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* Masters of Environmental Studies in Business Model Design and Sustainability; Certified Management Consultant
Strongly Sustainable Business Model Canvas
A New Visual Tool to Design Businesses Fit for the Future
A Brief Introduction for TiE Institute Social Entrepreneurship Program:
Week 5: Business Model Canvas & Customer DevelopmentOctober 8, 2013
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opportunities
Increasing risks
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Less Risk, More Innovation
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Sustainability is “the possibility that human and other life will flourish on this planet forever.” (Ehrenfeld, 2008 p.6)
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Benefit Corporation Legislation
Already Already allall these people these people are innovating to are innovating to
embrace the possibilities embrace the possibilities of sustainability of sustainability
as flourishingas flourishing
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Real Context of Business
Context: Environment (Physical / Chemical / Biological)
(Monetary)
All Business
(Social/Technology) Context:
Society
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Context:Financial Economy
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THE ENDTo Be Continued...To Be Continued...
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Really? People are redefining business
success as the integrated achievement of environmental, social
and economic benefits?
Yes! And since you’re all here talking a course on social entrepreneurship, you’re part of this wave
of change!Congratulations Congratulations
for being leaders!for being leaders!
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OK, so what did you do when you
realized you agreed with all these other
people? Great question and that leads to the
second part of my story…
I went on a quest…
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Inspiration
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What Would a Canvas for Sustainable Business Look Like?
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My Quest… for a Better Business Design Tool
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The Quest Begins
http://hdl.handle.net/10315/20777
…and reaches a major milestone
2010
20122013
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Introducing…The Strongly Sustainable Business Model Canvas
V1.031
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The Profit-First Business Model Canvas: 9 Questions to be Profitable
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3. Channels
But…does this help to design a sustainable business?
1. Customer Segments
2. Value Propositions
4. Customer Relationships
5. Revenue Streams
7. Key Resources
6. Key Activities
9. Cost Structure
8. Key Partners
What’s Missing?Why?
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Lots about money, and the people you financially
transact with…
…(almost) nothing about everyone and everything else
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“Just” Being Profitable is Not Simple
“And that, in simple terms, is how you start a profitable small business”
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2. Customer
4.Learning& Growth
3. Internal Processes
1. Financial
Useful Perspectives
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2. Customer
4.Learning& Growth
3. Internal Processes
1. Financial
Useful Perspectives
Who does a firm do it to, for and with?
What does a firm do now and in the future?
How, where and with what does the firm do it?
How does a firm define and measure success (in Environmental, Social & Monetary units)?
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Where does the Quest go Next?
Can I Use it Now?
How Can I Help?
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Help bring Sustainable Innovation to the World!
Become a “First Explorer”– Enables commercial use of the new Canvas now
12 organizations around the globe have joined so far
Join the quest– Crowd-funded collaborative book project
Working Title: Strongly Sustainable Business Model Innovation– 12 International co-authors identified– Crowd-funding starting soon
Individuals and OrganizationsBackers also get immediate commercial rights to use new CanvasEveryone else will have to wait for the book
– Self Publish 2014 Canvas released under a Creative Commons License free for commercial use
Connect to like-minded colleagues– Linkedin and Facebook
Members from around the globe
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Learn more: http://www.naturalstep.ca/gold-standard
Join a Key Related Project
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TO BECONTINUED…
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Questions / Discussion
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Share your ideas for the book: http://survey.SSBMG.com
http://www.facebook.com/StronglySustainableBusinessModels
@aupward #SSBMG
Strongly Sustainable Business Model Grouphttp://forum.SSBMG.com
www.SSBMG.com
Learn More– ~3 minute Audio/Visual Overview
about.SSBMG.com• Learning Map
– wiki.SSBMG.com/home/learning-map• Blogs
– blog.SSBMG.com – slab.ocad.ca/blogs/antony-upward
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