Reality check
What is this?
You have performed an industry and market analysis and thought about a business model prototype combination within the opportunity space. Now bring everything together. Take a minute to clearly articulate the business model(s) you aspire to pursue.
How?
In-depth critical questions
It is important to answer these questions regarding the following topics before proceeding:
- value proposition
- market
- industry
- sustainable advantage
- economics of the business model
- team
Download the following list and try to answer the questions per topic. If you have trouble answering too many questions, it is time to iterate. Go back a step and reconsider a few things, you don't want to start a business based on a troubled idea. It's a waste of time!
Total output from this phase:
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Industry analysis and Value chain analysis based on your discovery based information
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Positioning in the market
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Market quantification
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2D or 3D Prototype of product or service
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Business Model Prototype(s) (Business Model Canvas)
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Teece + Blue Ocean + Financial fishbones supporting your business model
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Top down + bottom-up Market analysis
REFERENCES
- Business Model Generation, a book by Alexander Osterwalder and Yves Pigneur (2010)