Example of wellknown companies business model: Coca Cola (glass bottle!), Financial Times, LinkedIn, Groupon, Twitter, Facebook, Blockbuster and Google.
Community business model (geographically based, professional and online communities) and what is a business plan and how is diverse from a business model.
Info e tips about pitching, some questions that could be used as a track.
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and Pitch
IED
Lesson 6/2014
Frieda Brioschi / Emma Tracanella
frieda.brioschi@gmail.com / emma.tracanella@gmail.com
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Course program
1. Italian Startups
2. Set up a startup in Italy
3. I've got an idea. And now?
4. Market and costs
5. Value analysis and business model
6. Business Model Examples and Pitch
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Today's table of content
• Examples of Business Model
• Business Plan
• Your Pitch
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Business model: quick recap
Past slides available on Slideshare @ubifrieda:
https://www.slideshare.net/ubifrieda/
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Business model: quick recap
During last lesson we discussed what is a business model and how fulfill a
business model canvas, looking into each part:
• Value proposition
• Customer segments
• Channels
• Customer relationship
• Revenue streams
• Key resources
• Key partner
• Key activities
• Cost structure
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Groupon
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http://www.adriaanrijkens.nl/2011/06/29/the-groupon-business-model-canvas/
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Twitter
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http://bmimatters.com/2012/02/18/understanding-twitter-business-model-design/
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Facebook
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http://bmimatters.com/2012/04/10/understanding-facebook-business-model/
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Blockbuster
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http://daphnecurry.wordpress.com/2011/08/25/business-model-for-blockbuster-video/
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Google
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http://bmimatters.com/2012/04/18/comparing-facebook-and-google-business-models/
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Wikipedia
• Does an original business plan still exist for Wikipedia?
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http://www.quora.com/Wikipedia/Does-an-original-business-plan-still-exist-for-Wikipedia
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Geographically based
• neighbourhood
• productive district
• close to me
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http://www.oilproject.org/lezione/cos-un-business-community-model-6346.html
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Professional community
• All the people making the same job.
• It’s an easy target.
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http://www.oilproject.org/lezione/cos-un-business-community-model-6346.html
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Online community
• Easy to reach (massive tools available)
• There’s no clear limits between being part of a
community and a company business (let’s think of
UGC)
• Online users are available to pay for an interesting
service (freemium!)
• Can be created as part of my business (i.e. Amazon’s
libraries network)
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http://www.oilproject.org/lezione/cos-un-business-community-model-6346.html
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Business plan
• Business plan describes what, how long e how much
money you need to realize your business model.
• Usually a business plan is a doc both for internal and
external use. Internally it describes the company
strategy, externally it presents the project to
stakeholder.
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Business plan
• Writing a business plan help to clarify every company
activities and
• optimize and develop available resources
• improve consciousness on financial aspects, cash flows,
break even, etc.
• Analyze risks
• Identify path to specific goals
• Etc.
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http://www.nascelimpresa.it/doc/guida_BUSINESS_PLAN.pdf
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Business model Vs
Business plan
Plans are static…
models are dynamic!
- Steve Blank -
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http://www.slideshare.net/sblank/bus-model-and-cust-dev-jan-2013
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Never forget.. !!!
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http://retrolife.typepad.com/the_overexamined_life/entrepreneurship/
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http://mindyourpitch.com/blog/what-is-an-elevator-pitch/
What is an elevator pitch?
A (very) short speech.
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http://www.ninjamarketing.it/2011/10/25/lelevator-pitch-larte-di-comunicare-unidea-in-modo-efficace-e-in-pochi-secondi/
Tips
1. Be short (less is more!)
2. Wow effect (6-10 seconds to generate curiosity)
3. Who (add some info about you)
4. KISS
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http://elevatorpitchessentials.com/essays/ElevatorPitch.html
The nine C's of an effective
elevator pitch
1. Concise
2. Clear
3. Compelling
4. Credible
5. Conceptual
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6. Concrete
7. Customized
8. Consistent
9. Conversational
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http://www.businessknowhow.com/money/elevator.htm
Six question you must
answer
1. What is your product or service?
2. Who is your market?
3. What is your revenue model?
4. Who is behind the company?
5. Who is your competition?
6. What is your competitive advantage?
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Our rules
• Volunteers (you’ll earn 2 extra points!)
• One pitch one person (but we can discuss this)
• Present a project:
• your, if you’ve one
• an existing product/company
• Presentation format: pdf, ppt, key, Prezi (online)… no
slides…
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Next week
• Communicate, communicate, communicate
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