Working with the BM Canvas I love the business model canvas. I really do. For me it is an ideal tool to work on and fine-tune your business model, and it works great in workshops with customers too. At the end of such a workshop my client has a better, deeper understanding of her business, knows […]
Stopping a Startup Ah, we all love entrepreneurship. There’s something exciting and thrilling about bringing the brilliant idea you had in the shower to life and make a multi-billion company out of it. We all like to start new things. But we also know that the majority of startups will fail to turn into a sustainable […]
You have probably never heard the term “Leistungsschutzrecht” before. And rightly so, because it is one of the most stupid concepts ever invented. It describes a new law currently discussed in Germany which will “protect” publisher from being robbed by Google. And although I’m referring to Germany in particular, such laws are debated all over […]
When talking about business models with someone who is experienced in strategic management and especially familiar with the theories of Michal Porter, I often hear the following questions: Is a business model the same as strategy? How do business models relate to the domain of strategic management? If we already have the well-defined and thoroughly […]