata"> <div class="avatar"></div> <span class="comment-author vcard"><strong class="fn"><a href="http://www.productbookshelf.com/2012/04/designing-business-models/" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Product Bookshelf » (Re)Designing business models</a></strong>, on <a href="#comment-25968" title="">April 16, 2012 at 8:18 am</a> said: </span> </div> <p>[…] an appetite for new models”. Osterwalder’s Business Model Canvas, Steve Blank’s Customer Development and Eric Ries’ Lean Startup have been noted as three powerful tools for entrepreneurs and […]</p> <div class='jetpack-comment-likes-widget-wrapper jetpack-likes-widget-unloaded' id='like-comment-wrapper-6599589-25968-67624db24640e' data-src='https://widgets.wp.com/likes/#blog_id=6599589&comment_id=25968&origin=steveblank.com&obj_id=6599589-25968-67624db24640e' data-name='like-comment-frame-6599589-25968-67624db24640e'> <div class='likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes'><span class='loading'>Loading...</span></div> <div class='comment-likes-widget jetpack-likes-widget comment-likes'><span class='comment-like-feedback'></span><span class='sd-text-color'></span><a class='sd-link-color'></a></div> </div> <div class="reply"> <a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-link" href="https://steveblank.com/2010/10/25/entrepreneurship-as-a-science-%e2%80%93-the-business-modelcustomer-development-stack/?replytocom=25968#respond" data-commentid="25968" data-postid="7006" data-belowelement="div-comment-25968" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Product Bookshelf » (Re)Designing business models" aria-label="Reply to Product Bookshelf » (Re)Designing business models">Reply</a> </div> </div> </li> <li class="pingback even thread-odd thread-alt depth-1" id="comment-32531"> <div id="div-comment-32531"> <div class="comment-meta commentmetadata"> <div class="avatar"></div> <span class="comment-author vcard"><strong class="fn"><a href="http://www.techstarthub.com/2012/03/15/search-versus-execute/" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Search versus Execute | Tech Start Hub</a></strong>, on <a href="#comment-32531" title="">July 26, 2012 at 10:51 pm</a> said: </span> </div> <p>[…] does a new venture focus on customer development and business models? And when do business planning and execution come into […]</p> <div class='jetpack-comment-likes-widget-wrapper jetpack-likes-widget-unloaded' id='like-comment-wrapper-6599589-32531-67624db246652' data-src='https://widgets.wp.com/likes/#blog_id=6599589&comment_id=32531&origin=steveblank.com&obj_id=6599589-32531-67624db246652' data-name='like-comment-frame-6599589-32531-67624db246652'> <div class='likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes'><span class='loading'>Loading...</span></div> <div class='comment-likes-widget jetpack-likes-widget comment-likes'><span class='comment-like-feedback'></span><span class='sd-text-color'></span><a class='sd-link-color'></a></div> </div> <div class="reply"> <a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-link" href="https://steveblank.com/2010/10/25/entrepreneurship-as-a-science-%e2%80%93-the-business-modelcustomer-development-stack/?replytocom=32531#respond" data-commentid="32531" data-postid="7006" data-belowelement="div-comment-32531" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Search versus Execute | Tech Start Hub" aria-label="Reply to Search versus Execute | Tech Start Hub">Reply</a> </div> </div> </li> <li class="pingback odd alt thread-even depth-1" id="comment-34256"> <div id="div-comment-34256"> <div class="comment-meta commentmetadata"> <div class="avatar"></div> <span class="comment-author vcard"><strong class="fn"><a href="http://www.desgobiernodechile.cl/2012/08/creacion-de-modelos-de-negocio-los-metodos-del-arquitecto-el-disenador-y-el-cientifico-2/" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Creación de modelos de negocio: Los métodos del arquitecto, el diseñador y el científico (2). | Desgobierno de Chile</a></strong>, on <a href="#comment-34256" title="">August 20, 2012 at 9:05 pm</a> said: </span> </div> <p>[…] científico” para la creación de modelos de negocio es el Strategy Stack de Steve Blank y Alex Osterwalder, que integra dos herramientas/metodologías que han aparecido […]</p> <div class='jetpack-comment-likes-widget-wrapper jetpack-likes-widget-unloaded' id='like-comment-wrapper-6599589-34256-67624db246885' data-src='https://widgets.wp.com/likes/#blog_id=6599589&comment_id=34256&origin=steveblank.com&obj_id=6599589-34256-67624db246885' data-name='like-comment-frame-6599589-34256-67624db246885'> <div class='likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes'><span class='loading'>Loading...