A Business Model Canvas is a strategic management tool used for developing new business models and documenting existing ones. It offers a visual to display a companies business model by describing the business’s value proposition, infrastructure, customers, and finances. A business model canvas assists businesses to align their activities by illustrating potential trade-offs.
We have assembled several resources to familiarize you with the value of the creating a business model canvas.
| Resource | Description |
| Business Model Canvas Introduction | An animated series created by Kauffman Foundation and Strategyzer, the creator of the business model canvas, describes in a few short videos how a business can use a business model canvas to discover an uncontested blue ocean where the business can own its own piece of the long-tail economy. |
| Why You Need to Start Using The Business Model Canvas | Many things have changed when it comes to business planning in recent year and the Business Model Canvas has emerged as a valuable tool especially for startup businesses. In this 48 minute video, I discuss what has changed and why the business model canvas is something that businesses need to embrace as part of their business planning. |
| Applying the Business Model Canvas – A Visual-Based Planning Tool For Small Business | In this 1 hour and 50 minute long course you will learn how this relatively new and more visually-based business planning methodology allows you to describe, design, challenge, invent, and pivot your business model. The course is chocked full of real-world examples to demonstrate how you can apply the business model to your business. |
| Business Model Canvas Tool | A PowerPoint tool to help you create a simple Business Model Canvas. |