</span></div> <div class='comment-likes-widget jetpack-likes-widget comment-likes'><span class='comment-like-feedback'></span><span class='sd-text-color'></span><a class='sd-link-color'></a></div> </div> <div class="reply"> <a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-link" href="https://steveblank.com/2010/10/25/entrepreneurship-as-a-science-%e2%80%93-the-business-modelcustomer-development-stack/?replytocom=34256#respond" data-commentid="34256" data-postid="7006" data-belowelement="div-comment-34256" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Creación de modelos de negocio: Los métodos del arquitecto, el diseñador y el científico (2). | Desgobierno de Chile" aria-label="Reply to Creación de modelos de negocio: Los métodos del arquitecto, el diseñador y el científico (2). | Desgobierno de Chile">Reply</a> </div> </div> </li> <li class="comment even thread-odd thread-alt depth-1" id="comment-34407"> <div id="div-comment-34407"> <div class="comment-meta commentmetadata"> <div class="avatar"><img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6e109202a7494336eba6b732090a5a44?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6e109202a7494336eba6b732090a5a44?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/></div> <span class="comment-author vcard"><strong class="fn"><a href="http://www.i-build-websites.co.uk" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">jason palmer</a></strong>, on <a href="#comment-34407" title="">August 23, 2012 at 1:50 am</a> said: </span> </div> <p>as you pivot, the world is pivoting around you</p> <div class='jetpack-comment-likes-widget-wrapper jetpack-likes-widget-unloaded' id='like-comment-wrapper-6599589-34407-67624db246db8' data-src='https://widgets.wp.com/likes/#blog_id=6599589&comment_id=34407&origin=steveblank.com&obj_id=6599589-34407-67624db246db8' data-name='like-comment-frame-6599589-34407-67624db246db8'> <div class='likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes'><span class='loading'>Loading...</span></div> <div class='comment-likes-widget jetpack-likes-widget comment-likes'><span class='comment-like-feedback'></span><span class='sd-text-color'></span><a class='sd-link-color'></a></div> </div> <div class="reply"> <a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-link" href="https://steveblank.com/2010/10/25/entrepreneurship-as-a-science-%e2%80%93-the-business-modelcustomer-development-stack/?replytocom=34407#respond" data-commentid="34407" data-postid="7006" data-belowelement="div-comment-34407" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to jason palmer" aria-label="Reply to jason palmer">Reply</a> </div> </div> </li> <li class="pingback odd alt thread-even depth-1" id="comment-35198"> <div id="div-comment-35198"> <div class="comment-meta commentmetadata"> <div class="avatar"></div> <span class="comment-author vcard"><strong class="fn"><a href="http://lafactoriadenegocios.org/2012/09/03/creacion-de-modelos-de-negocio-los-metodos-del-arquitecto-el-disenador-y-el-cientifico-2/" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Creación de modelos de negocio: los métodos del arquitecto, el diseñador y el científico (2) | La Factoría De Negocios</a></strong>, on <a href="#comment-35198" title="">September 3, 2012 at 10:14 am</a> said: </span> </div> <p>[…] del “enfoque científico” para la creación de modelos de negocio es el Strategy Stack de Steve Blank y Alex Osterwalder, que integra dos herramientas/metodologías que han aparecido repetidamente en […]</p> <div class='jetpack-comment-likes-widget-wrapper jetpack-likes-widget-unloaded' id='like-comment-wrapper-6599589-35198-67624db246ff5' data-src='https://widgets.wp.com/likes/#blog_id=6599589&comment_id=35198&origin=steveblank.com&obj_id=6599589-35198-67624db246ff5' data-name='like-comment-frame-6599589-35198-67624db246ff5'> <div class='likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes'><span class='loading'>Loading...</span></div> <div class='comment-likes-widget jetpack-likes-widget comment-likes'><span class='comment-like-feedback'></span><span class='sd-text-color'></span><a class='sd-link-color'></a></div> </div> <div class="reply"> <a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-link" href="https://steveblank.com/2010/10/25/entrepreneurship-as-a-science-%e2%80%93-the-business-modelcustomer-development-stack/?replytocom=35198#respond" data-commentid="35198" data-postid="7006" data-belowelement="div-comment-35198" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Creación de modelos de negocio: los métodos del arquitecto, el diseñador y el científico (2) | La Factoría De Negocios" aria-label="Reply to Creación de modelos de negocio: los métodos del arquitecto, el diseñador y el científico (2) | La Factoría De Negocios">Reply</a> </div> </div> </li> <li class="comment even thread-odd thread-alt depth-1" id="comment-41749"> <div id="div-comment-41749"> <div class="comment-meta commentmetadata"> <div class="avatar"><img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/e91b812bec86132401c7ba1a2323a3ef?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/e91b812bec86132401c7ba1a2323a3ef?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/></div> <span class="comment-author vcard"><strong class="fn"><a href="http://www.canvasbm.com" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">business model canvas</a></strong>, on <a href="#comment-41749" title="">November 20, 2012 at 2:38 pm</a> said: </span> </div> <p>The BM canvas became quite popular. 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